CV Name: Majid Moradmand Phone: +98-31-37934155,+98-9132671859 Fax: +98-31-37932456 E-Mail: [email protected] http:// https://goo.gl/k03j40 Status: Married, one kid Education and career: Degree Year B.Sc. University of Isfahan, Iran 2004 Biology/Zoology University of Tehran, Iran M.Sc. Thesis title: Taxonomy and biogeography of the 2007 Biosystematics hermit crabs (Paguroidea) of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman Goethe University and Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt am Main, Germany Ph.D. Sep. 2009- Dissertation title: Taxonomic revision, molecular Biology/Zoology Nov. 2013 phylogeny and zoogeography of the Huntsman Spider genus Eusparassus (Araneae: Sparassidae) Department of Biology Assistant Professor of Faculty of Sciences Feb. 2014- Biosystematics University of Isfahan Present Isfahan, IRAN Research area: Taxonomy, systematics and evolution of Arachnids I love evolutionary biology and I am interested in integrated methodology to address evolutionary questions: mainly integrated taxonomy (using morphologic and molecular characters), species delimitation, DNA barcoding, Phylogenetics, models of Niche evolution, molecular clock and data from geological events and historical biogeography. Applied arachnology: I am interested in spider venom genomics and proteomics, and in general toxinology of spider venom Related activities and abilities: Field and lab work: I have done field works in various habitats from intertidal zone, sand deserts to vertical caves (pits). For professional caving (SRT, etc) I have been trained under supervision of “Iran Mountaineering & Sport Climbing Federation”. 2006 till present: Iran (deserts, mountain, intertidal zone and caves) national and international activities 2012 Ethiopia (16 days, arthropods sampling) 2015 India: western Gaths (5 days, arthropods sampling) Scientific editor and referee in ISI Journals: Zootaxa and Zookeys Awards, Achievements and Recognitions: 2011-present: discovery and description of 20 new species in spiders: http://www.wsc.nmbe.ch/ 2014: discovery and submission of 207 novel sequences of partials molecular markers COI, H3, 28S and 16S in the GenBank at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ with accession numbers KJ408575 to KJ408781. 2011-2012: awarded two research grants from the SYNTHESYS Project (http://www.synthesys.info/), which is financed by the European Community Research Infrastructure Action under the FP7 "Capacities" Program to visit Natural History Museum (London) and MRAC (Tervuren) collections. 10 - 30.07.2008 conducting a research on spiders taxonomy through the project "Establishment of a Middle Eastern Biodiversity Research, Training and Conservation Network" funded by DAAD in the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 2007- First and excellent degree among MSc students of the Department of Zoology, University of Tehran, Average 18.84 out of 20. 01.08 - 30.09.2006 conducting a research on hermit crabs taxonomy through the project "Establishment of a Middle Eastern Biodiversity Research, Training and Conservation Network" funded by DAAD in the Senckenberg Research Institute, Frankfurt am Main, Germany; 2004 – Exempt from military service by the government of Iran because of being selected as an excellent student. 2004- Ranked 2nd in Zoological sciences (systematic-physiology-developmental biology) among up to 7000 participants in the National Exam for Entering Nationwide MSc Program in Biological Science. 2004- Ranked 5th in Medical Entomology and Vectors Control, among up to 500 participants in the National Exam for Entering Nationwide MSc program of Health and medical sciences. Publications (chronological): Monograph: Moradmand, M. (2013) The stone huntsman spiders – Eusparassus (Araneae: Sparassidae): systematics and zoogeography with revision of the African and Arabian species. Zootaxa, 3675, 1– 108. Research Articles: 1) Moradmand, M., Zamani, A., Jäger, P. (2019) An Afrotropic element at the north-western periphery of the Oriental Region: Pseudomicrommata mokranica sp. nov. (Araneae: Sparassidae). Revue Suisse de Zoologie, In press. 2) Torabi, M., Moradmand, M., & Muster, C. (2019). A survey of running crab spiders (Araneae: Philodromidae) in Iran. Zoology in the Middle East, 1–6. 3) Shafaie, S., Mirshamsi, O., Aliabadian, M., Moradmand, M., & Marusik, Y. M. (2018). A new Pardosa species from northern Iran (Araneae, Lycosidae). Zootaxa, 4387(2), 350–364. 4) Moradmand, M. (2017) Three new species of the subterranean huntsman spider genus Spariolenus (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae) in Iran. Subterranean Biology, 24, 11–25. 5) Moradmand, M., Zamani, A., Jäger, P. (2016) On the genus Cebrennus Simon, 1880 in Iran with description of a new species from Iranian Central Desert (Araneae: Sparassidae). Zootaxa, 4121 (2), 187–193. 6) Zamani, A., Mirshamsi, O., Rashidi, P., Marusik, YM., Moradmand, M. and A. Bolzern (2016) New data on the spider fauna of Iran (Arachnida: Aranei), part III. Arthropoda Selecta 25(1) 99–114. 7) Mirshamsi, O., Marusik, YM., Zamani, A., Moradmand, M. and R. Kashefi (2015) Annotated checklist of the spiders of Iran (Arachnida: Araneae). Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics, 1–108. 