Personal Information

 Assistant Professor

Department of  Arid Regions Agriculture

Faculty of Environmental Sciences

Contact Information

Phone: 6951398 Ext. 1398

Email: rabuhasan@kau.edu.sa

Refaat Atalla Ahmed Abohassan

 Assistant Professor

Profile

Dr. Abohassan is an assistant professor at the  Department of Arid Land Agriculture since 1998. He is holding two master degrees from the same department in 2001 and from the University of Guelph, Canada in 2004 and had his PhD from the University of Wales, Bangor, UK in 2011.

Education

  • 1998

    Bachelor degree from the department of Arid Land AgricultureFaculty of Meteorology, Environment and Arid Land Agriculture, King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2001

    Master degree from the department of Arid Land AgricultureFaculty of Meteorology, Environment and Arid Land Agriculture, King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2004

    Master degree from the department of AgroforestrySchool of Environmental Biology, Guelph University, جويلف, كـــــــندا

  • 2011

    Doctorate degree from the department of Agroforestry School of The Environment, Natural Resources and Geography, University of Wales, بانقور, بريطانيا

Employment

  • 1998-2011

    Teaching Assistant, King Abdulaziz University, , المملكة العربية السعودية

Research Interests

-Agroforestry applications in Arid Zones

- Mangrove and marine ecosystem management

- Environmental interactions in forestry, with particular interest in green house gases dymanics.

- Nutrient cycling in forest ecosystems

Scientific interests

-          The utilization of the renewable natural resources

-          Terrestrial and coastal plants

-          Climate change and plant cover interactions

Courses

Trees and Shrubs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia 356 XA
Forest Mensuration 453 HA
Advance desertification 740 AGR

Areas of expertise