• CV
    • since 07.2019: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Technische Universität (TU) Berlin
    • 2017-2019: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research Berlin, Department of Evolutionary Ecology
    • 2015-2016: Scientific officer for nature and biodiversity conservation, DTSchB, Neubiberg
    • 2011-2015: PhD in urban ecology at the University of Melbourne, Australia
    • 2008-2011: Environmental assessment and biodiversity monitoring (freelance)
    • 2008: German Diplom in Biology, LMU München
  • Research areas
    • urban ecology
    • (nocturnal) urban biodiversity
    • bats
    • human-nature relationships
  • CV

    • seit 2024: Guest scientist at the University of Münster, Institute of Landscape Ecology, Animal Ecology, Germany

    • 2023-2024: Guest scientist at the Linkoping University, Department of Biology, Sweden

    • seit 2016: Assistant professor at the Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Iran

    • 2020-2022: Executive Director of the Iran Natur Journal

    • 2021-2022: Guest scientist at the University of Catania, Italy

    • 2012-2015: Ph.D. in Insect Taxonomy and Biodiversity, Tabriz University, Iran

    • 2010-2012:  MSc in Insect Taxonomy, Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran

    • 2005-2009: BSc in Plant Protection, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran

  • Research areas
    • insect taxonomy
    • expert of Diptera
    • biodiversity
  • CV

    • since 2023: Lecturer at the University of Münster (animal tracks and wildlife studies)

    • since 2023: full-time bat expert at the faunistic office Axel Donning

    • since 2020: freelance tracker and founder of Wildlife Münster

    • 2018: certification as tracker

  • Research areas

    • animal tracks and behavioral biology

    • ecology and distribution of mammals with a focus on bats and otters

    • identification of mammals: monitoring carcasses and validator at ObsIdentify