Barham Sabir Mahmood was born on August 18, 1988 in Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan Region of Iraq. He received a bachelor’s degree with honours in petroleum engineering from Koya University in July, 2011 and a master’s degree in the same major from Heriot-Watt University in September, 2014. His current placement is with Koya University as a assistant lecturer in petroleum engineering department. He is interested in waterflooding, enhanced oil recovery, reservoir characterization.
Kurdish (native), Arabic is moderate. English - Foundation and Pre-sessional English Courses for Academic purposes taken at Herriot-watt University (13 January 2013 – 16 August 2013) with grade A ( UK grade) - Conversational English Training Program for the duration of 4 months at Koya university, Koya, Kurdistan region, Iraq ( 2007 – 2008)