Curriculum Vitae

Amal  Abdulaziz Mohammed Al-Hazzani

Assistant Professor of Molecular Genetics

PERSONAL DATA: 

 Personal Position:         Assistant Professor of Molecular  Genetics. Faculty

                                       Science, King Saud University. Botany and

                   Microbiology  Department.                     

Date of Birth:                   13/3/1973

Place of Birth:                 Riyadh

Marital Status:               Single

Citizenship:                    Saudi

Contact:

Email:                          alhazzani@ksu.edu.sa

                        a_alhazzani@hotmail.com

Home:                       96614870111

Fax:                           96614870222

Office:                       0096614768171- 0096614785493(Ext:1475)

Mobile:                     00966504267899

Current Address:        King Saud University- Science Faculty-Department of Botany &Microbiology

 

EDUCATION:

M. Sc .                 Microbial Biodegradation of Crude Oil.

CURRENT   POSITION

·     Consultant in the rector office of  King Saud university (2010 till now)

·   Assistant of Vice-Rector for Education and Academic Affairs.(2010 till now)

·   Assistant of Vice-Rector for Graduate Studies and Scientific Research  for the Students Partnership(2010)

·Vice-Dean of Science Faculty- King Saud University.

·                                                            Assistant Professor in Molecular Genetics- Science Faculty- King Saud University.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Bachelor  Courses 

 

·        Botany 253 ( General genetics)

·        Botany 252 ( The cell)

·        Botany 498(B.SC. Project)

·        Microbiology 101( Introductory to Microbiology)

·        Microbiology 341 (Ecology of Microbiology)

Research Experience:

·        Advanced Molecular Genetics of Microorganisms and Human.

·         Genetic Mutation. Cytogenetic, Tissue Culture. and  Microbial Physiology.

 

 

CONFERENCE AND INVITATIONS :

·        Organizing activities of "Global Worming" Campaign. Saturday & Sunday 24-25 Nov 2007. Women Studies- Medical Studies & Sciences Section. King Saud University – Riyadh Kingdom of Saudi  Arabia. 

·        Organizing the Training and unit of Faculty of Education, the art departments in Riyadh. (2/5/2007 )  held in Women  Studies-Medical Studies Development & Sciences Section. King Saud   University - Riyadh. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 

·        Workshop on Towards University Symposium ( Strategic planning project ) Riyadh. Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on 7/3/1429h- 15/3/2008. 

·         Forth International conference for Development and Environment (F.I.C.D.E) under symbosium. The Balance Between Development And Environment conservation, on 18-2/ 2008.

 

·         Workshop on Active Learning and Teaching Large Classes, by Dr. Sergio Piccinin, Director, Teaching and Learning Centre - University of Ottawa, Canada. Organized by Deanship of Skills Development- Women Studies-Medical Studies & Sciences Section. King Saud University – Riyadh,  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Saturday,26/4/2008. Sharing in 7^th National Dialogue conference (preparing session). Mar, 2008.

 

·        Participant in King Saud University Strategic Plan Project (SWOT).Mar,2008.Workshop in: Working With Human Genome. Cambridge, United    Kingdom.    May, 2008.

·        Conference in: Contemporary Environmental Issues in Arid and Semi-arid Areas. Alexandria, Egypt. October, 2008.

·        Workshop in: Planning of quality system construction in higher education. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.  May, 2008

·        Workshop on Universities between International Ranking & Accreditation at King Saud University on 1-2/6/2008.

 

·        Workshop on: The Best practices in managing "The Social Networks and Contents". Saturday,3-5 / 11/1429h. Women Studies-  Medical Studies & Sciences Section King Saudi University – Riyadh,  Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

·        The 24th Meeting of Saudi Biological Society,Biotechnology: Reality and Application , Madinah Almunawwarah, at Taibah  University. (7-9 April, 2009)

·        Workshop on : Working mechanism on program and  Educational  plans( Domestic and International  experiments) by academic and educational  deanship on 4-5/ 1/2010 

·        Workshop on: Laser Capture Microdissection. The Foundation for Advanced Education in the Science at NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH (NIH). 2010 

·         Workshop on: Animal & Human Tissue Culture. The Foundation for Advanced Education in the
Science at NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH (NIH). 2010  

 

 

Professional Membership:

·        Saudi Journal Biological Science.

