• 1995 B.Sc. In Botany (Honrs.) First Class & University Prize, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Khartoum.

• 2000 M.Sc. Microbiology (Plant Pathology), , Graduate College, University of Khartoum

Title of Thesis: Studies on the Ecology, Etiology and Pathogenicity of Nattrassia mangiferae (Hendersonula toruloidea Nattrass 1933) on
Selected Tree Flora from Central Sudan.

• 2009 Ph.D. (Plant Pathology), , Graduate College, University of Khartoum

Title of Thesis: Potential of Indigenous Fusaria, Rhizobacteria and their metabolites to inhibit Striga-seed Germination.