الدكتور محمد سعيد هاشم

Scientific background:
B. Sc. 1955. College of Sciences, Baghdad University, Zoology .
Ph. D. 1966 Leningrad University. Genetics.
Field of work: Radiation Genetics, Genetic methods of insect control, and insect disinfestations of food by radiation.Employment :
Researcher- Iraqi Atomic Energy commission.
Head, Entomology section, 1967-1982.
Director, Department of Plant Protection 1983-1985.
Address: Baghdad, Mobile: 00964 -7702944782
Other Activities:
Delivered lectures in “ Radiation Biology” to M.Sc. students at College of Science, Baghdad University during 1970-1971 & 1971-1972

Participation as a lecturer in the following training courses: Inter-Regional Training Course on Food Irradiation, held by FAO/IAEA in Rio de Janeiro, Nov. 1975.
International Facility for Food Irradiation Technology, Fourth General Training Course on Food Irradiation, Organized at the Research Institute ITAL. Wageningen,the Netherlands (1982), L102-1 (21p) and L 103-1 (20p).
As in (b) but the Fifth General Training Course on Food Irradiation, (1984). Several local training courses in Genetics, pest Control, and food irradiation.

Activities related to IAEA Programmes :
Participated in the IAEA- IRAQ research contract No. 941/RB, 1970-1973 on Irradiation of dates.
Principal Scientific Investigator:
IAEA- IRAQ Research agreement No.1768/CF, 1976-1980.

IAEA- IRAQ Research agreement No.2918/CF still in effect since 1981, on “Pillot- scale radiation disinfestations of dry dates with emphasis on packaging “ which forms a part of the Agency’s Co-ordinated programme of research in pre-commercial scale radiation treatment of food.
Acted as session chairman in many scientific conferences.
Foreign Languages:
English
Russian

Conferences, Sympoisia, and meetings attended :
FAO/IAEA Expert panel on application of induced sterility for control of lepidopterous, Vienna (1970).
UN International conference on peaceful uses of atomic energy, Geneva (1971).
FAO/IAEA Symposium on: Sterility principle for insect control, Innsbruck (1974).
FAO/IAEA Advisory group meeting on low-dose irradiation of agricultural products, Rio de Janeiro (1975).
Fourteenth international congress of genetics, Moscow (1978).
Ninth international congress of plant protection, Washington, D.C. (1979).
FAO/IAEA Symposium on : Combination processes in food irradiation, Colombo (1980).
USDA/FAO/IAEA International conference on radiation disinfestations of food and agricultural products, Honolulu (1983).
FAO/IAEA/ USDA Symposium on: Food irradiation processing, Washington, D.C. (1985).
Many other FAO/IAEA Research coordination meetings on: Insect disinfestations of food and agricultural products by Irradiation, were attended.
Other local conferences.

