Research

Over 35 publications in the three years 2015-2018 were published in reviewed journals and more than 40 others in other publications. You can see the titles and download selected ones below. We published and continue to work on areas such as genotoxicity, effects of Israeli Industrial settlements, fauna and flora, medicinal plants, faunal Survey of Protected areas, biodiversity, ecology, education, museology, systematics, and ethnoecology.  We have also established a research service and clinical cytogenetics lab for cancers, infertility, and congenital birth defects. Currently we have ongoing research projects by master’s degree students, undergraduate students, and volunteers, on various topics

Some of our publications 

• Environmental Effects of the Occupation and Palestine Museum of Natural History. Pp. 264-273 In “Kumi Now: An inclusive call for nonviolent action to achieve a Just Peace” Published by Sabeel, Jerusalem. 2018.
• Kilani A, K. Abualia, A.A.S. Khatib and MB Qumsiyeh. 2018. Cytogenetic abnormalities in acute leukemia patientsfrom occupied Palestine. Jordan Medical Journal. 52(3):127-145
• Goupil, Tony and Mazin B. Qumsiyeh 2018. Felix-Marie Abel and his vision of nature in Palestine: Géographie de la Palestine revisited” Arab World Geographer. 21(2-3): 128-140
• Qumsiyeh, Mazin B. and Reena Saeed. Orientalist depictions of Jerusalem and Palestine versus anthropological and biological diversity. Ya Quds Academic Cultural Newsletter. 4: 12-16, July 2018
• Amr, ZS, MH Najajreh, M Zawahreh, E Neubert, EN Handal, MA Abu Baker & MB Qumsiyeh. 2018. Diversity and Ecology of the land snails of the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Zoology and Ecology, 28(1):25-35
• Amr, Z.S., M.A. Abu Baker, M.B. Qumsiyeh, E. Eid. 2018. Systematics, distribution and ecological analysis of rodents in Jordan. Zootaxa, 4397 (1): 1-94
• Qumsiyeh, MB and EN Handal. “Ecotourism: Opening a Natural Window to Palestine.” This Week in Palestine. 244: 38-42, 2018
• Qumsiyeh MB. 2018. Deir Yassin to Netanyahu: Are We Closer to Liberation? Isolationist societies cannot survive in a globalized world. Islamic Horizon, 47(4):48-49
• Qumsiyeh, MB. Fi Altanawu3 Jamal wa Istidama MUqabel Alharb walHalak (in diversity is strength and sustainability as opposed to conflict and destruction). Islamochristiana 43:1-20 pp
• Handal, E. N. and Z.S. Amr. Additional localities for the Flower chafers (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Cetoniinae) from the Palestinian Territories (West Bank).
• Sawalha et al. Diversity, ecology, and seasonality of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of the Jenin District (Palestinian Territories). Journal of Vector Ecology. 2017, 42(1):120-129
• Handal, Elias. First record of Deroplax silphoides from the West Bank – Palestine. Entomologia Hellenica 26 :13-16, 2017
• Qumsiyeh, MB. 2017. Nature and Resistance in Palestine. Active Arab Voices
• Qumsiyeh, MB. 2017. Is a ‘third’ intifada possible? Pp 245-248 In Jamie Weiner (editor) “Moment Of Truth: Tackling Israel-Palestine’s Toughest Questions” OR Books
• Handal, Elias N. 2017. First record of Deroplax silphoides from the West Bank – Palestine. Entomologia Hellenica 26 (2017): 13-16
• Amr, Zuhair S., Mohammad A. Abu Baker, Mazin Qumsiyeh & Ehab Eid. Systematics, distribution and ecological analysis of rodents in Jordan. Zootaxa, 4397 (1): 1-94
• Abusarhan, M, ZS Amr, M Ghattas, EN Handal and MB  Qumsiyeh. 2017. Grasshoppers and Locusts (Orthoptera: Caelifera) from the Palestinian Territories at the Palestine Museum of Natural History. Zoology and Ecology, pp. 1-13
