Dr. Ismail Sebetan, PhD
isebetan@nu.edu 858-642-8419
Dr. Ismail Sebetan holds a MD degree and a Master in Forensic Medicine and Toxicology, and PhD degree from Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan. Research interest includes Forensic Medicine/pathology, Forensic Serology & DNA, Forensic Anthropology and Forensic Toxicology. His research activities include more than 170 peer reviewed scientific publications and presentations which are cited in all major forensic, genetics and pathology journals and textbooks. Dr. Sebetan has extensive experience in Forensic Sciences with more than 40 years of teaching, practice, and research. He also has administrative experiences during his long forensic work career including his experience as former chair of department of Forensic Medicine and the current position with National University as the Director of Forensic Sciences program since 1999.
Honors:
Distinguished Teaching Award, National University: 2005
Distinguished Scholarship Award, National University: 2011
First President’s Professoriate Award, National University: 2004
Second President’s Professoriate Award, National University: 2005
Third President’s Professoriate Award, National University: 2006
Seventh President’s Professoriate Award, National University: 2010
Thirteenth President’s Professoriate Award, National University: 2016
Award of the best-published research, Hamad General Hospital: 1992
Professional Association Membership:
American Academy of Forensic Sciences (Fellow).
International Society for Forensic Haemogenetics.
Medico-Legal Society of Japan.
Japan Society of Human Genetics.
Japanese Society for DNA Polymorphism Research.
Member on the Council of Forensic Science Educators
