Curriculum Vitae
Personal information
First name(s) / Surname(s) / Hamid Khazaei
Address / Department of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 27 (Latokartanonkaari 5), University of Helsinki, FIN-00014 Helsinki, Finland
Telephone(s) / +358 50 44 80 474 (work) / Mobile / +358 (0) 44 0 411 411
E-mail(s) /
Web: http://hamidkhazaei.blogfa.com
Nationality / Iranian
Date of birth / 23 June 1980
Gender / Male
Desired employment / Occupational field / Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
Research area: Crop physiology, Quantitative genetics and Molecular breeding
Work experience
Dates
Occupation or position held
Main activities and responsibilities
Name and address of employer
Type of business or sector
/ 2011 - 2014
University of Helsinki
Lecture: Crop physiology, Stress physiology, World crops
Lab course: Field crop quality, Stress physiology, Basic applied statistics, Experimental design and analysis
University of Helsinki, Department of Agricultural Sciences, Finland
Education
Dates / 2008 - 2009
Occupation or position held / Payame Noor University
Main activities and responsibilities / Teaching “advanced plant breeding”
Name and address of employer / Payame Noor University, Tehran, Iran
Type of business or sector / Education
Dates / 2003 - 2008
Occupation or position held / Part time researcher
Main activities and responsibilities / Principal and co-principal investigator for 4 projects:
a) Study of the effects of Gibberellic acid and Kinetin on germination of rice under difference salinity levels (Principal Investigator)
b) Study of carbon isotope discrimination (∆) in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) (Principal investigator)
c) Evaluation of spring safflower genotypes for grain yield and its components (Co-principal investigator)
d) Yield Comparison and its components of 3 cultivars of maize in 3 dates in Astara (Co-principal investigator)
Name and address of employer / Young researchers club, Azad University, Iran
Type of business or sector / Agriculture, forestry and fishing
Education and training
Dates / 2009 - 2014
Title of qualification awarded / Doctor of Science (Agriculture and Forestry)
Principal subjects / occupational skills covered / Plant production biology (Crop science)
Thesis title: 'Leaf traits associated with drought adaptation in faba bean (Vicia faba L.)'
Name and type of organisation providing education and training / Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland
Level in national or international classification / ISCED 6
Dates / 2004 - 2006
Title of qualification awarded / Master of Science (M.Sc.) Top Student
Principal subjects / occupational skills covered / Plant Breeding
Thesis title: 'The relationship between flag leaf carbon isotope discrimination and several morpho-physiological traits in some Iranian wheat genotypes'
Name and type of organisation providing education and training / University of Shahr-e-kord, Iran
Dates / 2000 - 2004
Title of qualification awarded / Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) First-class honors
Principal subjects / occupational skills covered / Agronomy and Plant Breeding
Panel discussion: 'Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)'
Apprenticeship: 'Iranian national gene bank, Biotechnology Lab'
Name and type of organisation providing education and training / Azad University, Astara branch, Iran
Level in national or international classification / ISCED 5
Personal skills and competences
Other language(s)
Self-assessment / Understanding / Speaking / Writing
European level (*) / Listening / Reading / Spoken interaction / Spoken production
English / C2 / Proficient user / C2 / Proficient user / C1 / Proficient user / C1 / Proficient user / C1 / Proficient user
Finnish / A1 / Basic User / A1 / Basic User / A1 / Basic User / A1 / Basic User / A1 / Basic User
(*) Common European Framework of Reference (CEF) level
Social skills and competences / Team working is indeed a pivotal approach for my life and work. I have cooperation with several researchers from all over the world, from Australia to Africa, Europe and Canada.
I am an active member of green peace international.
Organisational skills and competences / I was president for two scientific societies at University (B. Sc.) during 2000 – 2004.
Member of organizing committee for Spring Symposium 2012 (University of Helsinki).
