PhD Students:
Name: Fatemeh Hosseini (IUT) (started)
Title of Thesis: The Neothyphodium endophytic fungi role in root growth mechanics, soil water availability to plant and physical and mechanical properties of soil
Supervisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi & Prof. M.A. Hajabbasi
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Sabzalian & Prof. A.R. Dexter
Name: Zahra Khanmohammadi (IUT) (started)
Title of Thesis: Characteristics of biochar produced from urban sewage sludge and its impact on soil properties, retention and transport of heavy metals in soil and on plant growth
Supervisor: Prof. M. Afyuni & Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Advisor:
Name: Safoora Nahidan (IUT) (continued)
Title of Thesis: Ammonia oxidizing archaea and bacteria in soil aggregates as affected by landscape position
Supervisor: Prof. F. Nourbakhsh
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Name: Mohsen Morshedizad (BASU) (continued)
Title of Thesis: Colloid-facilitated transport of phosphorous and bromide through intact, repacked and weathered soil columns as influenced by flow conditions and temperature
Supervisor: Prof. A.A. Mahboubi
Advisor: Dr. B. Gharabaghi, Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi & Prof. P. Voroney
Name: Mohammad Bagher Farhangi (BASU) (continued)
Title of Thesis: Survival, adhesion and transport of Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas sp. in a calcareous soil: Effects of calcium carbonate and organic matter
Supervisor: Dr. A.A. Safari Sinegani
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi & Dr. A. Unc
Name: Hossein Asgarzadeh (BASU) (finished)
Title of Thesis: New quantities for soil water availability for plants: Consistency between lab and field measurements
Supervisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Advisor: Prof. A.A. Mahboubi, Prof. A.R. Dexter & Prof. M.R. Neyshabouri
Name: Azadeh Safadoust (BASU) (finished in 2011)
Title of Thesis: E.coli and bromide transport through repacked and weathered soil columns: effects of flow condition and temperature
Supervisor: Prof. A.A. Mahboubi
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi, Prof. P. Voroney, Dr. B. Gharabaghi & Dr. Gh. Khodakaramian
MSc Students:
Name: Hamid Kelshadi (IUT) (continued)
Title of Thesis: Measuring and predicting soil hydraulic properties by tension infiltrometer and artificial neural networks in watershed scale
Supervisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi & Prof. M.A. Hajabbasi
Advisor: Dr. Sh. Ayoubi & Dr. K.C. Abbaspour
Name: Shirin Seirafinia (IUT) (continued)
Title of Thesis: Hydraulic and mechanical properties of sand-sepiolite and sand-palygorskite mixtures
Supervisor: Prof. M.A. Hajabbasi & Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Advisor: Prof. H. Khademi
Name: Elahe Khosravi (IUT) (continued)
Title of Thesis: Short-term impact of firing on selected physical properties of rangeland soils in Fereydon-Shahr region
Supervisor: Prof. M.A. Hajabbasi & Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Advisor: Dr. M. Iravani
Name: Shaghayegh Havaee (IUT) (continued)
Title of Thesis: Measurement and prediction of soil surface shear strength in the landscape scale using ANN and ANFIS models
Supervisor: Dr. Sh. Ayoubi & Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Advisor: Dr. M. Sadeghi & Mr. R. Roostaee
Name: Rasoul Hassan-Zahraee (IUT) (continued)
Title of Thesis: Effect of water and calcium carbonate contents and microstructure induced by wetting and drying on soil compressibility and shear strength
Supervisor: Prof. A. Hemmat
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi & Prof. H. Khademi
Name: Soghra Poodineh (IUT) (continued)
Title of Thesis: Monitoring changes in native vegetation and some soil physical and chemical characteristics, case study: Masileh-Qom region
Supervisor: Dr. H. Bashari
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi & Mr. S.M. Adnaee
Name: Tayebeh Shahabadi (IUT) (finished in 2012)
Title of Thesis: Wastewater effects on some soil physical and chemical characteristics and vegetation cover in arid regions (case study: east of Isfahan province)
Supervisor: Dr. H. Bashari & Dr. M. Tarkesh
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi & Mr. S.M. Adnaee
Name: Farzaneh Sadat Sadoogh (IUT) (finished in 2012)
Title of Thesis: Effect of potassium and zinc on growth and some physiological parameters of tomato under water and salinity stresses
Supervisor: Prof. H. Shariatmadari
Advisor: Dr. A.H. Khoshgoftarmanesh & Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Name: Morteza Yaghobi-Taskoh (IUT) (finished in 2012)
Title of Thesis: Relationship of tire sinkage with soil compression properties and mechanical strength indices under different soil water contents
Supervisor: Prof. A. Hemmat & Dr. A. Masoumi
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Name: Maryam Ahmadikaveh (BASU) (finished in 2012)
Title of Thesis: The impact of water salinity on soil water availability for plant as quantified by least limiting water range, integral water capacity and integral energy
Supervisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Advisor: Prof. A.A. Mahboubi
Name: Zakyee Razavian (BASU) (finished in 2012)
