Born in Baghdad in 1956. B.Sc and M.Sc degrees in 1979 and 1986 respectively from the Military Technical College (MTC), and the Military College for Engineering (MCE), both in Baghdad, Iraq. From 1989-1991, joined a PhD study program at AZMA Academy, Brno, former Czechoslovakia. An assistant professor at MCE from 1998 to 2003. An assistant professor at Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Technology, from 2004 to 2010, Baghdad, Iraq. Since 2010, a professor at the University of Technology. Fields of interests are microwave antenna miniaturization and design, and passive microwave circuits design. More than 80 published papers in local and international conferences and peer-reviewed journals. He is a SMIEEE and a MIET.