Personal Information

 Associate Professor

Department of  Biological Sciences

Faculty of Sciences

Contact Information

Phone: 0126952000 Ext. 42515

Email: anajjar@kau.edu.sa

Azhar Abdullah Saeed Najjar

 Associate Professor

Profile

-2015 to date: Assistant Professor at the Biological Science Department, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah.
- 2016 Member of Student Scientific Conference, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah.
- 2017: Coordinator of Student Scientific Conference, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah.
- 2015- 2019: Head of Scientific Research Unit, faculty of Science (women section), King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah.

- FULBRIGHT Scholar at University of Florida in US 2021-2022.

Education

  • 2002

    Bachelor degree from MicrobiologyScience, King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2007

    Master degree from MicrobiologyScience, King Abdulaziz University, جدة, المملكة العربية السعودية

  • 2014

    Doctorate degree from MicrobiologyBiotechnology and Molecular science, University Putra Malaysia, كوالا لمبور, مـــالـيزيا

Employment

Research Interests

*Morphological microbial identification.
*Molecular analysis of Microbial DNA Fingerprinting by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR).
*Toxicological analysis by using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) analysis and
liquid chromatography mass spectrometry (LC/MS) technique.
*Cytotoxicity assay of fungi and bacteria on different animals and cell lines.

Scientific interests

-Morphological and molecular identification of fungi

-Screening of fungal isolates for mycotoxins production 

-Extraction of mycotoxins

-Biodegradation of toxins by using fungi

-Spectrophotometry

 -HPLC

Courses

Mycology 332 Bio
General microbiology 231 Bio
general biology 110 Bio
special topic 1 639 Bio
special topic2 640 Bio
Fungal physiology 638 Bio
seminar 695 Bio
Plant Pathology 432 Bio

Areas of expertise