CURRICULUM VITAE Mehrdad Abbasi (PhD) Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP) Department of Botany P.O. Box 1454, Tehran 19395, Iran Tel: +98 (21) 22403012-16 Fax: +98 (21) 22403588 E-mail:
[email protected] URL: www.iripp.ir Academic qualifications BSc (Plant Protection): Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Shahid Chamran University, Ahwaz, Iran, 1990. MSc (Plant Pathology): Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Tehran University, Karaj, Iran, 1994. Title of thesis: Taxonomic study on unknown and less well known Puccinia species (Supervisors: Prof. Ghorbanali Hedjaroude). PhD (Plant Pathology): Department of Plant Protection, College of Agriculture, Tehran University, Karaj, Iran, 2002. Title of dissertation: Taxonomic investigation of Puccinia species parasitic on Poaceae in Iran (Supervisors: Prof. Ghorbanali Hedjaroude). 1 Research interests: Taxonomy, ecology and phylogeny of rust, smut and powdery mildew fungi. Research projects: 1. Collection and Identification of Fungi of Iran (Part 5) (leader) 2. Study on the taxonomy, identification and some aspects of ecology of powdery mildew fungi (Erysiphales) in Iran (Co-investigator). 3. A taxonomic revision of old world species of the genus Tranzschelia (Uredinales) (leader). 4. Development of Medicinal and poisonous plants collection in Ministry of Jihad-e Agriculture Herbarium (IRAN) (Co-investigator) 5. Study of barberry shrubs to transfer black rust disease agent to next season (Co- investigator) 6. Contribution to weed management based on revision and development of weed herbarium of the Ministry of Jihad-e Agriculture (IRAN) with emphasize on designing ACCESS database (Co-investigator) 7. Study of lichen mycobiota in Yazd province (leader) 8. Taxonomic study of the genus Septoria in Iran (Co-investigator) 9.