SUPERVISOR OF ,M.SC’s GRADUATE STUDENTS:

 ·        Co-supervisor on M.SC Thesis ("Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of Multi-  resistant Salmonella serotype isolated from different patients in Riyadh- Saudi Arabia ( Abeer Al Saadoon (2008-2009). 

·        Co-supervisor on M.SC Thesis (Genotyping of human papillomavirus and its prevalence among women in Riyadh. A community study. Allaa AL. Arnose.(2009-2010) 

·        Supervisor on M.SC Thesis("Molecular Characterization of Patients with Inherited Arrhythmogenic Disorders" ) Zarghona Shanwari. (2009-2010). 

EXAMINER OF M.D. GRADUATE STUDENTS

 ·        Genetic diversity among different varieties of common bean plant (Phaseolus  Vulgaris L.)" of the student:  Gawaher AL. Sabib, 2010)

 

·        Epidemiological of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci and effect of Ozone (O₃) on their pattern of resistance to some antibiotics in Saudi Arabia ” of the student: Madiha Aenazy. 2010

 

·        Mutation Detection in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Isolates from Saudi Arabia Using A New Molecular Approach’ of student: Dian Rachma Wijayanti. 2010

 

Journal Publications

 Amal A. Al-Hazzani. Molecular Subtyping of  Multiresistant Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (Under publishing)

 

Amal Al-Hazzani, Ibrahim A.Arif, Afaf I.Shehata and Brian. 2010. Molecular Identification of some toxigenic cyanobacteria using whole genome amplification (WGA). (Under publishing).

 Amal A. Al-Hazzani, Tarique N. Hasan, Gowhar Shafi, Ali A. Alshatwi Mohammed Alfawaz, Kai Y. Lei. Methanolic extract of Nigella sativa seed inhibits SiHa human cervical cancer cell proliferation through apoptosis. Oncology Reports. (Under publishing). 

Afaf I.Shehata, Ibrahim A.Arif, Amal A. Al- Hazzani ,⁽¹⁾Brian Mayer and Osama Al Samadi. 2010.Molecular Characterization of some toxigenic cyanobacteria by PCR- based  techniques. (Under publishing). 

Ali A. Alshatwi, Tarique N. Hasan, Gowhar Shafi, Adulaziz. A. Alsaif,  Amal A. Al-Hazzani , Mohammed A. Alsaif and David K. Y. Lei . 2010. Genetic variation in IL-6 and TNF-a genes with risk of breast cancer in a Saudi population-based case–control study. The Breast Journal. Accepted. 

 Anjana Munshi, Vandana Sharma, Subhash Kaul, Amal Al-Hazzani, Ali AAlshatwi, V Raj Manohar, K Rajeshwar, M Sai Babu and A Jyothy. 2010. Estrogen receptor alpha genetic variants and the risk of stroke in a South Indian population from Andhra Pradesh. Clinica chimica acta; International journal of clinical chemistry. 2010 Nov 11;411(21-22):1817-21. 

Jamal M. Arif, Amal A. Al-Hazzani, Muhammed Kunhi, and Fahad Al-Khodairy, “Novel Marine Compounds: Anticancer or Genotoxic?,” Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology, vol. 2004, no. 2, pp. 93-98, 2004. 

Arif, Jamal M.; Kunhi, Mohammed; Siddiqui, Yunus M.; El Sayed, Khalid A.; Orabi, Khaled Y.; Al-Hazzani, Amal; Al-Ahdal, Mohammed N.; Al-Khodairy, Fahad M. Role of intermediary biomarkers in determining the anticancer efficacy of marine compounds. Medicinal Chemistry Research (2004), 13(6/7), 553-562. 

Arif, Jamal M.; Kunhi, Mohammed; Siddiqui, Yunus M.; El Sayed, Khalid A.; Orabi, Khaled Y.; Al-Hazzani, Amal; Al-Ahdal, Mohammed N.; Al-Khodairy, Fahad M. Differential modulation of benzo[a]pyrene-derived DNA adducts in MCF-7 cells by marine compounds. International Journal of Cancer Prevention (2004), 1(4), 259-268.