Personal details:

Date of birth: 04/02/1977
Place of birth: Tehran, IRAN
Nationality: Iranian-French

E-mail: morteza.djamali@imbe.fr
Phone: +33-4-42 90 84 77
Fax: +33-4-42 90 84 48

Current position: Research Scientist (CR1), French National Research Center (CNRS)

Professional address: Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Ecologie (IMBE CNRS UMR 7263 / IRD 237 / Aix-Marseille Université), Europôle Méditerranéen de l’Arbois, Bâtiment Villemin, BP 80, 13545 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 04, France

Research interests:

Main research theme: Long- and short-term responses of the Irano-Turanian flora to climate change and human impact

Keywords: Quaternary plant ecology, pollen analysis, vegetation dynamics, palaeohydrology, wetland palaeoecology, past agro-pastoral practices

Education:

2004-2008: PhD in Ecology and Population Biology, expertise : Quaternary palynology, Institut Méditerranéen d’Ecologie et de Paléoécologie (Université Paul Cézanne-UMR CNRS 6116). PhD title: Palaeoenvironmental changes in Iran during the last two climatic cycles (vegetation-climate-anthropisation)

2004: DEA of Environmental Biosciences, Institut Méditerranéen d’Ecologie et de Paléoécologie (Université Paul Cézanne-UMR CNRS 6116).

2002: MSc of Sedimentology and Sedimentary Petrology, University of Tehran

1999: BSc of Geology, University of Tehran

Post-doctoral research works:

Post-doctoral research 2010-2012: Post-glacial vegetation change in Malta Island. University of Malta - Aix-Marseille Université

Post-doctoral research stay March-August 2010 at University of Wyoming, Department of Botany: Bioclimatic study of phytogeographical regions of SW Eurasia.