Basil A. Saleh was born in Basrah, Iraq. He received his BSc (1992-1996) and MSc (1996-1999) degrees from University of Basrah, Iraq. He received his Ph.D. degree in 2015 from Cardiff University, UK. Lecturer (2005), Assistant Professor (2008), Professor (2018), University of Basrah. His work focuses specifically on the development of novel synthetic methods and syntheses of compounds with interesting, especially biological active, properties. He is currently a Professor at University of Basrah, Iraq.