STUDENT SUPERVISION

Current Research Student Supervision
  • Haniyeh Nemati (PhD): Water quality indicators at recreational swimming areas in Gilan Province, southern Caspian Sea. (co-supervisor Dr G.H. Ebrahimi Pour, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran).
  • Arash Shirvani (PhD): Conservation planning for coral reefs around four Iranian islands in the northern Persian Gulf (co-supervisor Dr Mehdipour, Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science (INIOAS), Tehran, Iran).
  • Fatemeh Amini Yekta (PhD): Spatio-temporal distribution pattern and genetic variation of intertidal gastropods along the northern Persian Gulf and Sea of Oman (co-supervisors Dr H Rajabi Maham, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran, Dr V. Maghsoudlouو Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science (INIOAS), Tehran, Iran).
  • Fatemeh Esmaeelpour (MSc): Impact of shrimp farm effluent on water and sediment quality and benthic macroinvertebrates in Gomishan Bay, Caspian Sea (co-supervisor Dr Gholamali Bandani, Inland Waters Aquatic Stock Research Center, Gorgan, Iran).

 

Research Students Completed
  • Amir Ghazilou (PhD): The status of reef fish along a disturbance gradient in the northern Persian Gulf (co-supervisor Prof. W. Gladstone, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia).
  • Fatemeh Poorjomeh (PhD): Spatio-temporal distribution pattern and genetic variation of true jellyfish “Scyphozoa” in the Sea of Oman (co-supervisors Dr H Rajabi Maham, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran, Dr E. Maghsoudlou, Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science (INIOAS), Tehran, Iran).
  • Mahshid Oladi (MSc): Genetic diversity of symbiotic algae ( Zooxanthellae) on Acropora downingi along northern Persian Gulf  (co-supervisor Dr H Rajabi Maham, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran).
  • Maryam Nourozi (MSc): Nuclear genetic dievrsity of the pipefish (Sygnathus abaster) in the southern Caspian Sea (co-supervisor Dr H Rajabi Maham, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran).
  • Sodabeh Roozbahani (MSc): Morphometric variation and genetic structure of scleractinian coral Acropora downingi along northern Persian Gulf (co-supervisor Dr H Rajabi Maham, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran).
  • Maryam Dehghanian (MSc): Effect of mangroves on mercury contents in intertidal sediments, gastropds and fish in Mahshahr Creek (co-supervisor Dr A. Nasroulahi, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran).
  • Safora Behzadi (MSc): Morphometric variation and genetic structure of scleractinia coral Porites compressa along northern Persian Gulf (co-supervisor Dr H Rajabi Maham, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran).
  • Maryam Mehrbod (MSc): Morphometric variation and genetic structure of scleractinia coral Stylophora pistillata along northern Persian Gulf (co-supervisor Dr H Rajabi Maham, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran).
  • Toba Varasteh (MSc): Genetic diversity of symbiotic algae ( Zooxanthellae) on two Coral species  “Porites compressa”  and “Stylophora pistillata” along northern Persian Gulf  (co-supervisor Dr H Rajabi Maham, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran).
  • Zahra Heidari (MSc): Effect of Bandar-e Emam Petrochemical runoff on biodiversity, density, assemblage and food habits of mudskippers (co-supervisor Dr A. Abdoli, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran).
  • Hadis Barzi (MSc): Effect of Bandar-e Emam Petrochemical runoff on morphology, population structure,  age and growth of mudskippers (co-supervisor Dr A. Abdoli, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran).
  • Maryam Anami (MSc): Morphometric variation and genetic structure of the pipefish (Sygnathus abaster) in the southern Caspian Sea (co-supervisor Dr H Rajabi Maham, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran).
  • Arash Shirvani (MSc): Survey on status of reef-building coral diseases in Larak Island, Persian Gulf (co-supervisor Dr B Kiabi, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran).
  • Elshan Naseri (MSc): Morphometric variation and genetic structure of the three-spined stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus( in the southern Caspian Sea (co-supervisor Dr H Rajabi Maham, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran).
  • Sanaz Moghadam (MSc): Symbiodinium clades in dominant sea anemones off Qeshm Island, Persian Gulf (co-supervisor Dr H Rajabi Maham, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran).
  • Fatemeh Poorjomeh (MSc): Comparison of macroinvertebrate assemblages on natural and artificial rocky substrates in the southern Caspian Sea (co-supervisor Dr B Kiabi, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran).
  • Haniyeh Nemati (MSc): Influence of beach sine fishing on macrobenthic community in a fishing ground in the southern Caspian Sea (co-supervisor Dr J Pazooki, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran).
  • Marziyeh Razaghi (MSc): Ecological risk assessment of marine ecosystems in Nayband Bay and Assaluyeh area (co-supervisors Dr A Savari, Dr J Pazooki, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran).
  • Koosha Dab (MSc): A comparative survey on the cryptofauna of the common scleractinian corals in waters of the South Pars Special Economic Energy Zone (Nayband Bay, Persian Gulf) (co-supervisor Dr B Abtahi, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran).
  • Fatemeh Aghajanpoor (MSc): Visitor impact on rocky shore communities of the Qeshm Island, the Persian Gulf, Iran (co-supervisor Dr B Abtahi, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran).