Teaching and Research                                            
Assistant Lecturer at ZAU from 1985-1987;                         
Lecturer at ZAU from 1987-1992
Associate Professor at ZAU from 1992-1996          
Professor at ZAU from 1996-1998                     
Professor at ZU from since 1998

                                                                                                                                          
The main international activities
Visiting several universities in Cameroon and Kenya as an advanced scholar in Nov. 1992-Feb. 1993
Visiting University of Utsunomiya, Japan as a visiting scholar in Sep. 1998-July, 1999
Visiting University of Glasgow, UK as an advanced visiting scholar in Feb. to April , 2000
Visiting University of Tokyo, Japan as a guest research fellow in July to Oct. 2001
Visiting University of Glasgow, UK as a guest professor in Jan. to March, and July to August. 2002
Visiting University of Tokyo, Japan as a guest professor in Sept. 2002 to Sept. 2003
Visiting University of Glasgow, UK as a guest professor in Jan to March, 2004
Visiting University of Tasmania, Australia as a guest professor in August to Sept. 2004
Visiting Department of Agriculture, West Australia in Jan. to Feb. 2005

The current research fields

Molecular physiology of stress tolerance in crops;
Plant germplasm evaluation, mainly in barley;
Phytoremediation of contaminated soil and crop safe production