Technical skills and competences / Editorial board:Journal of Phytology, Plant Science Journal, Current Botany, Indian Journal of Fundamental and Applied Life Sciences, International Journal of Food, Agriculture and Veterinary Sciences
Reviewer for:
Journal of Experimental Botany, Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, Plant Breeding, Czech Journal of Genetics and Plant Breeding, Diversity, Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry, Acta Botanica Gallica, Journal of Plant Breeding & Crop Science, Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture, African Journal of Agricultural Research
Computer skills and competences / Competent with most Microsoft Office programmes, statistical software such as R-language, SPSS, SAS, Map construction programs, QTL Cartographer, Q-gene and MapChart
Driving licence(s) / B (EU, FINLAND)
Additional information / Membership of Scientific Societies
1. Member, European Society for Agronomy (ESA)
2. Member, KLV (Royal Netherlands Society for Agricultural Sciences), Association of Wageningen University, the Netherlands
3. Member, The Royal Botanical Society of Belgium, Belgium
4. Member, Nordic Association of Agricultural Sciences (NJF), national association of Finland
5. Member, Young Researchers Club (YRC), Azad University, south Tehran branch, exceptional talents member
6. Member, Agriculture & Natural Resources Engineering Organization of Iran
7. Member, Iranian Biotechnology Society
8. Member, Student Researchers Club, Iran
9. Member, National Association of Plant Breeders (NAPB), USA
Scholarships
CIMO (Centre for International Mobility) (2010) 9 600 €
Emil Aaltonen foundation (2011-2013) 78 000 €
Niemi Säätiö (2012) 10 000 €
NJF (Nordic Association of Agricultural Sciences) (2011) 600 €
Several travel grants form Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki (2009-2013)
~ 6 000 €
University of Helsinki chancellor travel grant (2009) 1 400 €
University of Helsinki chancellor travel grant (2012) 1 850 €
Doctoral Program in Plant Science travel grant (2012-2014) 1 950 €
University of Helsinki fund (2014) 1 200 €
University of Helsinki thesis writing fund (2014) 3 600 €
University of Helsinki, Department of Agricultural Sciences, alfalfa project (2014) 6 600 €
International courses
NOVA PhD course in Plant breeding “Quality traits in molecular plant breeding” (2010) Copenhagen, Denmark.
NOVA PhD course in Crop physiology “Applied statistics with R for Agriculture, life a veterinary sciences” (2010) Jelgeva, Latvia.
NOVA PhD course in Plant breeding “Breeding for adaptation to climate change” (2011) Hvanneyri, Iceland.
NOVA PhD course in Plant breeding “Pre-breeding for sustainable agriculture” (2012) Röstånga, Sweden.
Exploitation of molecular mechanisms and the use of biotechnology and gene technology in sustainable utilization of genetic resources in food and bioenergy production (2014) Ristiina, Finland.
Pedagogy courses:
Teaching and learning in higher education (5 ECTS), University of Helsinki
Constructive alignment in course design (5 ECTS), University of Helsinki
Development of teaching and practical training (5 ECTS), University of Helsinki
Academic supervising (5 ECTS), University of Helsinki (Accepted)
Annexes / Publications
A: In Journals
Webb A, Cottage A, Wood T, Khamassi K, Hobbs D, Gostkiewicz K, White M, Khazaei H, Ali M, Street D, Stoddard FL, Maalouf F, Ogbonnaya F, Link W, Thomas J, O'Sullivan DM (2015) A SNP-based consensus genetic map for synteny-based trait targeting in faba bean (Vicia faba L.). Plant Biotchnol J (Submitted).
Bari A, Khazaei H, Street K, Sillanpää MJ, Endresen DTF, De Pauw E, Chaubey YP, Dayanandan S, Stoddard FL Damania AB (2014) In silico evaluation of plant genetic resources to search for traits for adaptation to climate change. Climate Change (Submitted).
Khazaei H, O’Sullivan DM, Jones H, Pitts N, Sillanpää MJ, Pärssinen P, Manninen O, Stoddard FL (2014) Flanking SNP markers for vicine-convicine concentration in faba bean (Vicia faba L.). Molecular Breeding (in press).