• Adawi, S.H., Qasem, K.R., Zawahra, M.M. and Handal, E.N., 2017. On some Records of Dragonflies (Insecta: Odonata: Anisoptera) from the West Bank (Palestine). Jordan Journal of Biological Sciences (JJBS), 10(3):151-157
• Abualia, K, R. Saeed, and M.B. Qumsiyeh. 2017. Environmental education and awareness for behavioral change in a developing country under the stresses of occupation. Pacific Ecologist. In press
• Kilani A, K. Abualia, and MB Qumsiyeh. 2017. Incidence and types of chromosome abnormalities in a cohort of leukemic patients in the occupied Palestinian Territories. Submitted
• Qumsiyeh. MB and Amr, ZS. 2016. Protected Areas in the Occupied Palestine Territories. Jordan Journal of Natural History, Special issue 1, 3: 25-46
• Qumsiyeh, M.B. 2016. Fauna of Wadi Al-Quf: Invertebrates. Jordan Journal of Natural History, Special issue 1, 3: 80-87
• Qumsiyeh, M.B. 2016.Fauna of Wadi Al-Quf: Amphibians, Reptiles and Mammals. Jordan Journal of Natural History, Special issue 1, 3: 70-79
• Khalilieh, A. 2016. Avifaunal baseline assessment of Wadi Al-Quff Protected Area and its Vicinity, Hebron, Palestine. Jordan Journal of Natural History, Special issue 1, 3: 47-57
• Al Sheikh, B. and M. Mahassneh. 2016. Flora of Wadi Al-Quff Protected Area, Hebron Governorate, Palestine. Jordan Journal of Natural History, Special issue 1, 3: 47-57
• Qumsiyeh, Mazin, Anton Khalilieh, Issa Musa Albaradeiya, and Banan Al-Shaikh 2016. Biodiversity Conservation Of Wadi Al-Quff Protected Area: Challenges And Opportunities. Jordan Journal of Natural History, Special issue 1, 3: 6-24
•  Sawalha, Samir S., Asad Ramlawi, Ramzi M. Sansur, Ibrahim Mohammad Salem, and Zuhair S. Amr. 2017. Diversity, ecology, and seasonality of sand flies (Diptera: Psychodidae) of the Jenin District (Palestinian Territories). Journal of Vector Ecology 42 (1): 120-129
• Qumsiyeh, MB and EN Handal. Revisiting adaptive nature of chromosome evolution in placental mammals. Cytologia
• Qumsiyeh, MB 2017. Nature museums and botanical gardens for environmental conservation in developing countries. Bioscience
• Qumsiyeh, MB, E Handal, J Chang, K Abualia, M Najajreh, M Abusarhan 2017. Role of museums and botanical gardens in ecosystem services in developing countries: Case study and outlook. Intl J Env Studies. 74(2): 340-350
• Handal, EN, Z.S Amr and MB Qumsiyeh. 2016. Some records of reptiles from the Palestinian Territories. Russian Journal of Herpetology. 23(4):261-270
• Abusarhan, Mohammed A., Elias N. Handal, Manal M. Ghattas, Zuhair Amr, and Mazin B. Qumsiyeh 2016. Some records of butterflies (Lepidoptera) from the Palestinian Territories. Jordan Journal of Biological Sciences, 9(1):11-23
• Khlaif, N and MB Qumsiyeh. 2016. Genotoxicity of recycling electronic waste in Idhna, Hebron District, Palestine. International Journal of Environmental Studies. 73:1-9
• Kessens, Samuel 2016. Growth rate and health aspects of leafy vegetables produced in small-scale aquaponic systems with fish fed on conventional and insect-based fish food. Thesis, Institut für Agrarwissenschaften / Institute of Agricultural Sciences (IAS), ETH Zurich, open access
• Handal, Elias N., Zuhair Amr, Mazin B. Qumsiyeh. Some records of Freshwater Snail from the Occupied Palestinian territories. Jordan Journal of Natural History. 1(2):23-29
• Qumsiyeh, MB, M. Najajreh, and E Handal. 2015. Scientific Research as a basis for education and environmental conservation: Examples from Palestinian governorates. Sixth Environmental Conference of the Environmental Education Center. Beit Jala.
