Post-Doc co-mentorship

1-  Dr. Maryam Rezaei (Linnaeus University, 2022-ongoing) working on metabolic interactions in deep groundwater

2- Dr. Carolina González (Linnaeus University, 2022-ongoing) working on global diversity of deep oligotrophic groundwater community

PhD student co-supervision

1- Petter Madsen M. Sc., Thesis project: “Funky fungi – Diversity and evolutionary adaptations of oil-degrading fungi” – (Stockholm university, ongoing)

2- Krzysztof Jurdzinski M. Sc., Thesis project: Understanding adaptation strategies of aquatic Bacterial communities (KTH, ongoing)    Publication

3- Maedeh Yousefzadeh M. Sc., Thesis project: Diversity and adaptation of phages in brackish ecosystems (University of Tehran, ongoing)

4-  Dr. Carlotta Meriggi, Thesis project: “Early detection of invasive aquatic microorganisms” –(SLU, defended on 6/14/2023)  Publication

5- Dr. Roohollah Kheiri, Thesis project: "Hypersaline Lake Urmia: a potential hotspot for microbial genomic variation" -(University of Teharn, Defended on 9/18/2023)  Publication

6- Dr. Maryam Rezaei, Thesis project: “Comparative metagenomics of microbial communities in response to oil spills in the Persian Gulf” (University of Tehran, defended on 8/14/2021)  Publication I  &  Publication II

M. Sc. student co-supervision

1- Rezvan Mahmoudi, University of Tehran, “Assessment of microplastic pollution in the Persian Gulf and searching for plastic degrading enzymes in the Persian Gulf water and sediments metagenome” -ongoing

2- Erfan Khamespanah, University of Tehran, “Identification of potential methioninase enzymes through large-scale screening of Caspian Sea metagenomic data” Publication

3-  Ezhilarasan Mani Ezhilan, Uppsala University, “Investigating the transcription profile of Limnohabitans bacteria in response to phage infection” -ongoing

4- Lovisa Lundberg, Uppsala University, “The evolutionary history of phosphorus transporters in arbuscular mycorrhiza fungi”

5- Ziling Deng, KTH, “Phylogenetic Analysis of Aquatic Microbiome, Evolution of the brackish microbiome” Publication

6- Maedeh Yousefzadeh, University of Tehran “Comparative Genomics analyses of viruses infecting microeukaryotes along the depth profile metagenomes of the brackish Caspian Sea”

7-    Fatemeh Qasemnejad, University of Tehran “Comparative genomics of oil hydrocarbon degradation potential in representatives of order Oceanospirillales”

8-    Zahra Goodarzi, University of Tehran “Exploring the diversity and distribution of antibiotic resistance genes in the Caspian Sea metagenome”  Publication

9-  Amir Dargahzadeh, University of Tehran “Cloning and characterization of novel computationally annotated arginine deiminase through large-scale screening of metagenomics data”

10- Motahareh Sobat, University of Tehran “Metagenomic in-silico screening and functional validation of L-asparaginases with anti-leukemic effect from the Caspian Sea”  Publication

11-  Karrar Mahmood shaker, University of Tehran “Morphological diversity of viruses in Sawa Lake, Iraq”

12-  Homa Kangarani Farahani, University of Tehran “Biodiversity of aerobic, heterotrophic microorganisms of the Caspian Sea” Publication

Internship student supervision

1-   Remco Hoogervorst, Erasmus+ internship, SLU, ”Isolating viruses for phytoplankton host”

2-  Maria Elisa Pierfederici, Erasmus+ internship, Uppsala University, ”Analysis of phage-host interaction”

3-    Hengameh Habibi Sufi, Bachelor project, University of Tehran, ”Cultivation and enrichment of Thaumarchaeota in the deep strata of the Caspian Sea”

4- Sepideh Fakhr Taha, Bachelor project, University of Tehran, ”Media design and testing for isolating Thaumarchaeota from the Caspian Sea deep strata”

5- Anahid Amani Moghadam, Bachelor project, University of Tehran, ”Dilution to extinction cultivation of halophilic archaea”

6- Elham Ahmadi, Bachelor project, University of Tehran, “Genomics analysis of the type species of 5 halophilic archaeal genera sequenced in collaboration with JGI” 

7-  Shahrzad Motamedi, Bachelor project, University of Tehran, ”Polyphasic characterization of an archaeon isolate”

8- Siavash Riazi, Bachelor project, University of Tehran, ”Polyphasic characterization of an archaeon isolate” Publication

Collaborations

1-  Jonna Kangas M. Sc., PhD thesis project: Plankton-parasite interactions in the Baltic Sea – does salinity impact dynamics between chytrid parasites and their phytoplankton hosts? (University of Turku, ongoing)

2- Dr. Katarina Kajan, collaboration on a project: Stratified microbial community in a cave ecosystem (University of Zagreb, ongoing)

3- Sofia Papadopoulou M. Sc., collaboration on a project: Microbial community of lakes in Jamtland (Uppsala University, ongoing)