Khazaei H (2014) Leaf traits associated with drought adaptation in faba bean (Vicia faba L.). Doctoral thesis. Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Helsinki, Finland. http://hdl.handle.net/10138/135892
Khazaei H, O’Sullivan DM, Sillanpää MJ, Stoddard FL (2014) Use of synteny to identify candidate genes underlying QTL controlling stomatal traits in faba bean (Vicia faba L.). Theoretical and Applied Genetics 127(11):2371–2385.
Khazaei H, O’Sullivan DM, Sillanpää MJ, Stoddard FL (2014) Genetic analysis reveals a novel locus in Vicia faba decoupling pigmentation in the flower from that in the extra-floral nectaries. Molecular Breeding 34 (3):1507–1513.
Khazaei H, Street K, Bari A, Mackay M, Stoddard FL (2013) The FIGS (Focused Identification of Germplasm Strategy) approach identifies traits related to drought adaptation in Vicia faba genetic resources. PLoS ONE 8 (5):e63107.
Khazaei H, Street K, Bari A, Stoddard FL (2013) Do faba bean (Vicia faba L.) accessions from environments with contrasting seasonal moisture availabilities differ in stomatal characteristics and related traits? Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 60 (8): 2343–2357.
Omidi AH, Khazaei H, Monneveux P, Stoddard FL (2012) Effect of cultivar and water regime on yield and yield components in safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.). Turkish journal of Field Crops 17 (2):10–15.
Khazaei H, Mohammady S, Monneveux P, Stoddard FL (2011) The determination of direct and indirect effects of carbon isotope discrimination (∆), stomatal characteristics and water use efficiency on grain yield in wheat using sequential path analysis. Australian Journal of Crop Science 5 (4):466–472.
Khazaei H, Mohammady-D S, Monneveux P (2011) Relationships between carbon isotope discrimination (Δ), grain yield and dry matter production in durum wheat. Agronomy Journal (Pajouhesh & Sazandegi) 86:20–27 (in Persian with an English abstract).
Khazaei H, Monneveux P, Shao HB, Mohammady-D S (2010) Variation for stomatal characteristics and water use efficiency among and within diploid, tetraploid and hexaploid Iranian wheat landraces. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 57 (2):307–314.
Ibrahim ME, Abdel-Aal SM, Seleiman MF, Khazaei H, Monneveux P (2010) Effect of different water regimes on agronomical traits and irrigation efficiency in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grown in Nile delta. Wheat Information Service 109: 5–9.
Salamon I, Ghanavati M, Khazaei H (2010) Chamomile biodiversity of the essential oil qualitative-quantitative characteristics in Egyptian production and Iranian landraces. Emirates Journal of Food and Agriculture 22 (1):59–64.
Khazaei H, Mohammady-D S, Zaharieva M, Monneveux P (2009) Carbon isotope discrimination and water use efficiency in Iranian diploid, tetraploid and hexaploid wheats grown under well-watered conditions. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution 56 (1):105–114.
Mohammady S, Khazaei H, Kozak M (2009) Does water-use efficiency explain the relationship between carbon isotope discrimination and wheat grain yield? Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica, Section B - Plant and Soil Science 59 (4):385–388.
Omidi AH, Khazaei H, Shao HB (2009) Variation for some important agronomic traits in 100 spring safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.) genotypes. American-Eurasian Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences 5 (6):791–795.
Khazaei H, Monneveux P, Mohammady-D S, Zhang ZB (2008) Relationship between carbon isotope discrimination, grain yield and water use efficiency in bread wheat under well-watered conditions. Wheat Information Service 106:9–11.
Mohammady-D S, Khazaei H, Reisi F (2007) The study of stomatal characteristics in Iranian wheat wild accessions and landraces. Wheat Information Service 103:5–12.
Khazaei H, Mohammady-D S (2010) Dry matter production at different ploidy levels in Triticum Spp. Zeitun (Scientific & Specific in Agriculture) 208:14–17 (in Persian).
Mosavi A, Taghizadeh A, Khazaei H, Omidi AH (2009) Investigation of variation and determination of genetic distance among 25 genotypes of spring safflower (Carthamus tinctorius L.). Journal of Plant Science Research 13:44–53 (in Persian with an English abstract).