• Amr, Z.S., E.N. Handal, F. Bibi, MH Najajreh, and M.B. Qumsiyeh. 2016. Change of diet of the Eurasian Eagle Owl, Bubo bubo, suggest decline in biodiversity in Wadi Al Makhrour, Bethlehem Governorate, Palestinian Territories. Slovak Raptor Journal. 10:75-79
• Handal, EN, Z.S Amr and MB Qumsiyeh. 2016. Some records of reptiles from the Palestinian Territories. Russian Journal of Herpetology. 23(4):261-270
• Qumsiyeh Mazin. Scientific research towards environmental justice and sustainability in Palestine. Proceedings of the 4th International Conference On Energy & Environmental Protection In Sustainable Development (Hebron, 4-6 April 2016)
• Qumsiyeh, Mazin. Review of “Foundations of Museum Studies: Evolving Systems of Knowledge”, by Kiersten F. Latham and John E. Simmons, Libraries Unlimited, Santa Barbara. International Journal of Environmental Studies, 2015, DOI: 10.1080/00207233.2015.1086602
• Qumsiyeh, MB. 2015. Biodiversity of Wadi Quff: Fauna. In Management Plan of Wadi Quff. EQA and IUCN, Ramallah.
• مازن قمصية ومحمد نجاجره والياس حنضل 2015 البحث العلمي أساس للتعليم والحفاظ على البيئة:  أمثلة من محافظات فلسطينية. كتاب أبحاث المؤتمر البيئي السادس. مركز التعليم البيئي – بيت لحم
• Qumsiyeh, MB. Z Amr, K AbuSrour, and N Al-Fawaghra. 2014. The karyotype of the Diplocentrid Nebo with comments on scorpion chromosomal evolution. Cytologia 79(2):1-4. Nebo
• Salman, I. M. Salsaa’, and MB Qumsiyeh. 2014. Distribution and Cytogenetics of Amphibians from the occupied Palestinian territories (West Bank of Jordan). Jordan Natural History Journal., 1(1):86-98
• Qumsiyeh, Mazin, Sibylle Zavala, and Zuhair Amr. Decline in Vertebrate biodiversity in Bethlehem, Palestine. Jordan Journal of Biological Sciences 7(2):101-107
• Qumsiyeh M.B, Borqan, H. and Obeid, H. 2014. Cytogenetics and Y chromosome microdeletion analysis for a cohort of Palestinian azoospermic and oligozoospermic men. Jordan Medical Journal, 48(1):34-39
• Qumsiyeh, MB 2013. The coming Environmental Nakba. Pp 57-59 in The Third Palestinian Environmental Awareness and Education, Conference. EEC, Bethlehem.
• Hammad, K. and M.B. Qumsiyeh. 2013. Genotoxic Effects of Israeli Industrial Settlement Pollutants on Palestinian Residents of Bruqeen Village (Salfit). International Journal of Environmental Studies.70(4):655-622.DOI: 10.1080/00207233.2013.823050
• Qumsiyeh, MB, I Salman, M Salsaa’, ZS Amr. 2013. Records of scorpions from the Palestinian Territories, with the first chromosomal data (Arachnida: Scorpiones). Zoology in the Middle East, 2013, 59(1), 70-76
• Qumsiyeh, MB and J. Isaaq. 2012.Research and Development in the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Challenges and Opportunities. Arab Studies Quarterly. 34(3): 158-172
• Amr, Zuhair Sami, Mohammad Adnan Abu Bakr, Mazin Butros Qumsiyeh, Bat Diversity and Conservation in Jordan. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 2006, 30:235-244.
• Benkhalifa M, S Kasakyan, P Clement, M Baldi, G Tachdjian. A Demirol, T Gurgam, F Fiorentino, M Mohammad, MB Qumsiyeh. Array comparative genomic hybridization profiling of first trimester products of conception that failed to grow in vitro. Prenatal Diagnosis, 2005; 894-900.
• Benkhalifa M, S Kahraman, MD A Biricik, S Serteyl, E Domez,Y Kumtepe, M B Qumsiyeh. Cytogenetic abnormalities and the failure of development after round spermatid injections. Fertility and Sterility  2004, 81(5):1283-1288.
• Ahmed, M. N., G. R. DeLong, and M. B. Qumsiyeh.  Postnatal Developmental delay (PNDD) and chromosome abnormalities. Clinical Pediatrics 2000, 39:233-235.
