Rashed Alarfaj, PhD

Rashed Alarfaj, PhD

الرياض السعودية
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CATRION (a.k.a. Saudi Airlines Catering Company)

نبذة عني

Dynamic, visionary and hands-on C-suite Executive with a proven track record in…

النشاط

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الخبرة

  • CATRION (a.k.a. Saudi Airlines Catering Company)

    Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

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    Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

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    Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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    Jeddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

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    Riyadh, Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia

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    Riyadh

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    saudi arabia

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    Reading, United Kingdom

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التعليم

  • رسم بياني University of Reading

    University of Reading

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    الأنشطة والجمعيات:VP for Saudi Society in UoR

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التراخيص والشهادات

الخبرات التطوعية

  • President of the Board

    Saudi Students Club in Reading (SSCR)

    - 2 عام 1 شهر واحد

    Social Services

    SSCR purposes are:
    - To create and build an academic and cultural bridge between the Saudi students and the Saudi Arabian Cultural Bureau in London (UKSACB).
    - To promote civilization, history and heritage of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia through its activities and programs of cultural, social, sports and media.
    - To enhance good relationship between Saudi students.
    - Help new Saudi Students in adapting to the new culture and in settling down.
    - Represent Saudi Students with…

    SSCR purposes are:
    - To create and build an academic and cultural bridge between the Saudi students and the Saudi Arabian Cultural Bureau in London (UKSACB).
    - To promote civilization, history and heritage of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia through its activities and programs of cultural, social, sports and media.
    - To enhance good relationship between Saudi students.
    - Help new Saudi Students in adapting to the new culture and in settling down.
    - Represent Saudi Students with respect to the UKSACB and act as mediator with any issues relating to the Cultural Bureau.

    As a president, my responsibilities were:
    A) Preside over all regular and special meetings of the club.
    B) Exercise general supervision over regular club activities.
    C) Appoint all committees, regular or special.
    D) Preside over the executive board.
    E) Communicate with the UKSACB in London on Saudi Students affairs.
    F) Approve of funds requests from UKSACB and any other supporting entity.
    G) Co-sign with the treasurer on all financial matters.

  • VP & Head of activities

    Saudi Society at UoR

    - 10 شهر

    Social Services

    SSUoR purposes are:
    - To create and build an academic and cultural bridge between the Saudi students at Reading and the local people underneath the umbrella of UoR.
    - To promote civilization, history and heritage of the kingdom of Saudi Arabia through its activities and programs of cultural, social, sports and media.
    - To enhance good relationship between Saudi students.
    - Help new Saudi Students in adapting to the new culture and in settling down.

المنشورات

  • The occurrence and dietary intake related to the presence of microplastics in drinking water in Saudi Arabia

    Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

    The implications and health effects of microplastics (MPs) ingestion are still unclear, yet researchers and organizations around the world are increasingly examining the levels of microplastics and nanoplastics in the environment. This study investigated the presence and the quantity of microplastics in bottled and tap water from five regions in Saudi Arabia and estimated the dietary intake of microplastics. Thirty samples of drinking water were collected from the retail markets in Saudi…

    The implications and health effects of microplastics (MPs) ingestion are still unclear, yet researchers and organizations around the world are increasingly examining the levels of microplastics and nanoplastics in the environment. This study investigated the presence and the quantity of microplastics in bottled and tap water from five regions in Saudi Arabia and estimated the dietary intake of microplastics. Thirty samples of drinking water were collected from the retail markets in Saudi Arabia. The samples included plastic bottled drinking water, 2 glass bottles, and 2 samples of tap water to represent ground water and desalinated seawater. Sample preparation in the laboratory involved a vacuum-assisted filtration with an inorganic filter membrane (0.2-µm pore size). Identification and classification of microplastics particles using Fourier-transform infrared microspectroscopy (FTIR microspectroscopy). The particle size …

