Full Name: Sherwan Sharif Qurtas
Faculty: Sciences
Department: Petroleum Geosciences
Address: Soran
Email: sherwan.qurtas@soran.edu.iq
Academic title: Lecturer
Responsibility: Head of the Department of Petroleum Geosciences
General Expertise: Geology
Specific Expertise: Hydrogeology
Research Interests: Hydrogeology, Hydrology, Environmental Engineering
Education:
- 1998 Geology B.Sc. Salahaddin university - Erbil
- 2005 Hydrology M.Sc. UNESCO – IHE – Delft - Netherlands
- 2007 English language B.A Salahaddin University-Erbil
- 2014 Geology Ph.D. Salahaddin university - Erbil
Biography:
- I have experience in administration in different locations in university, Specifically:
- Salahaddin University-Erbil (College of Education- Soran):
- October – 2007 – 14 - February 2008 Supervisor of English department
- June – 2007 – October - 2007 Member of Examination Committee
- June – 2008 – October - 2008 Member of Examination Committee
- June – 2009 – October - 2009 Member of Control of Examination Committee
- Soran University:
- Faculty of Arts: October – 2011 – May - 2012 the Head of Geography department
- Faculty of Arts: 13/ 12/2012 – 11/10/2015 the Head of Geography department
- Faculty of Sciences: 12/10/2015 till now the Head of department of Petroleum Geosciences
- Iraq – Kurdistan: ECG – Company contracting with KRG & UNICEF May-2011 – October 2011 the Consultant: Erbil Solid Waste Management Masterplan.
I also have Specific experience in the region (Iraqi Kurdistan Region), simply as follows:
- October – 1998 – October 2000 the Assistant hydrogeologist in SHANADER LNGO in Drilling wells and water supply sector.
- November -2000 – January- 2001 the Assistant hydrogeologist in UN-FAO, in Drilling well sector.
- March- 2001 – August- 2001 the Assistant hydrogeologist in UN-FAO, consulting ground water studies.
- June – 2000 – September 2006 the Hydrogeologist in Ministry of Agriculture and water resources.
- August 2002 – October 2002 the Hydrogeologist in UN-Habitat in Drilling wells sector.
- 2003 – 2004 the Supervisor of main stores of UN-FAO – Ministry of Agriculture. Documentation and receiving the goods under the UN article of 986.
- May-2011 – October 2011 the Consultant in ECG (Egyptian Company contracting) with KRG & UNICEF in Erbil Solid Waste Management Master plan.
- September 2006 – 18- January - 2014 the Assistant lecturer in University of Salahaddin – University of Soran.
- September18- January – 2014 till now the Lecturer in Soran University. Faculties of Arts, Education, Sciences, and Engineering.
Scientific Activities: (Conference, Workshop, Symposium..)
- Water Education Symposium – Holland – Delft, UNESCO-IHE, 2004.
- Oil and Gas symposium- Soran university – 2013
- Conference of environment, Ministry of Tourism - KRG – Iraq – Erbil – Choman – 2013.
- Conference of Tourism – High committee of tourism – KRG- Iraq – Erbil – Rwanduz – 2014.
- Geography International conference – University of Duhok, KRG- Iraq – Duhok – 2014.
- Special Meeting of parliament members with professionals of Environment in Soran, KRG- Iraq – Erbil – Soran – 2015.
- International conference in Erbil Polytechnic University – KRG, 17 – 18 / 5 / 2017, Challenges facing the collaboration between technical Education and Market needs. My paper title; Hydrogeology of Natural Ponds and Their Sustainability for Tourism, Using Remote Sensing and GIS Techniques, in Zagros Thrust Zone, Northeast Erbil Province, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
- Different workshops about training of special instruments of weather, modelling, effective and methods of teaching, and scientific debate, introduced by universities, KRG, and UN.