• Qumsiyeh, M.B.,  S. Barker, S. Dover,  P. K. Kennedy, and M. P. Kennedy. A potential model for early stages of chromosomal evolution by concentric Robertsonian fans: a large area of polymorphism in southern short-tailed shrews (Blarina carolinensis). Cytogenet. Cell Genet. 1999, 87(1-2):27-31
• Ashley-Koch, A., C.M. Wolpert, L. Zaeem, M. M. Menold, M. B. Qumsiyeh et al. Genetic studies of autistic disorders and chromosome 7. Genomics. 1999, 61:227-236.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B.  Chromosome abnormalities in the placenta and spontaneous abortions. J. Matern.-Fetal Med. 1998, 7:210-212.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B. , Z. S. Amr, R. M. Al-Oran. Further records of bats from Jordan and a synopsis. Turkish J. Zoology. 1998, 22:277-284.
• DeCastro, C. M., S. M. Rabe, S. D. Langdon, D. E. Fleenor, M. N. Ahmed, M. B. Qumsiyeh, R. E. Kaufman.  Genomic structure and chromosomal localization of PE-2 (ERF), a novel ETS factor with potential tumor suppressor properties. Genomics., 1997, 42:200-207.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B., J. L. Coate, J. A. Peppers, P. K. Kennedy, M. L. Kennedy. Robertsonian chromosomal rearrangements in the short-tailed shrew, Blarina carolinensis in western Tennessee. Cytogenet Cell Genet. 1997, 76:153-158.
• Benkhalifa, M., Y. Menezo, L. Janny, J. L. Pouly, and M. B. Qumsiyeh. Cytogenetics of uncleaved oocytes and arrested zygotes in IVF programs.  J. Assisted Repr. & Genetics. 1996, 13(2):140-148.
• Benkhalifa, M., P. Malet, M. B. Qumsiyeh, D. Boucher, V. Belliec, Y. Menzo. Chromosome aberrations in normal and translocated human sperm: role in reproduction pathology. Referens. Geneo. Obstet. 1994, 2(3):288-296.
• Qumsiyeh, Mazin B. 1994. Evolution of Number and Morphology of Mammalian Chromosomes. J Hered. 85 (6): 455-465.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B. and J. W. Bickham. Chromosomes and relationships of long eared bats of the genera Plecotus and Otonycteris.  Journal of Mammalogy. 1993, 74(2):376-382.
• Amr, Z. S. and Qumsiyeh, M. B.  Records of bat flies from Jordan, Libya, and Algeria. Entomological News. 1993, 104(1):43-46.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B., Z. S. Amr, and D. M. Shafi.  Status and conservation of the carnivores of Jordan (Mammalia: Carnivora). Mammalia. 1993, 57(1):55-62.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B., Z. S. Amr, and A. M. Disi.  Systematics and distribution of the bats (Mammalia: Chiroptera) of Jordan. Dirasat (Jordan Univ. Publications). 1992, 9B(2):101-118.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B. Karyotype of the East European hedgehog, Erinaceus concolor from Jordan.  Zeitschrift für Säugetierkundliche. 1991, 56:375-377.
• Tharapel, S. A., M. B. Qumsiyeh, and G. Photopulos. Numerical chromosome abnormalities associated with early clinical stages of gynecologic tumors. Cancer Genetics and Cytogenetics. 1991, 55:89-96.
• Qumsiyeh, M.B., E. D. Dempster, M. J. Hamilton and R. J. Baker. Cytogenetics and systematics of the rodent genus Gerbillurus. Journal of Mammalogy, 1991, 72(1):89-96.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B., J. N. Peeden, R. S. Wilroy, and A. T. Tharapel. High resolution replication banding combined with in situ hybridization for the delineation of a subtle chromosome rearrangement. American Journal of Medical Genetics. 1991, 41:99-101.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B. and Z. S. Amr. Mammals of Jordan: Rodents. Al-Reem (Royal Society for the Conservation of Nature). 1991, 44:19-20. [In Arabic].
• Qumsiyeh, M. B. and D. A. Schlitter. Cytogenetic data on the rodent family Gerbillidae. Occasional Papers of the Museum, Texas Tech University  1991, 144:1-20.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B. and D. P. Suttle. Localization of the adenosine deaminase, transferrin, and UMP synthetase genes on Chinese hamster chromosomes 4 and 6 by in situ hybridization. Journal of Heredity, 1990, 81(2):111-116.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B., S.W. King, J. Arroyo-Cabrales, I. R. Aggundey, D. A. Schlitter, R. J. Baker, and K.J. Morrow. Complex chromosomal and immunological evolution in the morphologically similar species of murid rodents of the Mastomys/Praomys Complex. Journal of Heredity,  1990, 81(1):58-65.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B. Chromosomal fissions and phylogenetic hypotheses: Cytogenetic and allozymic variation between species of Meriones (Rodentia, Gerbillidae).Occasional Papers of the Musuem, Texas Tech Univ., 1989, 132:1-16.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B., M. B. Valentine, and D. P. Suttle. Localization of the gene for uridine monophosphate synthase to human chromosome region 3q13 by insitu hybridization. Genomics, 1989, 5:160-162.
