Professional Membership

Member - Iraqi Geologists Union [1975]

Member - Geological society of Iraq [1975]

Member - American Geophysical Union [1982]

Member - Yemen Geological Society [1993]

Member - New Zealand Geological Society [1999]

Member - New Zealand Geophysical Society [1999]

Member - Geohazard International [1999]

Member - Global Alliance for Disaster Reduction [2001]

Board Secretary - Middle East Seismological Forum (MESF) [2002]

Coordinator - Almashriq Geophysical Research Group (AGRG) [2003]

Additional  Professional Activities:

1979-1982     Supervisor of Baghdad Seismological Observatory (BHD)

1982-1984     Supervisor of the Iraqi Seismological Network (ISN)

1984-1989     Member of the follow up committee, Program for the Assessment                       and Mitigation of Earthquake Risk in the Arab Region / Iraq                        (PAMERAR/IRAQ)

1984-1985     Member of the Arab Technical Committee for the selection of                       seismological  instrumentation for the PAMERAR project.

1993-1996     Seismologist specialist, the National Seismological Observatory                       Center (NSOC), Dhamar, Yemen.

Other Miscellaneous Scientific Contributions:

1. Member of the scientific team on the scientific coordination visit to the     Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Engineering Seismology.     Sep. 1979, Skopje, Yugoslavia.

2. Organized and lectured at the summer training course for university      students during June and July 1981.

3. Participated with the specialized scientific team on the field seismological     investigation and microaftershock recording following the Dhamar     earthquake of Dec. 13, 1982 in Yemen.

4. Contributed in the supervision and installation of the equipment for the     Iraqi seismological Network between 1979 and 1984.

5. Contributed in the establishment of a well-defined software library for     the seismological data processing laboratory of the Seismology Unit     throughout the period 1983-1993.