Title of Thesis: Impact of crop rotation on physical fractions of organic matter and compactibility of two texturally-different soils
Supervisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Advisor: Prof. A.A. Mahboubi & Prof. A. Golchin
Name: Seyed Noraldin Hashemi (IUT) (finished in 2011)
Title of Thesis: Using natural zeolite, waste water and sewage sludge in soil on uptake of heavy metals by garden cress
Supervisor: Prof. M.A. Hajabbasi & Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Advisor: Prof. M. Afyuni
Name: Kazem Karchani (IUT) (finished in 2011)
Title of Thesis: Effect of different levels of water application and nitrogen fertilizer on sunflower seed production under fertigation management using drip (T-tape) irrigation system
Supervisor: Dr. M. Gheysari
Advisor: Dr. M.M. Majidi & Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Name: Sanaz Kamran Samani (IUT) (finished in 2011)
Title of Thesis: Effect of natural zeolite on some physical and mechanical properties of soil
Supervisor: Dr. Esehaghbeygi
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi & Dr. J. Abedi-Koupai
Name: Maedeh Mollaei (IUT) (finished in 2011)
Title of Thesis: Evaluation of LFA method for determination of soil stability and organic matter content in some rangeland sites
Supervisor: Dr. H. Bashari & Dr. M. Basiri
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Name: Yasin Osroosh (BASU) (finished in 2011)
Title of Thesis: Simple, rapid, and inexpensive method for in situ measurement of soil unsaturated hydraulic conductivity
Supervisor: Dr. H. Banejad
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Name: Mehran Farrokhnia (BASU) (finished in 2011)
Title of Thesis: The effect of some animal manures on soil organic matter fractions
Supervisor: Dr. A.A. Safari Sinegani
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi & Dr. M. Sheklabadi
Name: Elham Farahani (BASU) (finished in 2010)
Title of Thesis: Assessment of hard-setting behaviour in selected soils, Hamadan province
Supervisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Advisor: Dr. A.A. Mahboubi
Name: Habib Allah Hasanipour (BASU) (finished in 2010)
Title of Thesis: Application of physical models to predict hydraulic properties of soils in Hamadan province
Supervisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Advisor: Dr. A.A. Mahboubi
Name: Golayeh Yousefi (BASU) (finished in 2010)
Title of Thesis: Transport of lithium bromide through intact soil columns as influenced by influenced by crop management and flow conditions
Supervisor: Dr. A.A. Mahboubi
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Name: Payam Feizi Dolat Abadi (BASU) (finished in 2010)
Title of Thesis: Crop management and soil texture effects on least limiting water range
Supervisor: Dr. A.A. Mahboubi
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Name: Aliyeh Veisi Tabar (IUT) (finished in 2010)
Title of Thesis: Topsoil and subsoil bearing capacity assessment with plate sinkage test under different ratoon crops in a sugarcane field
Supervisor: Prof. A. Hemmat
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Name: Javad Maghsoudi (BASU) (finished in 2009)
Title of Thesis: Survival of fecal coliforms in a soil treated with manures and sewage sludge as affected by soil water status
Supervisor: Dr. A.A. Safari Sinegani
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Name: Nasrollah Rayat (BASU) (finished in 2009)
Title of Thesis: Transport of Escherichia coli released from cow manure in gypsiferous and calcareous soils under saturated and unsaturated flow conditions
Supervisor: Prof. A.A. Mahboubi
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi, Dr. A.A. Safari Sinegani & Dr. Gh. Khodakaramian
Name: Homa Bahmanzadeh (BASU) (finished in 2009)
Title of Thesis: Assessment of soil friability in selected Hamadan soils
Supervisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Advisor: Dr. A.A. Mahboubi
Name: Marzieh Darabi (BASU) (finished in 2009)
Title of Thesis: The effect of drought stress on yield and some morphological and physiological characteristics of Tareh Irani
Supervisor: Dr. F. Dashti
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi & Dr. M. Gholami
Name: Saed Mahdi Mifatah (University of Zanjan) (finished in 2009)
Title of Thesis: The effect of drought stress on yield and some morphological and physiological characteristics of parsley
Supervisor: Dr. V. Rabiei & Dr. F. Dashti
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Name: Elham Rizehbandi (University of Rafsanjan) (finished in 2008)
Title of Thesis: Effects of compaction and pistachio wastes on air and water permeability and penetration resistance of two soils with different textures
Supervisor: Dr. H. Shirani & Dr. F. Soltani
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi & Dr. H. Dashti
Name: Mohsen Morshedizad (BASU) (finished in 2008)
Title of Thesis: Prediction of the optimum and the range of soil water contents for tillage and the affecting properties in selected Hamadan soils
Supervisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Advisor: Dr. A.A. Mahboubi & Prof. R. Schulin
Name: Parvin Aelamanesh (BASU) (finished in 2008)
Title of Thesis: Soil wettability and water repellency in selected soils, Hamadan province
Supervisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Advisor: Dr. A.A. Mahboubi, Dr. A.A. Safari Sinegani & Dr. A.R. Hosseinpur
Name: Mohammad Bagher Farhangi (BASU) (finished in 2008)
Title of Thesis: In situ transport of cow manure-born Escherichia coli through the filed soil
Supervisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi & Dr. A.A. Safari Sinegani
Advisor: Dr. A.A. Mahboubi
Name: Nasim Sahraei (BASU) (finished in 2008)
Title of Thesis: Escherichia coli transport in undisturbed soil columns: Role of soil structure and organic manure
Supervisor: Dr. A.A. Mahboubi
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi & Dr. A. Asgharzadeh
Name: Masumeh Nikpur (BASU) (finished in 2008)
Title of Thesis: Assessment of texture, organic matter and carbonate contents effects on soil structural stability using differet methods on some soils in Hamadan province
Supervisor: Dr. A.A. Mahboubi
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Name: Nadia Doaei (BASU) (finished in 2008)
Title of Thesis: Physical fractions of soil organic matter in rangeland and cultivated lands on a hillslope
Supervisor: Dr. A.A. Mahboubi
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi & Dr. A. Golchin
Name: Mehdi Mokari (BASU) (finished in 2008)
Title of Thesis: The impact of velocity, influent flow concentration and rapid gravity filter media size on sedimentation in filter media
Supervisor: Dr. H. Banejad
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi & Dr. M. Hashemi
Name: Maryam Moshtaghi Niaki (BASU) (finished in 2008)
Title of Thesis: The effect of water deficit stress on some morphological and physiological characteristics of three onion (Allium cepta L.) cultivars
Supervisor: Dr. M. Gholami
Advisor: Dr. F. Dashti, Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi & Dr. A. Hasani
Name: Tahereh Rezaei (BASU) (finished in 2008)
Title of Thesis: The study of some physiological characteristics of five grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) cultivars for selection of drought torelant cultivar
Supervisor: Dr. M. Gholami
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi & Dr. A. Ershadi
Name: Elham Amiri Khaboushan (BASU) (finished in 2007)
Title of Thesis: Transport of bromide as affected by soil structure in saturated and unsaturated conditions
Supervisor: Dr. A.A. Mahboubi
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Name: Akram Nosrati Myanduab (BASU) (finished in 2007)
Title of Thesis: Determination of least limiting water range and the affecting factors for selected soils in Hamadan
Supervisor: Dr. A.A. Mahboubi
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Name: Mahnaz Khatar (BASU) (finished in 2007)
Title of Thesis: Effects of water salinity and sodicity on soil hydraulic properties and physical quality
Supervisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Advisor: Dr. A.A. Mahboubi & Dr. A.R. Hosseinpur
Name: Ali Khazaei (BASU) (finished in 2007)
Title of Thesis: Assessment and improvement of selected structural stability measurement methods for Hamadan soils
Supervisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Advisor: Dr. A.A. Mahboubi & Dr. A.R. Hosseinpur
Name: Mohammad Reza Zarrin (BASU) (finished in 2007)
Title of Thesis: Effect of cropping on physical fractions of organic matter and soil structural stability in Soltanieh, Zanjan
Supervisor: Dr. A.A. Mahboubi & Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Advisor: Dr. A. Golchin
Name: Hamid Reza Samaei (University of Zanjan) (finished in 2007)
Title of Thesis: Effect of water-soluble polymers on selected soil physical and chemical properties and root growth
Supervisor: Dr. A. Golchin
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi & Dr. Sh. Ahmadi
Name: Kambiz Rostami Mang Halati (BASU) (finished in 2006)
Title of Thesis: Pseudomonas fluoresecens transport and filtration through sand columns as affected by calcium carbonate and calcium sulphate under saturated and unsaturated conditions
Supervisor: Dr. A.A. Mahboubi & Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Advisor: Dr. A.A. Safari Sinegani & Dr. M. Soltanian
Name: Sattar Zandsalimi (BASU) (finished in 2006)
Title of Thesis: The influence of soil physical properties and organic fertilizer o transport of pathogenic bateria through intact soil columns
Supervisor: Dr. A.A. Mahboubi & Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Advisor: Dr. A.A. Safari Sinegani, Dr. M. Rashidean & Mr. M. Firozmanesh
Name: Mona Tahmasebi (IUT) (finished in 2006)
Title of Thesis: Determination 7of relation between soil pre-compression stress and shear strength and design of a shear device for field tests
Supervisor: Prof. A. Hemmat & Dr. M. Vafaian
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi & Dr. J. Zarkoob
Name: Azadeh Safadoust (BASU) (finished in 2005)
Title of Thesis: Tillage and manure effects on some soil physical properties and corn root characteristics
Supervisor: Dr. A.A. Mahboubi
Advisor: Dr. M.R. Mosaddeghi
Name: Hossein Bayat (BASU) (finished in 2003)
Title of Thesis: Tillage and wheel traffic effects on soil physical properties
Supervisor: Dr. A.A. Mahboubi & Dr. M.A. Hajabbasi
Advisor: M.R. Mosaddeghi (MSc) & Mr. A. Heidari