Background
Assaf, Said A. was born on July 18, 1937 in Arrabeh, Jenin, Palestine. Son of Abdel-Afo A. and Asma M. Assaf.
biochemist environmentalist researcher
Assaf, Said A. was born on July 18, 1937 in Arrabeh, Jenin, Palestine. Son of Abdel-Afo A. and Asma M. Assaf.
Diploma in Agriculture, Khadoorie College, Tuklarem, Palestine, 1956. Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Chemistry and Soils, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, 1956. Master of Science in Food Science and Technology, Michigan State University, 1963.
Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry and Biophysics, Iowa State University, 1969.
Teacher agriculture extension agents United States Agency for International Development and Government Jordon, Jenin and Rabah Agricultural School, Jordan, 1956—1959. Assistant meat technical researcher American Meat Institute Foundation, Chicago, 1959—1961. Food technologist Wilson & Company, 1963—1964.
Assistant professor biochemistry University Miami School Medicine, 1969—1973. Associate professor internal medicine department, Graduate School biomedical Sciences University Texas, Houston, 1973—1977. Professor biochemistry, chairman department Birzeit U., West Bank, Israel, 1977—1979.
Acting president, dean medical science Al;-Quds Arab U. Jerusalem, El-Bireh Medical Profn. Branch, Jerusalem, 1979—1981.
Director general Arab Scientific Institute Research and Transfer of Technology (ASIR), El-Bireh/Ramallah, since 1981, Arafat National Scientific Center Applied Research (ANSAR), Ramallah, Palestinian Authority, since 1995. Howard Hughes fellow Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Miami, 1961. Consultant Food and Agriculture Organization (of the United Nations)/ESCWA, Rome, 1984—1986.
Consultant industrial development Arab League of States, AOAD and AOIO, Tunis, Tunisia, 1986—1988. Consultant retraining in science United Nations Educational, Paris, 1989—1992. Consultant water treatment United States Agency for International Development, Washington and Tel-Aviv, 1998—2000.
Consultant desalination Middle East Desalination Research Center, Muscat, Oman, 1999—2001.
Chairman Arab Scientific Institute Research and Transfer of Technology, since 1981. Member International Olive Oil Council, Madrid, since 1995. President Arab American University Graduates Association Texas, Houston, 1975—1976.
Member of Agricultural Engineers Association Jordan.
Married Karen Klare Eck, August 10, 1963. Children: Dena, Rema, Nabila, Jenin, Shireen.