Date and Place of Birth: 17/12/1964 - Irbid-Jordan

Dr. Yousef H. Tawalbeh

Date and place of birth: 17/12/1964 - Irbid-Jordan Marital status: Married with four children E-mail: [email protected], [email protected] Address: Amman –Al-Aqsa street, Mobile: +962 777 512 568, +962 799 014 820 Scientific Qualifications: - 1- PhD. Food Science and Nutrition - University of Jordan (2005).

2- MSc. Food Science and Nutrition - University of Jordan (1992).

3- BSc. Food technology - Food technology department - Faculty of agriculture and forests - Mousel University - Iraq (1987).

Published Papers:- 1- Influence of olive harvesting dates on the sensory and chemical characteristics of the Jordanian olive oil. Olivebioteq 2006 – November 5th – Mazara del Vallo, Marsala (Italy). 2- Effect of variety and harvesting time on the oxidative stability of olive oil. Olivebioteq 2006 – November 5th – Mazara del Vallo, Marsala (Italy). 3- Correlations between some chemical and sensory parameters of Jordanian Rumi and Nabali olive oil samples obtained at different harvesting dates. Bull. Fac.Agric., Cairo Univ. Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University. ISSN:0526-8613 4- Comparison study of antioxidants contents of olive oil producing pre, during and after the olive proper harvesting stages. The First international Conference on Olive in Palestine: Status and Challenges, 8-10 February 2011. 5- Influence of addition of Titanium Dioxide as a bleaching agent to the traditional meals in Jordan on the preference of these meals. J. Rad. Res. Appl. Sci., Vol. 5, No. 1, pp. 219 - 224(2012)

6- Influence of production Area and type of milk on chemical composition of Jammed in Jordan. J. Rad. Res. Appl. Sci., Vol. 4(B), pp. 1263-1270 (2011) 7- Organoleptic and Sensory Evaluation of Several food products (Book). Under Publishing

"The title of PhD thesis" A study of Selected Sensory and Chemical Quality Aspects of Rumi and Nabali Olive Oil

"The title of Master thesis" A Chemical and Microbial Study of Jameed Produced in Jordan

* Jameed is a Dry Fermented Dairy Product.

Memberships:- 1- Head of the Jordanian National Team of Organoleptic Assessment of Olive Oil (Accredited). International Olive Council – Madrid – Spain. 2- Head of the Jordanian National Team of Sensory Analysis of Table Olives. International Olive Council – Madrid – Spain. 3- Deputy of the Head of Sensory Evaluation Teem of Food /University of Jordan. 4- A membership in Jordanian Agricultural Engineering Association

Past Experience:- I. Academic Experience (Full & Part Time): - Assistant Professor in Food Science and Technology in the following Universities and Colleges: -- Jordan University of Science and Technology (9/2011 - ) -- Al- Balqa Applied University – Al-Zarqa College (10/2005 – 9/2007) -- Rufaida Al- Aslamiah Nursing College (10/2007- 9/2008) Courses That I Taught: 1- Principles of Dairy Science 2- Human Nutrition 3- Sensory Evaluation of Food 4- Food Chemistry (post and under graduated) 5- Quality Control of Food 6- Food Processing 7- Meat Science 8- Vegetable Oil Processing 9- Cereal Technology II. Non- Academic Experience 1. Head of Risk Analysis and Studies Department / Food Directorate / Jordanian food and drug administration (JFDA). Amman - Jordan (8/2008 – till now) 2. Head of Awareness, Advice and Control Committee on the Food Industrial Field. Food Directorate / JFDA. Amman - Jordan (1/2008 – 8/2008) 3. Head of Food Laboratories, Jordanian food and drug administration (JFDA). Amman - Jordan (2/2004 – 1/2008) 4. Food inspector. Central laboratory - Ministry of health. Amman- Jordan (6/2002 - 2/ 2004).

5. Manager, Quality Control. Gulf Williams and Danish Dairy Co (Dandy). Doha – Qatar (6/2001 - 5/2002). 6. Teacher of food science. Al - Qatari center for university services. Doha – Qatar (6/2000 - 6/2001).

