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Born 15th November 1978 Tabriz/Iran.

Agricultural Engineer (Agronomy and Plant Breeding), University of Mohaghegh Ardabili of Ardabi/ Iran; M.Sc. degree in Plant Breeding, Tarbiat Modares University of Tehran/ Iran; PhD degree in Plant Breeding, Tarbiat Modares University of Tehran/ Iran; Sabbatical period in Breeding Methodologies of Brassica napus L. from University of Goettingen/Germany.

Professor at University of Maragheh, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Crop Science.

Research Interests: Genotype by environment interaction, Abiotic stress tolerance improvement in field crops
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Educational background

Sabbatical Period– (October 2009 to March 2010), University of Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany
Dissertation: Breeding Methodology to Improve Oilseed Rape (Brassica napus)

Doctor of Philosophy in Plant Breeding – (expected 22 September 2010), Trabiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Dissertation: Genetic Investigation of Yield Performance and Drought Tolerance in Rapeseed (Brassica napua L.)

Master of Sincere in Plant Breeding, with distinction (January 2006), Trabiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Thesis: Genotype by Environment Interaction Study in Seed Yield of Autumn Lentil

Bachelor of Sincere in Agronomy and Plant Breeding (February 2003)
University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran

Teaching Experience

Breeding Field Crops, (2010-2018)
Statistical Software (2010-2018)
Principles of Genetics (2011-2016)
Probability and Statistics (2011-2018)
Experimental Designs (2012-2016)
Research Methods (2012-2018)
Multivariate Statistics (2013-2016)
Advanced Plant Breeding Methods (2016-2018)

Research Interests

Breeding for biofuel Production
Germplasm and genetic variation evaluation
Application nanotechnology in agriculture
Genotype by environment interaction and stability
Breeding Abiotioc stresses from physiological aspect
Application of different statistical methods for data analysis
Genetic designs for estimation breeding values and genetic indices

Books

Awards

ward of Scholarship of Iran's Ministry of Science, Research and Technology for PhD course, 2006
Award of Iran's National Elites Foundation (Financial Aid during Three Years), 2007
Foreign Travel Award of Iran's National Elites Foundation, 2009
Award of Provincial Researcher at University of Maragheh, 2013
Award of Provincial Researcher at East Azerbaijan Province, 2017
Top Researcher in Faculty of Agriculture in 2012
Top Researcher in Faculty of Agriculture in 2015
Top Researcher in University of Maragheh in 2018

Inventions

Not available

Papers

Administrative duties

Supervisor of Dep. Plant Production and Genetics
Dean of Faculty of Agriculture
Deputy of Education
Deputy of Research and Technology

Other Skills

Data analysis with R, SAS, SPSS, Minitab, GenStat, Qualitek, JMP
Session Chair, “Plant Production,”7th International Scientific Agricultural Symposium “Agrosym 2016”, 2016, Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Session Chair, “Plant Production,”8th International Scientific Agricultural Symposium “Agrosym 2017”, 2017, Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Session Chair, “Plant Production,”9th International Scientific Agricultural Symposium “Agrosym 2017”, 2018, Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Pollination of some filed crops including Rapeseed, Wheat, Maize, Garden cress, Spinach

Membership in Council and Committees

Research and Technology Conceal
HSC Conceal

Funded Reasearch Projects

Collection and evaluation of genetic variation of Iranian spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) landraces.

Studying of frost tolerance and metabolite changes of rye (Secale cereale) during the cold hardening and overwintering across upland rainfed region

Cooperation with journals

Crop Science
Agronomy Journal

Journal of Agriculture and Forestry
Acta Agriculturae Slovenica
Australian Journal of Crop Science

Maragheh University - Naser Sabaghnia