Dr. Mohammed J. Hajjar

Name: Mohammed Jamal Hajjar Address: Damascus University, Faculty of Agriculture, Dept. Plant Protection, Damascus, Syria. Telephone: 00963-11-2220187 Mobile: 00963-94-668583 Fax: 00963-11-2247913 E-mail1: hajjar-j@scs-net.org E-mail2: hajjar-j@arabscientist.org

• Education:
  1. B.Sc. in general agriculture,Damascus university.
  2. Diploma in plant protection, faculty of agriculture, Damascus university.
  3. Ph.D., School of biological sciences, University college of north Wales Bangor,Wales, UK.

• Post Doctoral Work:
  Research assistant, school of biological science (U.C.N.W.), Bangor, Wales, U K. from October 1989, June 1991.
  The title of the project: studying the sublethal effect of Tefluthrin soil treatments on Myzus persicae.

• Work Experience:
  Laboratory techniques which I am familiar with:
  1. HPLC, GLC technique.
  2. Analytical methods for determination of pesticides reidues.
  3. Bioassay and toxicity of peticides (From 1994 till 1/12/2002) Consultant at Ministry food supply , central laboratory.
     Where I am in charge of training and supervising the staff of pesticides residues laboratory.

• Present Job:
  1. (From 1991 till now) I am Associated professor at faculty of agriculture, Damacus University and responsible for teaching courses in pesticides science ( bioassay , toxicology and chemistry of insecticides) to 4th and 5th year students.
  2. (From 1-1-2003) Director of Plant Protection Dept. at Ministry of Agriculture.

• Activity:
  1. Research on pesticide toxicity and residues in food, water and soil under Syrian climate. Pesticide lab. Dept. of plant protection Damascu University.
  2. Member of chemical safety committee, Ministry of Environment.
  3. Member of technical and scientific committee for public health insecticides, Minitry of health.
  4. Member of the supreme consultative committee of pesticides, Ministry of agriculture.
  5. Member and technical consultant of the committee formed by Ministry of agriculture for Disposal of Obsolete, unwanted and banned pesticides stocks in Syria.
  6. Head of agrochemical and public health insecticide working group for preparing a National Profile to asses the national infrastructure for management of chemicals.from 1/2002 till the end of the project 8/2002.
  7. FAO National consltant for forthcoming SPPD inventory project (November 2002, january 2003).

• Specialist:
  • Toxicology, Bioassay and chemistry of pesticides.
  • Analytical methods for determination of pesticide rsidues.

• Current Research:
  1. Currently we are conducting four research projects on esticide Residues at university pesticide residues Lab.
     Three of those researches are with my post graduate student (one Ph.D. and two MSC research student).
  2. Detection of Organo-chlorine insecticides residues in soil and water of rural area of Damascus, which some of those result has been published in Scientific journal of Damacus university.

• Publication:
  1. The sublethal effects of pesticides on animal and human population.
     Workshop on the hazardous of pesticides and their effect on the health of human and animal, Birout 4-7/5/1992 Publication of Arab Organization for Agriculture Development.
     
  2. Introduction to pesticides residues in food.
     Symposium of pesticides and their hazordous to the environment, Jun 1994 Damascus - Minstry of Environment.
     
  3. Impact of Pesticides residues in soil on living organism in soil.
     Symposium of pesticides and their hazordous to the environment, Jun 1994Damascus - minstry of Environment.
     
  4. Pesticides residues in food, and the recommended methods of reducing residues in food. 1993 , pp 115-125 publication of A.O.A.D.
     
  5. The fate of pesticides in soil, pp 86-100. publication of A.O.A.D.
     
  6. The analytical methods for detection and determintion of pesticides residues, pp 72-95. publication of A.O.A.D.
     
  7. The new trends in the pesticides chemistry and the environment requirements.
     Conference on pesticides in agriculture and the posible ways of avioding their hazardous in Arabic nation, abu Dhabi 11-13 june 1994, pp 84-111 publication of A.O.A.D.
     
