Name: Fahad Mohamad Alromian
Date of Birth: 1962
Nationality: Saudi
Academic Rank: Assistant professor
Mailing Address: College Of Science, Qassim University, Qassim, Saudi Arabia
Ph: 96663801524
Fax: 96663800911
Email: rmiean@qu.edu.sa
alromian@hotmail.com
Qualifications
Degree and Year
Field
Institution
Ph. D. (1999)
Soil Science
Iowa State University Ames, Iowa.
US.
(Soil fertility and chemistry)
M. Sc. (1994)
Soil Science
King Saud University Riyadh, Saudi
Arabia.
B. Sc. (1988)
Soil and Water
King Saud University (Qassim
branch), Qassim, Saudi Arabia.
Thesis title of M.Sc : Nitrogen use efficiency of urea fertilizer in calcareous soils.
Thesis title of Ph.D. : Effect of soil pH on phytoavailability of nitrogen in biotechnology byproducts and animal manures.
Current Research Interests
My current research interest is related to the following general lines - Soil Fertility –soil
chemistry- Plant nutrition – Nitrogen in soils-Soil and Water Pollution - Determination of
Fertilizer Requirements - Evaluation of Organic fertilizers and fertilization in Arid Lands - Soil
Fertilization Practices and Their Effects on Environment and Natural Resources – Organic
Farming.
Positions and Administration Jobs
Vice president of Agricultural Committee (2002 – 2006), Chamber of Commerce and
Industry, Qassim, Saudi Arabia.
Member of College of Agricultural and Veterinary Medicine Council, 2003-2005
Chemistry Department Head (since 1/2006)
Member of plant production and protection department Council
Member of chemistry department Council.
Member of College of Science Council, since 1/2006.
Vice Dean of College of Science for Academic Affairs , since 7/2007.
Teaching
311 SAW Soil Fertility and fertilizers
314 SAW salt affected Soils
315 SAW Soil Reclamation
321 SAW Plant Nutrition
261 PPP Soil Fertility and Plant Nutrition
101 Chem General Chemistry
List of publications
Alromian F. M., I. S. Al-Salamah and I. N. Nassar. Irrigation and urea fertilization
of date palm offshoots. (in press).
Al-Salama I. S., I. N. Nassar, A. I. Turki and F. M. Alromian. 2007. Decomposition
of organic materials and its effect on transport of nitrogen, phosphorous and water in
unsaturated soil. In: C.A. Brebbia, editor. Water Resources Management IV
Transaction: Ecology and the Environment volume 103.
Al-Oud S. S. and F. M. Alromian. 2004. Evaluation of the municipal solid wastes ash
as a source of plant nutrients and pollutants. Egypt. J. Appl. Sci., 19 (6):13-25.
Alromian F. M. and I. Nassar. 2004.Effect of municipal solid wastes on the growth
of rocket and spinach plants. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences 7 (8):1316-1321.
Alromian F. M. and Y. M. El-Fakhrani. 2002. Effect of sulphur on the utilization
efficiency of nitrogen by wheat on sandy soils of Saudi Arabia. J. Agric. Sci.
Mansoura Univ. 27(9): 6477-6491.
Alromian F. M. and Y. M. El-Fakhrani. 2002.Estimation of nitrogen requirements for
potato crop in sandy soils of Saudi Arabia. J. Agric. Sci. Mansoura Univ. 27(9): 64936502.
Alromian F. M. and M. A Tabatabai. Effect of soil pH on phytoavailability of
nitrogen in biotechnology by-products and animal manures. (1999). Agron. Abstracts,
Madison, WI.
Almodaihsh A., F. M. Alromian and M. O. Mahjoub. 1996. Nitrogen management
and nitrapyrin effects on yield and N recovery of wheat. J. King Saud Univ., vol. 8,
Agric Sci. (1), 159-172.
Almodaihsh A., F. M. Alromian and M. O. Mahjoub. 1995. Inhibition of nitrification
by nitrapyrin and elemental sulfur in calcareous soils. Annals of Agric Sci. Ain Shams
Univ., Cairo, 40(1), 443-445.