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Curriculum Vitae(Resume)

Personal information:

Date of Birth:20.9.1978

Phone number:

Academic education:

-PhD. :       2005-Jan.2011    Veterinary Parasitology/Veterinary Faculty, Tehran, Iran

-D.V.M. : 1996-2002              Veterinary Medicine/Shahrekord university, Shahrekord, Iran

Vet org number: 5346

Thesis / Dissertations:

-PhD thesis title:     A study on fauna , intensity and prevalence of  helminth parasites of Ten species of wild birds, including  magpies, gulls(5 spp.), kestrels(2 spp.), crows and grebes in the western region of Mazandaran province, 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:

- Post-Doctoral Fellow
Department of Biodiversity
School of Molecular and Life Sciences
Faculty of Science and Agriculture
University of Limpopo
PO Box: 1106
Sovenga (Turfloop Campus)
0727
South Africa

Office Phone Number:
0027 0152682932

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)

-27.Dec.2009-28.Feb.2010  Central Laboratory of General Ecology,Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria Aim of visit: Joint studies on the helminth parasites diversity of vetebrates in wetlands

(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 AuditTraining 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, A., Tavakol, S., Mansoori, J. (2012) The first report of pigeon maggot, Protocalliphora sp. (Diptera: Calliphoridae) from domestic pigeons in Iran, Comparative Clinical Pathology, DOI: 10.1007/s00580-012-1421-x.

2-Callejon, R., Halajian, A., de Rojas, M., Marrugal, A., Guevara, D., Cutillas, C. (2011) 16S partial gene mitochondrial DNA and internal transcribed spacers ribosomal DNA as differential markers of Trichuris discolor populations, Veterinary Parasitology, doi:10.1016/j.vetpar.2011.11.033.(In Press, Accepted Manuscript)

3-Amin, O.M., Heckmann, R.A., Halajian, A., El-Naggar, A.M. (2011) The morphology of a unique population of Corynosoma strumosum (Acanthocephala, Polymorphidae) from the Caspian seal, Pusa caspica, in the land-locked Caspian Sea using SEM, with special notes on histopathology, Acta Parasitologica, Vol. 56, No. 4, pp. – .

4- Halajian, A., Eslami, A., Mobedi, I., Amin, O., Mansouri, J., Mariaux, J., Tavakol, S. (2011) Gastrointestinal helminths of Magpies (Pica pica), Rooks (Corvus frugilegus) and Carrion crows (Corvus corone) in Mazandaran province, north of Iran, Iranian J Parasitol, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 38-44.

5- Amor, N., Halajian, A., Farjallah, S., Merella, P., Said, K., Slimane, B.B. (2011) Molecular characterization of Fasciola spp. from the endemic area of northern Iran based on nuclear ribosomal DNA sequences, Experimental Parasitology, Vol. 128, Issue 3, pp. 196-204. 

6- Eslami, Ali; Halajian, Ali; Bokaie, Saeed (2011) A survey on the bovine amphistomiasis in Mazandaran province, north of Iran, Iranian J of Vet Research, Shiraz Uni, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 52-55.

7- Amor, N., Halajian, A., Merella, P., Farjallah, S., Said, K., Ben Slimane, B. (2011) Genetic characterization of Fasciola spp. from Tonekabon city (Northern Iran) based on the Ribosomal Internal Transcribed Spacer Regions, Pakistan J of Zoology, 43(6), pp. 1061-1067.

8- Youssefi, M., Hosseinifard, S.M., Halajian, A., Nasiri Amiri, M., Shokrolahi, S. (2011) Pronoprymna ventricosa (Digenea: Faustulidae) in Alosa caspia fish in North of Iran, World J of Fish and Marine Sciences, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 104-106.

9-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.

10- Singh, Hridaya S.; Chaudhary, As., Halajian, A(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.

11- 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.

12- 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.

13- 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.

14- 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)

15- 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.

16- 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- Dik, B., Halajian, A. (2011) Chewing lice of wild birds in Iran, with new records, Third Annual Zoological Congress of Grigore Antipa Museum (CZGA 2011), Bucharest, Romania, November 23-25. (Oral presentation)

2- Halajian, A., Tavakol, S., Mortazavi, P., Shamsi, S., Luus-Powell, W. (2011) Clinostomum complanatum in birds, a potential pathogen for fishes, Iran, VIII International Symposium of Fish Parasites, Vina del Mar, Chile, September 26-30, pp. 56-57. (Oral presentation)

3-Halajian, A., Paoletti, M., Nascetti, G., Tavakol, S., Mattiucci, S. (2011) Molecular identification of species of genus Contracaecum (Nematoda: Anisakidae) maturing in fish-eating birds of Northern Iran, VIII International Symposium of Fish Parasites, Vina del Mar, Chile, September 26-30, pp. 128-129. (Poster presentation)

4-Gastrointestinal helminths of Magpies (Pica pica), Rooks (Corvus frugilegus), and Carrion Crows (Corvus corone)of Iran,International Symposium of Parasites of the Holarctic Region,Petrozavodsk,Russia,October4-8th,2010,pp.157-161.(Oral presentation)

5- Larus spp. gastrointestinal helminths in southern shore of caspian sea in Iran,International Symposium of Parasites of the Holarctic Region,Petrozavodsk,Russia,October4-8th,2010,p.173.

6- Callejón, R., Riazzo, C., de Rojas, M., Ubeda, J.M., Ariza, C., Halajian, Ali, Guevara, D. and  Cutillas, C. Molecular characterization of Trichuris discolor by Sequencing of the ITS1–5.8S–ITS2 fragment of the Ribosomal DNA,XI Congreso Ibérico de Parasitología, Lisbon, Portugal, September 15-18, 2009.

7-Tavakol, S., Halajian, A., Jalali, B., Shoaibi Omrani, B. Survey on gill monogenean parasites of sturgeon fishes (Acipenseridae) in southern part of Caspian sea, 6th International Symposium on Monogenea, Cape Town, South Africa, August 2-7, 2009.

8- Occurrence and intensity of Nitzschia sturionis (Monogenea: 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.

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-Prevalence ,Pathogenicity ,Fauna of intestinal helminths 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)

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

12- 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), Gent , Belgium, 19-23 August 2007, p. 360.

13- 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), Gent, Belgium, August 19-23, 2007, p. 296.

14- 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.

15- 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, Tehran, Iran, Jan 17-21, 2004.

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

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

Thesis advised:

- Sadeghi-Mehr, Mohammad (2010)   D.V.M. Thesis, Biological control of adult stage of Ixodes ricinus and Argas persicus by entomopathogenic fungi Metarhizium anisopliae isolates under laboratoy condition,Veterinary Faulty, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran (Supervisor: Dr Khodadad Pirali Kheirabadi)

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 IELTS (03.Sep.2011) 

Overall band score:7

Listening: 7.5  Reading: 7.5 Writing: 6 Speaking:7

-GRE (12.Feb.2011)

Verbal: 300           Quantitative: 590     Analytical: 2.5

-English IELTS (21.May.2009)

Overall band score:6.5

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

-English  MCHE: 70 (2000)

Hobbies:

Reading novels, Internet, Stamp collection, Languages, Birds watching,

Nature and animal photography

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