Khazaei H, Mohammady-D S (2009) Stomata characteristics as a morphological marker for determining ploidy levels in plants. Zeitun (Scientific & Specific in Agriculture) 198:6–9 (in Persian).
Khazaei H, Mohammady-D S (2008) Carbon isotope discrimination (∆) is a reliable criterion for selection water use efficiency. Zeitun (Scientific & Specific in Agriculture) 187:10–16 (in Persian).
B: In Abstracts and proceedings
Bari A, Dayanandan S, YP, Stoddard FL, Khazaei H, et al. (2014) Patterns and climate change-induced patterns and their implications in the predictions to explore genetic resources for adaption and mitigation. International Workshop, Applied Mathematics and Omics Technologies for Discovering Biodiversity and Genetic Resources for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation for Sustainable Agriculture in Drylands. 24–27 June 2014. Rabat, Morocco.
Bari A, Dayanandan S, Khazaei H, et al. (2014) Patterns of genetic variability and their implications for exploring genetic resources for adaptation and mitigation to changes in the climate. International Workshop, Applied Mathematics and Omics Technologies for Discovering Biodiversity and Genetic Resources for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation for Sustainable Agriculture in Drylands. 24–27 June 2014. Rabat, Morocco.
Khazaei H, Bari A, Street K, Stoddard FL (2014) Root trait differences between wet- and dry-adapted sets of faba bean accessions selected by FIGS. International Workshop, Applied Mathematics and Omics Technologies for Discovering Biodiversity and Genetic Resources for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation for Sustainable Agriculture in Drylands. 24–27 June 2014. Rabat, Morocco.
Stoddard FL, Khazaei H, Schulman AH (2014) The Faba bean Genome Sequencing Consortium. 7th International Conference on Legume Genetics and Genomics (ICLGG VII). 7–11 June 2014. Saskatoon, Canada. p 104 http://knowpulse.usask.ca/iflrc-iclgg/?q=node/89
Khazaei H, O’Sullivan DM, Sillanpää MJ, Stoddard FL (2014) Synteny-based mapping of morphological, agronomic and quality traits in faba bean (Vicia faba L.). 7th International Conference on Legume Genetics and Genomics (ICLGG VII). 7–11 June 2014. Saskatoon, Canada. p 70 http://knowpulse.usask.ca/iflrc-iclgg/?q=node/89
Street K, Bari A, Khazaei H, Amri A (2014) How the Focused Identification of Germplasm Strategy (FIGS) is used to mine plant genetic resource collections for adaptive traits. In: Dias S, Dulloo E, Maxted N, Kell S, Thörn E, Smith L, Preston J, Hutchinson S (eds) International Conference on ENHANCED GENEPOOL UTILIZATION -Capturing wild relative and landrace diversity for crop improvement, Cambridge, United Kingdom, 16–20 June 2014. Book of Abstracts. Bioversity International, Rome, Italy. p 14
Bari A, Khazaei H, Street K, Stoddard FL, Chaubey YP, Dayanandan S, De Pauw E, Ouabbou H, Maatougui M, Jilal A, Nachit M (2014) Assessing plant genetic resources for climate change adaptive traits. In: Præbel A, Groeneveld LF (eds) Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in a Changing Climate, 27-29 January 2014, Lillehammer, Norway. p 32 (Oral presentation).
Stoddard FL, Khazaei H, Lizarazo C, Lu Y (2014) Faba bean breeding for global change. In: Maataloustieteen päivät 2014. 8.1–9.1. 2014. Helsinki, Finland.
Dayanandan S, Bari A, Chaubey YP, Khazaei H, Street K, Stoddard FL, Mackay M, Matthews D, Endresen DTF, De Pauw E, Kehel Z (2013) Searching for climate change adaptive traits in crops to sustain agriculture: applied mathematics, phenomics and genomics in dryland systems. In: 2013 QCBS Symposium. 11-13 December 2013. Montreal, Canada. http://colloque.qcbs.ca/speaker/s.dayanandan#.Uu1rq_uWwvl