    مؤلفون آخرون

  • Mapping QTL underlying fruit quality traits in an F1 strawberry population

    Journal of horticultural science and biotechnology

    Understanding how strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) nutritional and quality traits are genetically regulated and correlated is an essential step towards improving marker-assisted breeding programmes in this crop. A first step to achieve this goal was to construct a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based genetic map of 140 F1 individuals of a cross between the 2 octoploid parents ‘Redgauntlet’ and ‘Hapil’. The map consisted of 3933 SNPs distributed over 28 linkage groups, representing the 7…

    Understanding how strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) nutritional and quality traits are genetically regulated and correlated is an essential step towards improving marker-assisted breeding programmes in this crop. A first step to achieve this goal was to construct a single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)-based genetic map of 140 F1 individuals of a cross between the 2 octoploid parents ‘Redgauntlet’ and ‘Hapil’. The map consisted of 3933 SNPs distributed over 28 linkage groups, representing the 7 homoeologous groups expected in Fragaria (2n = 8x = 56), and covered a total length of 2624.7 cM with an average resolution of 0.7 cM/SNP. Two overlapping subsets of F1 individuals were evaluated in the field and glasshouse at East Malling Research and the University of Reading, respectively. Negative correlation was observed between Pelargonidin and the three traits L*, a*, and b*, whereas positive correlations were observed within L*, a*, and b*, and between Ellagic acid, Pelargonidin, and Cyanidin at both trial locations. Quantitative trait loci (QTL) mapping revealed 29 significant QTL associated with the measured traits and mapped over 16 linkage groups. Two QTL for fruit fresh weight were co-located between day 1 and day 4 of shelf life, accounting for over 62% of the variation. These data will enhance our understanding of the genetic basis and correlation of strawberry quality traits and provide the basis for refining QTL that underpin the genetic regulation of these quality traits.

    مؤلفون آخرون
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  • Investments in Food Safety Risk Assessment and Risk Analysis as a Requirement for Robust Food Control Systems: Calling for Regional Centres of Expertise

    Food and Drug Regulatory Science Journal

    Description:This paper reviews food regulatory decision-making scenarios where risk assessment plays a key role. It discusses challenges associated with the access to capacity and competencies from various disciplines necessary to enable risk assessment and overall risk analysis. The paper illustrates the urgent need for the provision of additional support to capacity building initiatives in this area by means of mutually beneficial resource-sharing with the objective to establish regional…

    Description:This paper reviews food regulatory decision-making scenarios where risk assessment plays a key role. It discusses challenges associated with the access to capacity and competencies from various disciplines necessary to enable risk assessment and overall risk analysis. The paper illustrates the urgent need for the provision of additional support to capacity building initiatives in this area by means of mutually beneficial resource-sharing with the objective to establish regional and/or sub-region

    مؤلفون آخرون

  • Characterization of a new octoploid strawberry breeding population

    University of Reading - PhD Thesis

    Among the Fragaria species, the cultivated strawberry Fragaria × ananassa (2n=8x=56) is the most economically valuable crops. After harvest, they are extremely perishable, have a short shelf life, and are susceptible to mechanical injuries and physiological decay due to loss of tissue integrity, sensitivity to fungal diseases, and have a large surface area, which lacks an outer protective rind. Therefore, maintaining high nutritional values in the berry fruit whilst maintaining high fruit…

    Among the Fragaria species, the cultivated strawberry Fragaria × ananassa (2n=8x=56) is the most economically valuable crops. After harvest, they are extremely perishable, have a short shelf life, and are susceptible to mechanical injuries and physiological decay due to loss of tissue integrity, sensitivity to fungal diseases, and have a large surface area, which lacks an outer protective rind. Therefore, maintaining high nutritional values in the berry fruit whilst maintaining high fruit quality requires an understanding of the genetic and environmental effects on each trait, and how different traits are associated with each other. Mapping traits on the linkage map using a Quantitative Trait Loci (QTL) approach is the first step to identify the underlying gene(s) and to explore their effects and interactions. It will improve our understanding of the genetic control of measured traits and facilitates molecular marker development. Therefore, it can be used to improve plant-breeding efficiency at the molecular level, which significantly reduces the breeding time and cost of phenotyping. The overall aim of this study was to characterise the variation in quality traits among the F1 mapping progeny derived from a cross of Redgauntlet x Hapil (RGxH) strawberry cultivars. These traits include total soluble solids (TSS), titratable acidity (TA), fresh weight, surface colour, firmness, and phenolic content. This thesis presents two areas of work. First, using a novel high-density single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) linkage map, phenotyping plant characteristics of RG x H progeny enabled the detection of QTL linked to traits associated with shelf life (at 4 °C). Subsequent QTL …

