Communicated at several international conferences. Field surveys in Iran, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Estonia, China, Thailand.

Specialties and experience: Taxonomy, phylogeny, mycology, molecular analysis, wood-inhabiting basidiomycetes, polypore and corticioid fungi, DNA laboratory, fungal culture laboratory, hebarium; research experience in international environments, writing and executing scientific projects, field surveys.

Other research interests: macromycetes, ethnomycology, DNA barcoding, genetic diversity, evolution, biogeography, biodiversity, fungal bioactive compounds, mycoremediation

Research visits: Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle Paris; Real Jardín Botanico de Madrid; Institute of Microbiology, Beijing Forestry University and Changbaishan field station; Department of Ecology, University of Kassel; Department of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Gothenburg University; Berlin Herbarium; Uppsala Herbarium; Stockholm Herbarium, Swedish Museum of Natural History; Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Estonian University of Life Sciences, Tartu Herbarium.

Research Awards: SYNTHESYS (European Union-funded Integrated Activities grant), Finnish Museum of Natural History travel grant, Societas pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, University of Helsinki Dissertation Completion Grant, Suomen Biologian Seuran Vanamo, Outstanding International Student Grant at University of Helsinki, Stenholm Foundation Research prize (Sweden), University of Helsinki Chancellor travel grants, First prize student poster competition in 46th IAVS symposium, Center for International Mobility (CIMO, Finland), Iran National Science Foundation grant, Iranian Center for International Scientific Studies and Collaboration (ICRP) grant.