Brief Bio Name: Dr. FATMA MOHAMMED 1. Personal Information SALIM AL E-mail: abrif@squ.edu.om ABRI Academic Rank: Department: Geography Specialization: Population Studies Minor specialization: Population Studies Address: Sultan Qaboos University, College of Arts & Social Sciences. P.O Box 42, P.C. 123. Al-Khod, Sultanate of Oman. 2. Employment History Place of Work (Institution) Year Occupation SQU 2008-till Today Professor Assistant SQU 2001-2008 Lecturer SQU 1997-2001 Domenostrator Institution 3. Education and Qualifications 3- 1 Qualifications Year Qualification The University of Liverpool, England 2004-2008 Ph.D. in Population Studies, The University of Liverpool, England. 2000-2001 M.A. in Population Studies, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of Oman. 1993-1997 B.A in Geography 3-2 Courses Taught Introduction to Geography (Arabic) Human Geography of Oman (Arabic) Urbanization in GCC (Arabic) Human Geography (Arabic) Human Development (Arabic) Population and Development (Arabic) Migration (Arabic) Level B.A B.A B.A B.A B.A B.A B.A B.A Population Growth, Fertility & Mortality (Arabic) B.A Population Geography (English) B.A Population Economics (Arabic) B.A Population Growth, Fertility, Mortality & Migration (English) B.A Graduation Project 4. Research 4-1 Research Interests Women Empowerment Fertility Population Growth 4-2 Papers (5 most important or recent papers) Spatial analysis of population growth and urbanization in the governorate of Muscat using GIS and remote sensing systems, 2016 . 4-3 Conferences (5 most important or recent conferences) 1|P age 4-4 Thesis Supervision (5 most recent theses) Aisha AL-Buriki, The Efficiency of Educational Services at First Cycle Schools in the Sultanate of Oman "A Case Study: The State of Saham in North Batinah Govrnorate, 2015 5. Awards 6. Community Service 6-1 Community services (Lectures – Seminars – etc….) Internal Examiner for the Master Dissertation for Manal AL-Buloshi Demographic and spatial characteristics of the crime in the governorate of Muscat on the 4th od February 2016 Organize a workshop on population surveys for students of Population Studies on 22-25 November 2015 6-2 Committee membership (5 main committees) Gulf Geographical Organization A team work to communicate with the Directorate General of Small and medium-sized enterprises, Ministry of Commerce and Industry 2|P age