Zainab has worked as a lecturer at the College of Science at the University of Baghdad since 2006. In 2010, Zainab got a scholarship for IT Administration Training at ZIIK/TU Berlin which was funded by DAAD organization. In 2012, Zainab was one of the “Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program for Iraq” candidate at Kent State University, Ohio, USA. In 2013, Zainab got a scholarship to study PhD in the UK, which is funded by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in Iraq.