8) Moradmand, M. (2015) Revision of the grass huntsman spider genus Pseudomicrommata Järvi, 1914 (Araneae: Sparassidae) in the Afrotropical Region. African Invertebrates, 56 (2): 425–443. 9) Moradmand, M., Mirshamsi Kakhki O., Hula, V. (2015) New records of the huntsman spider genus Olios (Araneae: Sparassidae) from Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan. Zoology in the Middle East, 61 (1): 76–80. 10) Moradmand, M., Schönhofer, A. L., Jäger, P. (2014) Molecular phylogeny of the huntsman spider family Sparassidae with focus on the genus Eusparassus and notes on the RTA-clade and ‘Laterigradae’. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 7: 48–65. 11) Moradmand, M. and P. Jäger (2012a) Taxonomic revision of the huntsman spider genus Eusparassus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Sparassidae) in Eurasia. Journal of Natural History, 46(39-40): 2439–2496. 12) Moradmand, M. and Jäger, P. (2012b) Eusparassus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Sparassidae): proposed conservation of the generic name. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature, 69(4), 249– 253. 13) Naderloo, R., Moradmand, M., Sari, A. & M. Türkay (2012) An annotated checklist of hermit crabs (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura) of the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman with five new records and an identification key to the North Indian Ocean genera. Zoosystematics & Evolution 88(1): 63–70. 14) Moradmand, M. and Jäger, P. (2011) A review on the huntsman spider genus Spariolenus Simon, 1880 (Araneae: Sparassidae: Heteropodinae) in Iran with description of four new species. Zootaxa 2910: 46–62. 15) Moradmand, M. and Sari, A. (2007a) New record of the hermit crab Pagurus kulkarnii Sankolli, 1961 (Anomura, Paguridae) from the Gulf of Oman, Iran. Zoology in the Middle East, 42, 112–114. 16) Moradmand, M. and Sari, A. (2007b) Littoral Hermit crabs of the Gulf of Oman: A biogeographical approach. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematic, 3: 25–36. Conference Papers: May 2016, first trilateral ISF Conference, Transfer of Knowledge among Iran, France and Germany, University of Isfahan, Iran, M. Moradmand & P. Jäger, presentation titled “Establishment of a scientific collection (Biobank) for Arachnids at the University of Isfahan, Iran”; lecture November 2015, 3rd Conference of Asian Society of Arachnology, Shri Shivaji Science College, Amravati, Maharashtra, India, M. Moradmand, presentation titled “The SW Asian Sparassidae Genus Spariolenus Simon, 1880: Systematics, phylogeny and Biogeography”; lecture September 2012, the 26th European congress of Arachnology, Ljubljana, Slovenia: lecture presentation titled “the stone huntsman spiders - Eusparassus Simon, 1903: systematics and zoogeography”; lecture September 2010, “die Arachnologische Gesellschaft e.V.” Berlin: M. Moradmand & P. Jäger Poster titled “Taxonomische Revision der Gattung Eusparassus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Sparassidae): Suche nach diagnostische Merkmalen”; awarded the best student poster presentation, poster July 2010, the 18th International congress of Arachnology, Poland: M. Moradmand & P. Jäger lecture titled “On three new species of the genus Spariolenus Simon, 1880 (Sparassidae: Heteropodinae) from Iran with comments on taxonomy and zoogeography”; poster titled “Taxonomic revision of the genus Eusparassus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Sparassidae), Part 1: finding diagnostic characters”; March 2006, “the First International Conference on the State of the Gulf Ecosystem: Future and Threats”, UAE University, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates, M. Moradmand & A. Sari poster presentation titled: “Hermit Crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Paguridea) of the Persian Gulf: 1- Hormozgan Province” Scientific Website: The checklist of the spiders of Iran. Version 2016 A Zamani, O Mirshamsi, YM Marusik, M Moradmand Internet: http://www.spiders.ir (version 2017) Courses Taught: a) Undergraduate Level b) Graduate Level 1. Fundamental of Evolutionary Biology 1. Animal Biosystematics 2. Vertebrate Biology 2. Species and Speciation 3. Arthropods Biology (Entomology) 3. Zoogeography 4. Essential of Animal Behavior 4. Phylogenetic systematics Workshops and Courses: 11-15 March 2013, “Isolation, PCR and sequencing of Old DNA”, Max Plank Institute for Evolutionary biology, Plön, Germany 27 Feb - 2 Mar 2012, “Species Distribution Modelling (SDM) course”, GRADE (Goethe Graduate Academy), Germany 7-11 February 2011, “Geographic Information System (GIS) course I, II”, GRADE 17-28 January 2011, “The Phylogenetic Systematics and Molecular Dating course”, Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen, Denmark 4 December 2009, “Scientific paper writing: develop your own paper!”, GRADE, Germany 20 November 2009, “Scientific paper writing: Coping with reader’s expectations and your own frustration”, GRADE 9 November 2009, “Communication skills” at conferences, GRADE December 2006, the first workshop on “the biodiversity conservation imperative: biological, ethical and economic approaches in the Middle East and Europe”, University of Tehran and Senckenberg Research Institute sponsored by DAAD .