Prof. Dr. Majid Moradmand

Curriculum vitae

Education and career

Degrees, Position, and Institution

• 2023 - present
  Guest Professor/researcher (Alexander von Humbold fellow)
  Department of Biogeography
  Trier University
  Trier, Germany
   
• 2021 - 2023
  Associate Professor of Zoology
  Department of Plant and Animal Biology
  Faculty of Biological Sciences and Technology
  University of Isfahan
  Isfahan, Iran
   
• 2014 - 2021
  Assistant Professor of Zoology
  Department of Biology
  Faculty of Biological Sciences and Technology
  University of Isfahan,
  Isfahan, Iran
   
• 2009 - 2013
  Ph.D. in Biology / Zoology
  Goehte University and Senckenberg Research Institute
  Frankfurt am Main, Germany
  Dissertation title: Taxonomic revision, molecular phylogeny and zoogeography of the Huntsman Spider genus Eusparassus (Araneae: Sparassidae)
   
• 2004-2007
  M.Sc. Animal Biology / Biosystematics
  University of Tehran, Iran
  Thesis title: Taxonomy and biogeography of the littoral hermit crabs (Crustacea: Paguroidea) of the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman
   
• 2000-2004
  B.Sc. Biology / Zoology
  Unviersity of Isfahan, Iran

Related activities and abilities:

• Scientific collection curator: I have been experienced for museum sample curation in the Senckenberg Research institute. We are establishing ABiobank (digitization, gDNA, tissue, and voucher sample collection) for arachnids (spiders) at the University of Isfahan (ZMUI); a Joint Project with Senckenberg Museum, funded by the Leibniz association.
• Group leading: Toeducating, supervising, and mentoring graduate and undergraduate students in Iran (2014 till present) and Germany (2023 till present), joint projects with colleagues in Germany and Italy.
• Field works: having experience in field works in various habitats: intertidal zones, sand deserts, forests, and caves (pits and shafts). I am familiar with ecological data sampling to study arthropod communities.
  2006 till present: SW Asia: (forests, deserts, mountains, intertidal zone, and caves) national and international teamwork activities.
• Wet Lab: arthropodsmorphologic studies, molecular techniques (genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics), DNA barcoding, eDNA metabarcoding
• Dry Lab: Data and metadata processinginDNA barcoding and eDNA metabarcoding, Unix and R-package, SDM, phylogenetic systematic software data banking,digitization of museum material.

Academic Work Experiences (2014 - present)

• Courses Taught
  • BSc: Evolutionary Biology, Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, Invertebrate Biology, Entomology, Biology of parasites, Zoology
  • MSc: Principle of Systematics, Zoogeography, Phylogenetic systematics
• Academic Advisory work
  • BSc thesis at University of Trier: Ms. Theresa Hartweg, title: USE OF PLANT AND ARTHROPOD ENVIRONMENTAL DNA FROM HONEY TO DETECT THE ORIGIN OF HONEY (undergo)
  • Postgraduate and doctoral candidates:
  • 2014 - present - Graduate supervising and advising
    • PhD candidates:
    1. Mr. S. Alimohammadi
    2. Mr. H. Madahi
    3. Mrs. S. Shafaei
    4. Mrs. R. Kashefi
    5. Mrs. P. Rashidi
        
    • MSc students:
    1. Mrs. M. Torabi
    2. Mrs. M. A. Hosseini
    3. Mrs. M. Hajian
    4. Mr. M. Souri
       
       (all of them have contributed partly to my publications)
        
    • I supported researchers from Iraq (Dr. S. Najim) and Afghanistan (A. Osmani, A. H. Hamdard, and M.W. Vesal) in my Lab.

Fellowships and research mobility programs

Curriculum Vitae / Tätigkeitsfelder / Projekte / Publikationen