Understanding processes governing land ecosystems and their capacity to deliver multiple ecosystem services requires broad research disciplines. In my work, I explore the interaction between plant, soil, and water dynamics in different ecosystems including managed grasslands and cropping systems.
Two research areas are my main focus. First is plant growth dynamics including ecosystem biodiversity and the connection between plant below/above-ground components with soil and water dynamics. Second is the response of system to climate change and climatic extremes (e.g. drought, heat stress, and flooding) and their implication for greenhouse gas emissions (CO2, N2O, and CH4).
My research covers different spatial and temporal scales and benefits from observational and experimental knowledge as well as process-based modeling, and remote sensing technology. I endorse developing innovative methods based on assimilating real-time remote-sensing data into agroecosystem models for upscaling from field to landscape, climate change impact assessment, and finding strategies for sustainable operations of ecosystems.
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I have been using SWAT and SWAT-CUP since 2012 when I started the EPP fellowship program in eawag, switzerland. I …
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I have been using EPIC since 2013 mainly to simulate cereal crops in Sub-Saharan Africa. Due to my previous …
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I have been using MONICA since 2018 for simulating crops and grasslands for different projects. In 2019, together …
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I have been using Lintul5 since I have been involved in the DAAD exchange program with University of Tasmania (UTAS). In …
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I have applied HEC-HMS to simulate flood events in the Tamar Basin of Iran. The project was conducted during my Msc …
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Since 2014, I have been frequently programming in Python. I first used it to develop my EPIC+ interface which …
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I started programming in MATLAB in 2008 for developing optimization algorithms for calibration of hydrological …
Title of project: Improving the agro-hydrological simulation of irrigation in catchments under extreme climatic conditions by using ensemble
Funded by: DFG
Title of project: SattGrün - Satellite-based information for grassland management
Funded by: Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)
Title of project: Application of a bio-physical crop model to assess crop-drought vulnerability in Sub-Saharan Africa under present and future climate
Funded by: Swiss National Foundation (SNF) under project number: CR21I3_146430. Dec.2013-Nov.2016
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Funded by: Water Research Institute and Amirkabir University of Technology
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