Dr. Alban Ibraliu

Biography

Alban Ibraliu earned his degree in Biology from the University of Tirana, Albania, in 2001, and began his career as a scientific researcher at the Institute of Biological Research, part of the Academy of Sciences of Albania, where he worked until 2003. Since 2003, he has been serving as a lecturer in Genetics at the Faculty of Agriculture and Environment, Agricultural University of Tirana. He obtained his Doctoral Degree in Agronomy Science from the Agricultural University of Tirana, with a Ph.D. thesis titled "Study of Genetic Diversity of Satureja montana L. in Albania" (2004–2008). He conducted his postdoctoral research under the title “Plant Breeding and Genetic Population; Biomass Production in Maize — Genomic-Guided Breeding of Energy Maize and a System-Oriented Analysis” at the Institute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science, and Population Genetics, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, from 2009 to 2010. Dr. Ibraliu is a senior researcher specializing in Genetic Diversity, Conservation, and the Utilization of Plant Genetic Resources, as well as Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. His research interests focus primarily on biodiversity conservation, the management of genetic diversity, the domestication and breeding of medicinal and aromatic plants, and the conservation, characterization, and utilization of crop wild relatives and genetically diverse plant populations. He has organized and participated in over 60 scientific conferences and serves on the editorial boards of several scientific journals. He is the author of nearly 80 publications in international conferences and peer-reviewed journals, including 14 articles in Impact Factor journals, as well as five national monographs and two chapters in international monographs. Dr. Ibraliu has participated in more than 30 national and international projects funded or implemented by organizations such as UNDP, FAO, SIDA, GIZ, USAID and Bioversity International. He served as the national coordinator for plant genetic resources and regional coordinator of the working group on genetic resources of medicinal plants within the SEEDNet project (2003–2011). He is also Albania’s National Representative in the Medicinal and Aromatic Plants Working Group (MAP WG) and in the Crops wild Relatives Working Group of the European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources (ECPGR).

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