• Baker, R. J., M. B. Qumsiyeh, and I. L. Rautenbach.  Evidence for eight tandem and five centric fusions in the karyotype of Aethomysnamaquensis. Genetica, 1988,  76:161-169.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B., R. D. Owen, and R. K. Chesser.  Differential rates of protein and chromosome evolution in bats of the family Rhinolophidae.Genome, 1988,  30:326-335.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B., R. J. Baker, S. Davis, J. C. Patton, and C. S. Hernandez.  Chromosomal evolution in Geomys  as revealed by G- and C-band studies. Southwestern Naturalist , 1988,  33(1):1-13.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B.  Pattern of heterochromatic variation and phylogeny in the rodent family Gerbillidae. Texas Journal of Science, 1988,  40:63-70.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B. and R. J. Baker. Comparative cytogenetics and the determination of primitive karyotypes. Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics, 1988, 47:100-103
• Qumsiyeh, M. B. and R. K. Chesser. Rates of protein, chromosome, and morphologic evolution in four genera of Rhombomyine gerbils. Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, 1988, 16(1):89-103.
• Owen, R. D. and M. B. Qumsiyeh.  The subspecies problem in the trident leaf-nosed bat, Aselliatridens: homomorphism in widely separated populations. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde, 1987, 6:329-337.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B., M. J. Hamilton, and D. A. Schlitter.  Problems of using Robertsonian rearrangements in determining monophyly: examples from the genera Tatera and Gerbillurus.Cytogenetics and Cell Genetics, 1987, 44:198-208.
• Schlitter, D. A., I. R. Aggundey, M. B. Qumsiyeh, K. Nelson, and R. L. Honeycutt. Taxonomic and distributional records on bats from Kenya. Annals of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 1986, 55(12):297-302.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B., D. A. Schlitter, and A. M. Disi.  New records and karyotypes of small mammals from Jordan. Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde, 1986, 51:139-146.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B.  Phylogenetic studies of the rodent family Gerbillidae: I. Chromosomal  evolution in the southern African group. Journal of  Mammalogy, 1986, 67:680-692.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B. and R. J. Baker. G- and C-banded karyotypes of the Rhinopomatidae (Microchiroptera). Journal of Mammalogy, 1985, 66:541-544.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B.  Occurrence and zoogeographical implications of Myotisblythi (Tomes, 1857) in Libya. Mammalia (Paris), 1983, 47(3):429-430.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B. and D. A. Schlitter.  The bat fauna of Jabal al Akhdar, North East Libya. Annals of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 1982, 51(19):377-389.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B. and D. A. Schlitter.  Bat records from Mauritania, Africa (Mammalia: Chiroptera). Annals of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, 1981, 50(13):345-351.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B.  New records of bats from Jordan.Säugetierk. Mitt. 1980, 28(1): 36-39.

Published Books

• Qumsiyeh, M. B.  Une histoire populaire de la Résistance palestinienne. Edition Demi-Lune, Saint-Gewrmaine, 2013.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B.  Al-Muqawama Al-Sha’biya Fi Falastin, published by Muwattin
• in Ramallah, 2011.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B.  Popular Resistance in Palestine: A History of Hope and Empowerment, Pluto Press, 2010.
• Qumsiyeh, M. B.  Compartir la tierra de Canaán: Derechos Humanos y el Conflicto Israelí-Palestino. (Updated and with an introduction about the role of Latin America), Editorial Canaan, Argentina, 2007
• Qumsiyeh, M. B.  Sharing the Land of Canaan: Human Rights and the Israeli-Palestinian Struggle, Pluto Press, 2004
• Qumsiyeh, M. B.  Mammals of the Holy Land, Texas Tech Press, 1996
• Qumsiyeh, M. B.  Bats of Egypt, Texas Tech Press, 1986