Karbala University                                                                    

Nursery School                                                                        E-mail biologyme1983@gmail.com                                                                                

Zahraa Kamaz

EDUCATION

Virginia Commonwealth University

2013-2017 Ph.D. in Microbiology and Immunology

Dissertation: Characterization of cytomegalovirus MHC class I homologues

GPA 4/4

University of Babylon in Iraq

2007-2010 master in Microbiology and Immunology

Thesis: Cryptic and non cryptic bacterial ophthalmitis

GPA 3.5/4

University of Karbala in Iraq

2002-2006 Bachelor in Biological science

GPA 4/4

Position and Activities

Assist Lecturer at Karbala University since 2008

Courses taught to students: Bacteriology, Virology, Immunology, Molecular biology, General Microbiology, Hematology & Medical laboratory tests.

(2011) Seminar given to Biology department faculty about the outbreak of Deadly E.coli strain O157:H7.

(2016) Seminar given to the graduate students at Microbiology department / Virginia Commenwealth University about Studying the characteristics of guinea pig cytomegalovirus MHC-I homologues gp147, gp148 & gp149

HONORS/ AWARDS AND RECOGNITION

2006 Certificate of merit from Iraqi ministry of higher education

2010 Letter of recognition and appreciation from Iraqi ministry of higher education

2013 Scholarship from Higher Committee for Education Development in Iraq

2016 Phi Kappa Phi Recognition awards from medical school of Virginia Commenwealth University.

Publications

Kamaz, Z. The effects of honey on phagocytic activity against Staphylococcus aureus. Journal of Kerbala University. Vol 9 NO.3 Scientific 2011.

Kamaz, Z; Qassim, N. Cryptic and non cryptic bacterial opthalmitis. Iraqi national library and archives 2009.

Skills

Macvector program for genes manipulation, PCR, Western blot and Cloning, Proteins modeling.  

Languages Arabic and English