7. Head of baby food plant. Qatar food industries Co. (FOODCO). Doha - Qatar (6/1997- 6/2000). 8. Head of food laboratory. Ministry of health. Aqaba – Jordan (1/1994 - 6/1997). 9. Food laboratory supervisor. Applied Science University. Amman- Jordan (10/1993 - 12/1993) 10. Technical manager, food laboratory supervisor. Aldulail fresh dairy plant (3/ 1989 - 10/1993)

Training Courses & conferences that I attend: -

1- International Course for Panel Leaders on the Sensory Analysis of Table Olives. Madrid-Spain, 4-8/June 2012. 2- 7th Dubai International Food Safety Conference and IAFP's First Middle East Symposium on Food Safety. Dubai – AEU. 21-23/Feb/2012, Dubai Convention and Exhibition Centre

3- Strengthening capacities towards the establishment of a regional platform for the detection of genetically modified organisms. FAO TCP/RAB/3202, 2009-2011. Dubai. AEU, 10-11 April 2011

4- "Internal Audit" Training Course. Jordan Standards and Metrology Organization, 3-5 April 2011.

5- The 6th International Food Safety Conference. Dubai – AEU. 28/2-1/3 2011, Dubai Convention and Exhibition Centre

6- Workshop on handling food emergencies/crises in the food chain. European Food safety authority (EFSA) and DG Sanco of the European commission. Parma-Italy, 14-15 October 2010

7- National Seminar on Table Olive Picking Techniques. Organized by International Olive council. Amman on 12 - 13, October 2010

8- Detection of Genetically Modified Organisms and Biosafety for Food and Agriculture. International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA), Aleppo, Syria 19-24 June 2010

9- Regional Capacity Building for Detection of Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) and Biosafety for Food and Agriculture. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Damascus, Syria 16-17 June 2010

10- Workshop on the E.U Rapid Alert System for Food and feed (RASFF), Amman, Jordan, 26-28 April, 2010 11- Middle Managements, National Institute for Training, Amman, Jordan, 11-15 April, 2010.

12- The 5th International Food Safety Conference. Dubai – AEU. 22-24 February, 2010 at the Dubai Convention and Exhibition Centre. 13- International Training Program in the Field of (Quality Infrastructure for Food Safety) arranged under the auspices and sponsorship of the (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency) Cairo - Egypt, 4 – 9 October, 2009

14- Seminar (Food Safety in the European Neighbor countries and expectation on Cooperation with European Commission and European Food Safety Authorities), 1– 2 July, 2009, Brussels/Belgium 15- Quality Infrastructure for Food Safety 229 MENA) Sweden International Development Agency - Sweden, 1-28 February, 2009. 16- Panel Leaders in the Organoleptic Assessment of Virgin Olive Oil\ International Olive Council (IOC). Madrid, Spain, 30\6 – 4\7\2008. 17- Hygiene and Controls of Milk and Dairy Products. Brescia, Italy. 26 April - 3 May 2008. 18- Selection of National Team for Organoleptic Assessment of Olive Oil/ supervision by International Olive Council (IOC). National Central for Agricultural Research and Technology Transfer – Al Baqa – Jordan 31 March – 3April, 2008.

19- ISO/IEC 17025:2005 (General Requirements for the Competence of Testing & Calibration Laboratories). Jordan Food and Drug Administration, Shafa Badran- Amman (30 July – 1 August, 2007). 20- Study Tour to Denmark. Intensive Highly Specialized Training on Food Analysis and Quality Control. Ringsted Laboratory- Denmark (13-27 August 2006). 21- Workshop on Training on the Use of Relevant International Laboratory Standards in Line with EU. JFDA, Amman-Jordan (18-20 July, 2006). 22- Workshop Training on Laboratory Management and Quality Control. JFDA, Amman-Jordan (9-11 May, 2006). 23- Testing the correct sealing of gas beverages bottles. Istanbul – Turkey (10/2003). 24- Environmental pollution monitorings techniques. Qatar University. Doha – Qatar (6/1999). 25- HPLC Training Program. Doha – Qatar (9/1998) 26- ISO 9001 implementations training course. Doha – Qatar (8/1997). 27- Food inspection and analysis. Central laboratory - Ministry of health. Amman - Jordan (11/ 1993-12/1993)