Published papers:
Ahmed, M. S. H., Hameed, A. A., Kadhum, A. A., Ali, S. R., Farkas, J., Langerak, D. Is., Van Duren, M.D.A., Comparative evaluation of trial shipments of fumigated and radiation disinfested dates from Iraq, Acta Alimentaria, 14 4 (1985) 355-366.
Ahmed, M.S.H., Al-Maliky, S.K, Al-Taweel, A.A., Jabo, N.F., Al-Hakkak, Z. S., Effects of three temperature regimes on rearing and biological activities of Bracon hebetor (Say) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae), J. stored Prod. Res., 21 2 (1985) 65-68.
Ahmed, M. S. H., Hameed, A. A., Kadhum, A. A., Ali, S. R., “Insect disinfestations on packed dates by gamma-radiation, “Radiation Disinfestations of food and Agricultural Products (Proc. Intern. Conf., Honolulu, 1983), Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, U.S.A. (1985) 374-380.
Ahmed, M. S. H., Hameed, A. A., Kadhum, A. A., Ali, S. R., Al-Hakkak, Z. S., Cytoplasmic analysis of Ephestia cautella adult females collected in different regions of Iraq, J. stored Prod. Res., 20 3 (1984) 151-152.
Ahmed, M. S. H., Al-Saqur, A. M., Al-Hakkak, Z.S., Effect of different temperatures on some biological activities of the parasitic wasp Bracon hebetor (say) (Hymenoptera), FAO/ Date palm J., 1 2 (1982) 239-247.
Ahmed, M. S. H. et al., Disinfestations of commercially packed dates, Zahdi variety, by ionizing radiation, FAO/Date palm J. 1 2 (1982) 249-273.
Ahmed, M. S. H., Al-Hakkak, Z.S., Al-Maliky, S.K., Kadhum, A. A., Lamooza, S.B., “Irradiation disinfestations of dry dates and the possibility of using combination treatments “, Combination processes in food Iradiation (Proc. Symp. Colompo, 1980) IAEA, Vienna (1981) 217-228.
Ahmed, M. S. H., Investigations on insect disinfestations of dried dates by using gamma radiation-a review, FAO/Date palm J. 1 1 (1981) 107-116.
Ahmed, M. S. H., Insect disinfestations of dried dates by using ionizing radiation, Food Iradiat., 2 2 (1978) 8-9.
Ahmed, M. S. H., Lamooza, S. B., Ouda, N.A., Farkas, J., The effect of irradiated dates on the development of Oryzaephilus surinamensis (L.), Coleptera, Cucujidae, Acta Alimentaria, 6 3 (1977) 187-192.
Ahmed, M. S. H., Lamooza, S. B., Ouda, N. A, Al-Hassany, I.A., “Preliminary report on mating studies of three varieties of Cadra (Ephestia) cautella (walker)’’, Symp. On the Sterility Principle for Insect Control, IAEA/FAO, Innsbruck (1974) IAEA, Vienna (1975) 413-421.
Ahmed, M. S. H., Al-Hassany, I.A., Lamooza, S. B., Ouda, N.A., Al-Taweel, A.A., ‘’Further hybridization experiments with different strains of Ephestia cautella’’ Proc. Iraq Atomic Energy Commission, 1 st Sci. Conf., Baghdad (1975) 108-111.
Ahmed, M. S. H., Al-Taweel, A. A., Ouda, N. A., Lamooza, S. B., Al-Hassany, I. A., “ Colour inheritance in the forewings of Ephestia cautella (Walker) ” , Proc. Iraq Atomic Energy Commission, 1st Sci. conf., Baghdad (1975) 89-96.
Ahmed, M. S. H., Ouda, N.A., Lamooza, S.B., Al-Hassany, I.A., Effect of gamma radiation on some embryonic stages of two stored-date insect species, Acta Alimentaria, 3 4 (1974) 431-436.
Ahmed, M. S. H., Ouda, N. A., Lamooza, S. B., Al-Hakkak, Z. S., Al-Saqur, A.M., Disinfestations of dry dates by gamma radiation, Ist Sci. Conf., Scientific Research Foundation, Baghdad (1972) 264-271.
Ahmed, M. S. H., Al-Hakkak, Z. S., Al-Saqur, A. M., “Inherited sterility in the fig moth, Cadra (Ephestia) cautella Walker’’, Intern. Conf. Geneva,( 1971) 12 UN, IAEA, Vienna (1972) 383-389.
Ahmed, M. S. H., Al-Hakkak, Z. S., Al-Saqur, A. M., “ Exploratory studies on the possibility of integrated control of the fig moth (Ephestia cautella Walk.) “ , Application of Induced Sterility for Control of Lepidopterous Population (Proc.Panel, Vienna, 1970) IAEA, Vienna (1971) 1-6.
Ahmed, M. S. H., Hussain, A. A., Some biological aspects of the fig moth, Ephestia cautella Walk., and its parasite, Microbracon hebetor Say, The Iraqi J. Agric. Sci.4 2 (1969) 27-31.
Hashim-Ahmed, M. S., Cytogenetic Analysis of lethal mutation at various stages of spermatogenesis, Genetica 3 (1965) 49-55 (in Russian with English Summary).
Hashim-Ahmed, M. S., Cytogenetic Analysis of Induced Lethal Mutation in Drosophila melanogaster, Autoreferat, Leningrad University press (1966) 20 ( in Russian).
Hashim-Ahmed, M. S., The effect of high temperature on the frequency of x-ray induced yellow mutation in Muller-5 strain of Drosophila melanogaster, Isledovania po Genetike (M. E. Lobashov,Ed.) Leningrad Univ. 3 (1967) 49-52 (in Russian).
Al-Maliky, S. K., Ahmed, M.S.H., Lamooza, S. B., Al-Hakkak, Z. S., Some biological activities of three strains and a hybrid of Ephestia cautella (Walker) under four environmental regimes, J. Biol. Sci. 14 1 (1983) 69-77.
Al-Hakkak, Z. S., Ali, S.R., Ahmed, M. S. H., Al-Maliky, S.K., wholesomeness studies with a full diet of irradiated dates using the insect Ephestia Cautella (walker) : I. Disinfestations doses of gamma radiation, FAO date palm J., 2 1 (1983) 87-102
Al-Hakkak, Z. S., Ali, S.R., Ahmed, M. S. H., Al-Maliky, S.K., II. Effect of high doses of gamma radiation, FAO Date palm J., 2 2 (1983) 235-252.
Al-Hakkak, Z. S., Ali, S.R., Ahmed, M. S. H., Al-Maliky, S.K., III. Effect of long term feeding, FAO date palm J., 3 1 (1984) 337-347.
Al-Hakkak, Z. S., Ahmed, M. S. H., Ali, S.R., Lamooza, S. B., Al-Maliky, S.K., Kadhum, A. A., Studies on Iraqi population of Drosophila melanogaster inhabiting Tuwaitha area, JBSR, 16 2 (1985) 295-304.
Al-Hakkak, Z. S., Ali, S.R., Ahmed, M. S. H., Differential sterility induced by gamma radiation in the adult males of six strains of Ephestia cautella, JBSR, 16 1 (1985) 217-226.
Auda, H., Ahmed, M. S. H., Effect of gamma radiation on composition, insect control and shelf- life of Iraqi dates at different stages of development, Final Report to IAEA, Research contract No. 941/RB (1973), (Unpublished report).
Several other locally or internationally published or unpublished scientific reports and abstracts in both Arabic and English which are not mentioned here.