I am interested in studying of phylogeny and population genetics of plant pathogenic fungi. My Ph.D. thesis subject is study of virulence diversity and population genetics of Pyrenophora teres, the causal agent of net blotch of barley. The result of this research can be useful for successful use of barley resistant cultivars against this disease. In Stukenbrock lab I am working on SSR genotyping of Iranian isolates of P. teres.
Education
2014- present Isfahan University of Technology (IUT)
PhD student, Mycology
Dissertation: Genetic structure and virulence diversity of Pyrenophora teres populations, causing barley leaf net blotch in Iran
Superviser: Professor Bahram Sharifnabi
Advisor: Professor Mohammad Javan-Nikkhah
2009- 2012 Bu Ali Sina University (BASU)
MS, plant pathology
Dissertation: A contribution to identification of smut fungi in Hamadan province
Superviser: Dr. Doustmorad Zafari
Advisor: Professor Bahram Sharifnabi
2005- 2009 Bu Ali Sina University (BASU)
BS, plant pathology
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Publications
Vasighzadeh, A., Zafari, D., Selçuk, F., Hüseyin, E., Kursat, M., Lutz, M., & Pitek, M. (2014). Discovery of Thecaphora schwarzmaniana on Rheum ribes in Iran and Turkey: implications for the diversity and phylogeny of leaf smuts on rhubarbs. Mycological progress, 13(3), 881.
Vasighzadeh, A., Zafari, D. and Sharifnabi, B. (2014). A report on the smut fungi of Hamadan province (Iran). Plant Protect. 37: 1-14.