Poster #6 - Nisreen Al-Quraan

Associate Professor of Plant Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan

Biography

Nisreen AL-Quraan graduated in 1998 with a Bachelor of Science degree from the Department of Biological Sciences, Yarmouk University, Jordan. She joined the graduate program in the Department of Biological sciences, Yarmouk University and received her Master of Science degree in plant biochemistry and molecular biology in 2001. After completion of her MSc, she worked as a research and teaching assistant for two years in the Department of Biological Sciences, Yarmouk University, Jordan. In May, 2004, she joined the Department of Biological Sciences, Auburn University, Alabama, USA to pursue her PhD degree in plant biochemistry and molecular biology working on the plant abiotic stress interaction and the role of GABA shunt pathway in plant stress tolerance and obtained her PhD in August, 2008. Since September 2008, Nisreen AL-Quraan has been an professor in plant biochemistry and molecular biology at Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan. Her research is focused on investigating the pathways that enable plants to adapt and tolerate harsh biotic and abiotic stress conditions. She is interested in using biochemical and molecular biology techniques to study and characterize the GABA shunt metabolic pathway that is activated in response to the interactions between plants and its environments.