• Sex:  Male

• Marital Status:   Married with four children
• Citizenship:  Australian

• Permanent Home Address: 9 Rockton Close, Prestons, NSW 2170, Australia.

• Corresponding Address:     Department of Mathematical Sciences, King Fahd University of Petroleum &    Minerals, P.O. Box 1676 Dhahran 31261, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

 
• Ph.D. in Statistics, 1988, University of Wyoming, USA
  Dissertation Topic: Some Aspects of Ranked Set Sampling with Size Biased Probability of Selection
  
• M.S. in Statistics, 1984, University of California, Davis, USA
  Thesis Topic: Analysis of Spatially Correlated Data
  
• M.Sc. in Applied Statistics, 1980, Brunel University, UK
  Thesis Topic: Estimation Procedures for the Truncated Poisson Distribution
  
• B.Sc. in Applied Statistics, 1975, Baghdad University

 
• The Biometric Society, USA
• The Australian Statistical Society
• Saudi Association for Mathematical Sciences
• The Environmetrics Society, Canada

Awards

 
• Statistical consultant to faculty members and students throughout the university on statistical data analysis and design new surveys.
• Statistical consultant to researchers, companies, and students from outside the university.
• Established and managed Statistical Consulting Center.

 
• Associated Editor for the Pakistan Journal of Statistics, since 1997.
• Reviewer for the following international statistical journals: Annals of the Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Environmental and Ecological Statistics, Biometrical Journal, Pakistan Journal of Statistics, Statistics and Decision, Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics, and Umm Al-Qura University Journal of Science-Medicine-Engineering.