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Curriculum Vitae(Resume)

Personal information:

Date of Birth:   20.9.1978

Phone number: 0098 9111940050

Fax number: 0098 1924665390

Academic education:

-PhD. :       2005-2010    Veterinary Parasitology/Veterinary Faculty,Tehran,Iran

 -D.V.M. : 1996-2002  Veterinary medicine/Shahrekord university

 Vet org number: 5346

Thesis / Dissertations:

-PhD thesis title:   Helminths of Birds in North of iran

-DVM thesis title:  Study of Cryptococcus neoformans in domestic and wild pigeons droppings in Shahrekord district,Iran

Membership in societies:

-World Association for Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology(WAAVP)  Member from 2007

-Iranian Society of Parasitology(ISP):  Member from 2005

Current position:

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Work experience:  

- Manager of a Veterinary pharmacy from 2004-2009

Research interests:

 Nematodes , Acanthocephales , Host-Parasite interactions,Birds helminths

Research projects:

-Birds-Wild  and Immigrant- Helminths, Iran :   2007-present, 40 species of birds till now

-Sturgeons(Caspian sea Acipenserids) gastrointestinal and gill  helminths and monogenes: 2006-present

-Amphistomes in Bos taurus( cattle),Mazandaran province:   2007-2008

-Gongylonema pulchrum in Bos taurus( cattle),Mazandaran province:                                           2006-2009

-Gongylonema pulchrum in Camelus dromedarius(camel) and Sus scrofa(wild boar):              2009-present

Research visits:

- 2009-                                Ecology Department,Tuscia University,Viterbo,Italy , Anisakidae in Birds

(Dr Simunetta Mattiucci)

-Dec.2009-Feb.2010  Central Laboratory of General Ecology,Bulgarian Academy of Sciences,Sofia,Bulgaria, Cestodes ,

(Prof. Boyko Georgiev)

Workshop attendance:

1- Course on anticoccidial drugs factories KRKA, 2001,Tehran ,Iran.

2- Course on meat and meat products quality control, Iranian Standard Organization,2003, Esfahan ,Iran.

3- Quality Management System Awareness & Documentation & Internal Audit Training Course , 4-5 December , 2005, Iran.

4- PCR molecular diagnosis and research learning workshop , Tehran University , Veterinary Faculty , Central Dr Rastegar research laboratory , 2006 , Tehran , Iran .

5- ELISA workshop,Tehran University,Veterinary Faculty , 22 November , 2007 ,Tehran , Iran

Publications(Journals):

1- Halajian, Ali; Eslami, Ali; Salehi, Nasrin; Ashrafi-helan, Javad; Sato, Hiroshi(2010)Incidence and genetic characterization of Gongylonema pulchrum in cattle slaughtered in Mazandaran province, Northern Iran, Iranian J Parasitol, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp.10-18.

2- Singh, Hridaya S.; Chaudhary, Ashu; Halajian, Ali (2010)Further observations on Clinostomum piscidium Southwell and Prashad, 1918 recovered from the body cavity of Colisa fasciata(Bloch and Schneider, 1801)in India, Sci. Parasitol. ,11(2), pp.55-60.

3- Amin, Omar M. ;Heckmann, Richard A. ; Halajian, Ali ;Eslami, Ali (2010)Redescription of Sphaerirostris picae (Acanthocephala : Centrorhynchidae) from Magpie ,Pica pica, in Northern Iran ,with special reference to unusual receptacle structures and notes on histopathology ,J. Parasitol. ,Vol.96, No. 3, pp. 561-568.

4- Mutafchiev,Yasen; Halajian ,Ali ;Georgiev ,Boyko B. (2010)Two new nematode species of the genus Cosmocephalus Molin,1858 (Spirurida : Acuariidae)with an amended generic diagnosis and an identification key to Cosmocephalus spp. , Zootaxa ,8 plates,2nd Feb ,2349 , pp. 1-20.

