Education
2010 - ...:
PhD student, Dept.
Vegetation & Phytodiversity
Analysis, AvH-Institute,
University of
Göttingen
Thesis subject:
Variation and indicator
value of C4 plant species
composition in grassland
vegetation between and
within different bioclimatic
regions
2004 - 2007: MSc. in Plant
Biology, Ecology-Systematic,
University of Tehran
Dissertation:
Phytosociological study of
montane and submontane zones
of Tuchal
Mountain, N. Tehran
Seminar: Disturbance
Ecology and its relation
with biodiversity
2000 - 2004: BSc. in Plant
Biology, University of
Isfahan
Research activities
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Research project in
Jodrell laboratory
(Royal Botanic Gardens
Kew) on the global
phylogeny of the genus
Heliotropium
(Boraginaceae) under
supervision of Prof.
Hossein Akhani, Prof.
Mark Chase and Prof.
Michael Frohlich (2008).
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Contributing in the
Floristic study of
Southwest Iran
(Khuzestan province)
with emphasis on the
ecosystems around the
Petrochemical complexes
to save the natural
vegetation of the area
by evaluating the
importance of vegetation
for that area and
consequences of human
activities on the
environment of plants
and people (2009-2010).
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Research assistant in
Botany and Biodiversity
Research Lab, University
of Tehran (2007-2010)
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Teacher
assistant in botanical
laboratory for 2
academic years,
University of Tehran
(2006-2007)
Publications
Mahdavi, P. &
Akhani, H. 2012.
Species diversity and
life form patterns along
3000 m altitudinal
gradient in the steppe
vegetation of southern
slopes of the Alborz
Mountains, Iran.
Folia Geobotanica (accepted).
Akhani, H., Chatrenoor,
T., Dehghani, M.,
Khoshravesh, R.,
Mahdavi, P. &
Matinzadeh, Z. 2012.
A new species of
Bienertia
(Chenopodiaceae) from
Iranian salt deserts: a
third species of the
genus and discovery of a
fourth terrestrial C4
plant
without Kranz anatomy.
Plant Biosystems.
Available online...
Conferences & Workshops
Mahdavi, P. &
Akhani, H. 2008.
Complexity of
application of
association concept for
Irano-Turanian montane
vegetation. 51st IAVS
conference. Stellenbosch
University. South Africa.
In: Mucina, L. et al. (eds),
Frontiers of Vegetation
Science - An
Evolutionary Angle. p.
108. Keith Phillips
Images, Somerset West.
Mahdavi, P.,
Akhani, H., Noroozi, J.,
Zarrinpour, V. & Najafi,
A. A. 2007. Diversity
and vegetation change in
natural, semi natural
and man-made landscapes
from semi desert to
alpine zone of Tehran
metropolis and Tuchal
Mountains (Iran).
Proceeding of 50th IAVS
conference. p. 25.
Swansea University,
Wales, UK.
Mahdavi, P. &
Akhani, H. 2007.
Vegetation of Tuchal
Mountain. Proceeding of
Plant Taxonomy
conference. p. 27.
Research Institute of
Forests and Landscapes,
Tehran, Iran.
International workshop
on: Sustainable
utilization of saline
waters and soils for
Halophyte cash crop
production, 21-24 Oct.
2007, Mashhad, Iran.
