CURRICULUM VITAE Name: ARSHAD HMOOD ABD ALKADHIM ALMOHANA Senior Research Fellow Department of Physics, Basrah University Basrah, Iraq. E-mail: arshad.phy73@gmail.com Date of birth: 29 January 1973 Nationality: Iraqi Academic Highlights and Work Experience: July 2013 Doctor of Philosophy in Physics from School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, 11800 Minden, Penang, Malaysia. Title of thesis: The Effects of ytterbium doping upon the structural and electrical transport properties of lead chalcogenide alloy thin films for thermoelectric applications. January 2002 Master of Science in Physics from Dept. of Physics, Basrah University, Basrah, Iraq. Title of thesis: Crystal Growth and thin films preparation of the compounds Bi2S3, Sb2S3 and the mixture Bi2xSb2(1-x)S3 and studies structural, optical and electrical properties. September 1998 Bachelor of Science in general Physics from, Dept. of Physics, Basrah University, Basrah, Iraq.