Professor Dr. Ibtisam Mahdi Abdul-Sahib, a lecturer at the Marine Sciences Center at the University of Basra, participated in chairing the discussion committee for the postgraduate student / PhD, Anfas Nima Akash, in the College of Agriculture, Department of Fish and Marine Resources / University of Basra, on her thesis entitled ((Biodiversity of some benthic invertebrates in the Shatt al-Basra channel and the Basra River Karma Ali, southern Iraq)).