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 Assistant Professor

Department of  Biological Sciences

Faculty of Sciences

Contact Information

Phone: 63792 Ext. 1011

Email: Wfelemban@kau.edu.sa

Wessam Foud Felemban

 Assistant Professor

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Wessam Foud Felemban

Associate Professor of Botany

PhD in Plant Molecular and Phylogeny

MSc in Plant Taxonomy and Anatomy 

BSc in Biological Sciences (Botany)

Education

  • 2007

    Master degree from BIOLOGY - BOTANYDEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE, KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2022

    Doctorate degree from ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY School of Biological Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, بريطانيا

Employment

  • 2009-2021

    Lecturer, King Abdul Aziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

Research Interests

My research interests mainly focus on taxonomic revision, including phylogenetic history and plant evolutionary patterns. In addition, The development of molecular markers for the identification of plants and the study of plant populational variation for conservation and protection

 

Scientific interests

Scientific interests

  • Plant Taxonomy
  • Plant Anatomy
  • Plant Molecules and Bioinformatics
  • Plant Phylogenetics
  • Plant Conservation
  • Flora of Arabian Peninsula
  • Medical Plants
  • Ecology sustainability
  • Agriculture

 

Courses

general plant 241 Bio
Ecology 271 Bio
Environmental pollution 471 Bio
anatomy of plant 341 Bio
Fundamentals of Ecology 271 Bio
Field Experience 390 Bio

Areas of expertise