المشروعات

  • Local Risk Assessment Advisory Committee - LRAAC

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    The LRAAC is a an Advisory Committee made of local experts in food safety and nutrition risk assessment, set to provide strategic advice, make recommendations and support the strategic direction and operations of the EDMRA in planning, implementing and using risk assessment information in its decision-making process.
    The LRAAC reports directly to the Executive Director of the Monitoring and Risk Assessment department of SFDA and aims to support key risk assessment functions of the SFDA and…

    The LRAAC is a an Advisory Committee made of local experts in food safety and nutrition risk assessment, set to provide strategic advice, make recommendations and support the strategic direction and operations of the EDMRA in planning, implementing and using risk assessment information in its decision-making process.
    The LRAAC reports directly to the Executive Director of the Monitoring and Risk Assessment department of SFDA and aims to support key risk assessment functions of the SFDA and in particular strategic prioritization, implementation models and use of risk assessment information to support food regulatory and standard setting decisions.

  • Risk Analysis Framework

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    A scientific approach helps to Identify the risk level, support decision makers, and support the exchange of information.

  • International Risk Assessment Advisory Committee - IRAAC

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    The IRAAC is a an Advisory Committee made of international experts in food safety and nutrition risk assessment, set to provide strategic advice, make recommendations and support the strategic direction and operations of the EDMRA in planning, implementing and using risk assessment information in its decision-making process.
    The IRAAC reports directly to the Executive Director of the Monitoring and Risk Assessment department of SFDA and aims to support key risk assessment functions of the…

    The IRAAC is a an Advisory Committee made of international experts in food safety and nutrition risk assessment, set to provide strategic advice, make recommendations and support the strategic direction and operations of the EDMRA in planning, implementing and using risk assessment information in its decision-making process.
    The IRAAC reports directly to the Executive Director of the Monitoring and Risk Assessment department of SFDA and aims to support key risk assessment functions of the SFDA and in particular strategic prioritization, implementation models and use of risk assessment information to support food regulatory and standard setting decisions.

  • Food Monitoring and Control Committee

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    Committee reports to the Board Council of SFDA consists of reps from competent governmental organizations to approve the plan of Food Monitoring Program and to ensure its implementation.

  • International Heads of Food Agencies Forum (IHFAF)

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    The forum was hosted by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) on January 20th, 2020 in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and co-convened by Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) and Food Standards Australia – New Zealand (FSANZ). The idea of this forum stems from the need to support enhanced engagement and discussions amongst leaders of food competent authorities, at a time where food safety and nutrition challenges as well as the increased complexity and interdependence of the health, food…

    The forum was hosted by the Saudi Food and Drug Authority (SFDA) on January 20th, 2020 in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and co-convened by Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) and Food Standards Australia – New Zealand (FSANZ). The idea of this forum stems from the need to support enhanced engagement and discussions amongst leaders of food competent authorities, at a time where food safety and nutrition challenges as well as the increased complexity and interdependence of the health, food production, food trade and environment agendas require more than ever a collaborative leadership amongst food safety agencies and regulators at the global level.

اللغات

  • English

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المؤسسات

  • American Society for Quality (ASQ)

    Member

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  • European Association for Research on Plant Breeding (EUCARPIA)

    Member

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  • Scientific Society for Saudi Students in the UK

    Member

    ⁩ - الحالي

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