Abdulvahed KHALEDI DARVISHAN Bio-Résumé

Working at the Department of Watershed Management Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Iran. A hydrologist with interests in soil erosion processes and modeling. Researcher with about 74 scientific research results, being the author or co-author of scientific papers published in various peer reviewed scientific journals such as "Hydrological Processes", "Catena", "Hydrological Sciences Journal", "International Agrophysics", "Solid Earth", "Journal of Water and Land Development", "Arabian Journal of Geosciences", "Journal of African Earth Sciences", "Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca","Journal of Environmental Protection and Ecology" and many of Iranian ISC indexed journals. The main research specialisms are: Soil Erosion Models at Watershed Scale; Soil Erosion Processes; Sediment Budgets; Measuring Soil Erosion using Tracers; River Bed Sediment Morphometry; Rainfall Simulation.

Recent experience

- Executing Manager of ECOPERSIA Journal (2011-present).
http://ecopersia.modares.ac.ir/

- Assistant Professor, Department of Watershed Management, Faculty of Natural Resources, Tarbiat Modares University (2013-present).

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- Graduated at the Faculty of Natural Resources of the Tarbiat Modares University, Iran. At the same Academic Institution completed Master and Doctoral studies.

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- Researcher with about 80 scientific research results, being the author or co-author of scientific papers published in various peer reviewed scientific journals such as "Hydrological Processes", "Catena", "Hydrological Sciences Journal", "International Agrophysics", "Solid Earth", "Journal of Water and Land Development", "Arabian Journal of Geosciences" and many of Iranian ISC indexed journals.

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- Member of the International Commission on Continental Erosion  – ICCE (http://www.icce.altervista.org/);

- Member of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences - IAHS (http://iahs.info/) and

- Watershed Management Society of Iran (http://www.wmsi.ir/index.php?slc_lang=en&sid=1).

Awards & Grants

Award: Best PhD Thesis for the period 2013 selected by "Watershed Management Sosciety of Iran (WMSI)"
Award: Golden Medalist in PhD Degree, GPA 18.99 / 20 (Thesis: 19.79 / 20)
Award: First Doctoral Graduate at Tarbiat Modares University in the field of Watershed Management Science and Engineering
Scholarship: PhD Student Scholarship from "Iran Ministry of Science, Research and Technology"
Award: First Rank of PhD Entrance Examination
Award: Golden Medalist in MSc Degree, GPA 18.42 / 20 (Thesis: 19.28 / 20)
Award: Golden Medalist in BSc Degree, GPA 18.14 / 20
Award: First Rank of MSc Entrance Examination