  8. The rol of women in reducing the pesticides pollution in houses and surounding environment.
     Conference on the role of wonen in protecting their family from the hazardous of pollution, Damascus 24-26 september 1994.
     
  9. The national and international standardization, specification and legislation in monitoring pesticides residues in food.
     Conference on the role of women….. 1994.
     
  10. The impact of agricultural pesticides on food quality.
      Symposium on food and pollution, the 37th Science week Damascus 1997.
      
  11. the effect of sublethal doses of cypermthrin on egg laying of Mustard beetle Phaedon cochleariae (F) Journal Pesticide Science 1989,26,227-239.
      
  12. The effect of cypermethrin on the feeding of musard beetles Phaedon chlearide (F) Journl of Ann. Appl. Biol. (1990) 116, 279-286.
      
  13. Some sublethal effects of tefluthrin soil treatment insecticide on Mysus persicae The 6th plant protection conference - Biruot , Lebanon 27-31/10/1997.
      
  14. The lethal effect of insecticides residues in food, symposium of food poisoning , 1 March 1999 publication of Supreme council of sciences, Minstry of high education Syria.
      
  15. Study of organochlorin insecticides residues in soil of Damascus Ghota. J. Damascus Unive. For Agric. Scie.( 2001) 17:1 pp 80-8
      
  16. National symposium on improving the level of human health through reducing the residues level of pesticides, heavy metals and organic solvents in agricultural products, medical plants and midicines, Damascus 8-10 october 2000 Minstry of health in cooperation with Gtz Germany.
      
  I have participated in the following papers (as main speacker):
  • The impact of pesticides on soil.
    
  • The MRM methods for extraction and clean-up of various food sampls.
    
  • Future outlook of pesticides situation and use in Syria.
    
• The persistence of two insecticides (Dimethoate and Deltamethrin) on grape leaves under the local syrian climates (2002) Arab Journal Of Plant Protection 20; 2
• Study of Persistence Residues of Dimethoate and Deltamethrin on Grape in Hamah in Syria. (2001) J. Damascus Unive. For Agric. Scie. 17:2 pp 86-97.
• The role of using insecticides in controling public health insectes, Cairo12- 14 May 2002. Pest Control Workshop (Pesta `02).

• Books:
  Agricultural Chemicals and the Environment. Editors: R.E. Hester and R. M. Harrison The Royal Society of Chemistry 1996.
  Translated to Arabic by Dr. M. Jamal Hajjar & Dr. M. S. Abido Translation copyright 1998 by Arab Center for Arabization.
  
• Supervision of postgraduate students:
  
  1. Msc. ( Persistence and biological effect of deltamethrin and fentrothion insecticides on cucumber leaves and on different inert surfaces ) defended on 22/10/1997.
     
  2. Msc. (persistence of dimethoate and deltamethrin on grape leaves and fruit at Hama governerate - Syria ) defended on 12/10/2000.
     
  3. PhD. ( Studies on the residues of dimethoat and chlorpyrifos insecticides on apples fruit, and the conversion level of those insecticides to cow milk) defended on 25/10/2000.
     
  4. Msc. ( Influence of number of application on the persistence of Methomyl insecticides on cucumber fruits under the field and green house conditions ) defended on 23/5/2001.
     
  5. Msc. ( Ecological and biological studies of apple spider mite at Swieda governerate - Syria )defended on 7/6/2001.
     
  6. Recent work with Msc stdent is projct titled (advanced toxicological studies of four acaricides under local climate)
     

• International Conference:
  1. Brighton conference pests & diseases, Brihgton UK. 1987 , 1998 Britsh crop protection council.
  2. Second international conference on soil solarazation and integrated management of soil borne pests March 16-21 1997( ICARDA) Aleppo - Syria.
  3. Plant Protection conference, Birout -Lebanon 1997 Arab Society for Plant Protection.