5- Tavakol ,Sareh ;Motalebi ,Abbas ali ;Bahmani ,Mahmoud ; Halajian ,Ali ,Jalali ,Behyar (2009)Survey on gill parasites of Acipenserid fishes of Caspian sea and freshwater in Iran,Iranian Journal of Veterinary Sciences, Vol.6, No.3, pp. 763-770.

6- Meshgi,Behnam ;Eslami ,Ali; Halajian ,Ali (2009)Determination of diagnostic antigens in cattle Amphistomiasis using Western blotting , Iranian J Parasitol ,Vol. 4 ,No. 2 ,pp. 32-37. (Original article)

7- Pirali-kheirabadi,Khodadad ;Razzaghi-abyaneh, M. , Halajian, Ali (2009)Acaricidal effect of Pelargonium roseum and Eucalyptus globulus essential oils against adult stage of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus)annulatus in vitro,Veterinary Parasitology,Vol. 162 ,Issues3-4,June,pp. 346-349.

8- Ebrahimi,Aziz allah ; Halajian,Ali ;Nikookhah,Farzaneh (2004)Isolation of Cryptococcus neoformans from pigeon droppings in Shahrekord IRAN,Indian Veterinary Journal,Nov,81,pp. 1293-1294.

Papers presented in Symposiums or Congresses:

1- Determination of PT and PTT values in Chaleshtorian Sheeps , 1th Iranian Congress of Veterinary Basic Sciences , 31May-2 June , 2000, Tehran , Iran.

2- Measurement of hoof floor diameter in Shahrekord abattoir for evaluating the situation of cow hoof grooming in Shahrekord district , 13th Iranian Veterinary Congress , 12-14 Feb , 2003 , Tehran , Iran.

3- Study of Cryptococcus neoformans prevalence rate in domestic and wild pigeons droppings in Shahrekord city and study of it as a reservoir of the fungus in causing human infections , The 12th Iranian Congress on Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine , 17-21 Jan , 2004 , Tehran ,Iran.

4- Study of infection rate of Echinococcus granulosus and Echinococcus multilocularis in stray dogs in Tabriz city , National Congress on Hydatid cyst , 9-10 May 2007 , Yasuj , Iran.

5- Occurrence and pathology of Gongylonema infection in cattle in north of Iran Mazandaran province , The 21th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology(WAAVP) , p. 296 , 19-23 August 2007 , Gent , Belgium .

6- Parasitic fauna of Liza spp(mugilidae) in southern Caspian sea and freshwaters of Iran , The 21th International Conference of the World Association for the Advancement of Veterinary Parasitology(WAAVP) , p. 360 , 19-23 August 2007 , Gent , Belgium.

7-Acanthocephales of fresh water fishes of iran, The 7th Symposium of fish parasites(ISFP VII), Sep 2007 , Viterbo , Italy,P.17.

8-Prevalence ,Pathogenicity ,Fauna of intestinal helminthes of cattles in north of Iran Coast of Caspian sea,Xth European Multicolloquium of Parasitology(EMOP),Paris,France,August 24-28th,2008,p.99.(Oral presentation)

9- Acaricidal effect of Pelargonium roseum and Eucalyptus globules essential oils against adult stage of Rhipicephalus (Boophilus)annulatus,Xth European Multicolloquium of Parasitology(EMOP),Paris,France,August 24-28th,2008,p. 41.

10-Occurrence and intensity of Nitzschia sturionis (Monogenean:Capsalidae)in the Sturgeons(Chondrostei:Acipenseridae)of south of Caspian sea, Xth European Multicolloquium of Parasitology(EMOP),Paris,France,August 24-28th,2008,p.72

Book:

Tavakoul, S., Jalali, B., Halajian, A. (2008) Acanthocephales and Identified Species of them in Iran ,Nikkhah & Partonegar Publications,160 pages,18 coloured photos(In Persian with English tables and abstract).

Foreign languages proficiency:

-English  MCHE: 70 (2000)

-English IELTS(21.May.2009)

Overall band score:6.5

Listening: 7 Reading: 7 Writing: 6 Speaking:6.5

Hobbies:

Reading novels , Internet , Stamp collection  , Languages.