On August 20, 2018, Dr. Naseem Salim Abdel , from Department of Physics, Faculty of Science/UOZ, started a work as a researcher for a short-term at Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR), Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan. He has been awarded a Research Fellowship (Short-term) from Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) after being nominated by Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (Sweden) and Tohoku University (Japan).

It is worth mentioning that Dr. Naseem, in collaboration with Professor Yong P. Chen and Professor Akichika Kumatani at AIMR, is working with 2D nanomaterials (Graphene material) for nano-sensor technology. This project will be completed at Lund University in Sweden. In addition, three international Universities: Tohoku University (Japan), Lund University (Sweden) and Zakho University (Kurdistan Region of Iraq), are supporting this research work.
Furthermore, this project will open a gate for the staff of the University of Zakho to be involved in scientific collaboration with international scholars. The total amount of the funding supporting the project is around 12000 USD.