Jahangir Vajedsamiei - CV
Personal Data
Dr. Jahangir Vajedsamiei |
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Current position |
Fix-term employment (Sep. 30, 2027) |
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Current institution(s)/site(s), country |
Leibniz Institute for Baltic Sea Research, Warnemünde (IOW), Germany |
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Identifiers/ORCID |
ORCID-ID: 0000-0002-8625-4719 |
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Qualifications and Career
Stages |
Periods and Details |
Degree programme |
Master of Science in Marine Biology-Marine Animals Sep 2008 – Sep 2010 Supervisor: Dr. Behrouz Abtahi Host: Faculty of Science, SBU, Tehran, Iran |
Doctorate |
Doctor of Natural Science (Dr. rer. nat.) May 2017 – Mar 2021 Hosts: Experimental Ecology Research Unit, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany & Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany Thesis title: The neglected role of environmental fluctuations as modulator of stress Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Martin Wahl, Dr. Christian Pansch, Prof. Dr. Frank Melzner |
Stages of academic/professional career
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Postdoctoral Researcher Apr 2021– Oct 2024 Subject: Ecology and evolutionary biology: Baltic benthic systems under extreme events Host: Experimental Ecology Research Unit, GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre, Germany |
Academic Distinctions
- Doctoral thesis evaluated with highest distinction in 2021 (summa cum laude)
- Institute-wide outstanding doctoral thesis award by the Prof. Dr. W. Petersen-Foundation (2022)
Activities in the Research System
I taught several modules within the following courses in M.S. program ‘Biological Oceanography’ at Kiel University & GEOMAR:
- MNF-bioc-202-Advanced Practical Course in Biological Oceanography (5 ECTS, summer semesters 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
- MNF-bioc-232-Current Topics in Marine Ecology I-scientific computing and bioinformatics (5 ECTS, summer semesters 2021, 2022)
Instructor in the virtual workshop on the status of Indian ocean coral reefs held by regional education and research Centre on Oceanography for West Asia (2020)
Supervision of Researchers in Early Career Phases
I have supervised Mats Jacobsen (BSc. 2021-22), Laura Hennigs (MSc.; 2020), Niklas Warlo (MSc. 2022-23), Katja Seebas (MSc. 2022-23) and Maral Khosravi (PhD; 2018-2023).
Supplementary Career Information
Research assistant (or associated with) National Institute for Oceanography, Tehran, Iran (Sep 2011 – Apr 2017)
Technical Skills:
- Statistical modeling using frequentist and Bayesian approaches in R and Python
- Dynamic Energy/Mass Budget (DEB) Modeling
- Advance SCUBA diver (PADI); Life Saving Certificate (ILS)