Dr. Salih M. Awadh: A professor of geochemistry, graduated from the University of Baghdad in 1986 with B.Sc. Degree in Geology; M.Sc. (1992) in Geochemistry; Ph.D. (2006) in Geochemistry and Economic Geology; and Post Doctorate degree (2014) from Warsaw University – Poland. He has an experience of over 27 years in Geochemistry, Petroleum Geochemistry, Ore Geology and Environmental Studies, and over 20 years as an academician staff. Currently works for the Department of Geology, University of Baghdad. He is an editor-in-chief of the Iraqi Geological Journal (Scopus Index), and a member of the editorial board of both of the Iraqi Bulletin of Geology and Mining, and International Journal of Earth Sciences and Engineering. ISSN 0974-5904, (Elsevier indexing). He supervised more than 20 PhD and MSc theses, and his publications are more than seventy-regular full length papers with five academic books. He organized many geological symposium and conferences.