Dr. Ahmad Katbeh Bader
Name: Ahmad M. Katbeh-Bader
Address:Department of Plant Protection Faculty of Agriculture University of Jordan Amman 11942 JORDAN
Home: 5050790
Office 5355000-22521
Mobile phone: 0777-490803
Fax: (962-6) 5300806
Email: Ahmadk@ju.edu.jo
ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
Rank: Professor, University of Jordan
Specialization: Entomology (Insect Taxonomy).
Ph.D.1990.Major: Entomology (Insect Taxonomy). Colorado State University.
M.Sc.1986.Major:Plant Protection. University of Jordan.
B.Sc.1983. Major:Plant protection. University of Jordan.
WORK EXPERIENCE
- Member of Executive Committee of the Arab Society for Plant Protection.
- Head of the Department of Plant Protection starting Sept. 2013 till Sept 2015.
- Professor and Museum Director, Department of Plant Protection, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Jordan, from November, 2002 till present.
- Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Entomology and Zoology, Colorado State University, USA, 1988-1990.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
I have taught the following courses for the graduate and undergraduate students:
- Insect Taxonomy
- Advanced Insect taxonomy (Graduate course)
- Insects: Structure and Function (Graduate course)
- Principles of Plant Protection
- Field Practices in Plant Protection
- Applications in Plant Protection
- House and Garden Pests
- Medical and Veterinary Entomology
- General Entomology
- Seminar in Plant Protection
- Research Techniques in Horticulture and Plant Protection (Graduate course)
- Field Crops and Stored Products Insects
- Immature Insects (Undergraduate and graduate course)
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Insect fauna of Jordan Project: Animal Biodiversity of Jordan Project:
Search for local bacterial isolates toxic for mosquitoes in Jordan for use as an alternative for traditional chemical control.
Study of the Wild Animals and Plants of the eastern bank of the River Jordan (Al Ardani Road).
Macroinvertebrate Baseline Survey in Wadi Rum Protected Area (South Jordan).
Macroinvertebrates of Dibbeen Reserve. Entomopathogenic Nematodes Diversity in Jordan: An Environmentally safe Alternative to Benefit Agriculture in Desert systems. 2004-2007.
Survey of the Moths of Jordan. Deanship of Scientific Research. 2008, still running.
HONORS AND AWARDS
2004 Abdel Hamid Shouman Prize for Young Arab Scholars.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
- Arab Society for Plant Protection. 1992 till present, currently a member of the executive committee.
- Entomological Society of America. 1989-1991.
UNIVERSITY EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
- Member of the Biopesticides Committee (Ministry of Agriculture) since 2016
- Member of the Scientific Committee in the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature in Jordan.
- Member of Organizing Committee of the Seventh Arab Congress of Plant Protection held in the University of Jordan in October 2000
- Member of Organizing Committee of the First Conference in Biotechnology in Agriculture held in September 2000 at Al Balqua’a University.
- Member of Quarantine lists review, Ministry of Agriculture and University of Jordan. Feb. 2012.
- Member of the Plant Health Committee, Ministry of Agriculture. 2012 till present.
- Member of the Agricultural and Veterinary Sector Committee at the Scientific Research Fund at the Ministry of Higher education. 2014 till present.
Establishing Entomological Museums in Jordan
- Established an Insect Museum at Faculty of Bioagricultural Technology, Department of Beneficial Insects. This is mainly a teaching collection. Weekly field trips for one year (1999/2000), were conducted in many parts in Jordan. The collected specimens were pinned and preserved. Many specimens were identified based of on the available literature.
- Established an Insect Museum at Al Al Bayt University in northern Jordan. Weekly field trips for six months in 2001 were conducted in many parts in Jordan. The collected specimens were pinned and preserved. Many specimens were identified based of on the available literature.
- Established a small insect collection at the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature. The insects were collected from Wadi Rum at southern Jordan. It was meant to be used as a baseline data for further invertebrate research in the reserve.
- Established an insect collection for Dibeen Reserve in northern Jordan with workers of the Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature.sa
