Academic Staff

Oct. 28, 2025, 9:21 a.m.
Ali Mustafa Mohammed (PhD)
Lecturer
Lecturer in Toxicology Pharmacology College of Pharmacy (CPHR)

Pharmacology
College of Pharmacy
University of Duhok

2021, PhD in Toxicology. University of Eastern Finland, Finland

2011. Master's of science MSc in Toxicology, University of Eastern Finland, Finland

2006. BSc in Pharmacy, University of Garyounis. Benghazi

  1. Lecturer of General Toxicology, Clinical Toxicology, Pharmacoeconomics and Data Informatics for pharmacy students for period of 2012-2015 and 2022-2023.
    2. I am also responsible for the laboratory part of toxicology courses in College of Pharmacy.
    3. I was in charge of exam control committee of college Pharmacy from 2012-2015 and 2022.
    4. I supervisor of undergraduate projects of fifth year-pharmacy students (spring 2012-spring 2015 and 2022).
    5. I participated in the research day organized by the Faculty of Health sciences, UEF, oral presentation, 2019.
    I have been involved in teaching of the following courses (for Master's Degree Programmed in General Toxicology), Expertise for science-based chemical risk assessment in the University of Eastern Finland: Toxicology of compounds Toxicity testing, Regulatory toxicology, and Clinical toxicology.
    6. I was also a teacher in advanced toxicology risk assessment course. I supervised one student in 2018 and two students in 2019 for their risk assessment reports. University of Eastern Finland, Finland.

Research

1. Ali Mustafa Mohammed, Heidi Sahlman, Kirsi Vähäkangas. 2021. The significance of ABC transporters in human placenta for the exposure of the fetus to xenobiotics. Reproductive and developmental toxicology by Gupta, 3rd edition. Chapter 67 of Reproductive and Developmental Toxicology by Gupta 3rd edition. Academic press, Elsiever.

2. Ali Mustafa Mohammed, 2020, Toxicokinetics and toxicity related mechanisms of xenobiotics in human placenta. University of Eastern Finland. Doctoral dissertation.

3. Ali Mustafa Mohammed, Marjo Huovinen, Kirsi H Vähäkangas. 2020. Toxicity of diuron metabolites in human placenta. Environ Toxicol Pharmacol. 78:103409. doi:10.1016/j.etap.2020.103409. Epub 2020 May 19

4. Ali Mustafa Mohammed, Pasi Huuskonen, Risto Juvonen, Heidi Sahlman, Jenni Repo, Kirsi Myöhänen, Päivi Myllynen, Chit-Shing Jackson Woo, Vesa Karttunen, Kirsi Vähäkangas. 2020. Activities of metabolizing enyzmes in human placenta. Toxicol Lett. 15;326:70-77.
doi: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2020.02.014. Epub 2020 Feb 27.

5. Ali Mustafa Mohammed, Vesa Karttunen, Huuskonen Pasi, Marjo Huovinen, Seppo Auriola, Kirsi Vähäkangas. 2018. Transfer and metabolism of diuron in human placenta. Toxicology letter,

6. Vesa Karttunen, Ali Mustafa Mohammed, Kirsi Vahakangas. 2016. The significance of ABC transporters in human placenta for the exposure of the fetus to xenobiotics, Chapter 79 of reproductive and developmental toxicology by Gupta, 2nd edition. Academic press, Elsiever.

7. Mohammed A. M. (2011), Methods to study human placental functions. University of Eastern Finland. (Master thesis).

8. Transdermal drug delivery system: transdermal patches. 2006. Library of Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Garyounis, Benghazi, Libya.

Chemical and environmental risk assessments.
Toxicokinetic and toxicity of xenobiotics in human placenta.
Molecular Toxicology.
Reproductive and developmental toxicology.
Toxicology of pesticides.
Toxicity of medicinal drugs.

I supervised the following master’s degree student in toxicology program, University of Eastern Finland. Finland
1. Salma Nuzhat graduated in 2019.
2. Ahmed Tawfeq graduated in 2020.
3. Mina Yacob graduated in 2020.
I was also evaluator for theses of four master’s degree students from master’s degree program on General Toxicology, University of Eastern Finland.
1. Rabia Jehangir
2. Catherine Ngwengeh
3. Ahsan Ijaz Khan
4. Elham Gharib.