CURRICULUM VITAE

Mostafa Mirzaei (PhD) Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection (IRIPP) Agricultural Zoology Research Department P.O. Box 1454, Tehran 19395, Iran Tel: +98 2122403012-16 Fax: +98 21 22403570 E-mail: m.mirzaie63@gmail.com URL: www.iripp.ir Academic qualifications

PhD: Insect Biosystematics, University of Tehran MSc: Agricultural Entomology, University of Tabriz BSc: Plant Protection, Bu-Ali Sina University

Selected research projects

- Biology and ecology of agricultural mites’ pest - Agricultural mites’ pest control

Selected publications

Journals papers: -Akrami, M.A., Haddad Irani-nejad, K. and Mirzaei, M. 2011. A new species of the

genus psammugalumna balogh (Oribatida: Galumnidae) from Iran. Systematic & Applied Acarology-16, 27–34

-Mirzaei, M., Haddad Irani-nejad, K. and Akrami, M. A. 2011. Introduction of Archoribatid Mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Shendabad Region (East Azerbaijan Province), Iran. Journal of the Acarological Society of Japan, 20(1): 33-36

-Mirzaei, M., Haddad Irani-nejad, K. and Akrami, M. A. 2011. New records of primitive oribatid mites (Acari: Oribatida) from Shendabad region (East Azerbaijan province), Iran. Zoology in the Middle East-53: 137-39.

-Mirzaei, M. and Akrami, M. A. 2012. New records of the family Oppiidae (Acari: Sarcoptiformes: Oribatida), for Iran fauna. Persian Journal of Acarology, 1(2): 101-108

-Mirzaei, M. and Akrami, M. A. 2012. New records of the family Suctobelbidae (Acari: Oribatida) from Iran. Turkish Journal of Zoology, 36(6): 835-837.

-Mirzaei, M., Akrami, M. A. and Haddad Irani-nejad, K. 2013. Report of family Eulohmanniidae (Acari: Sarcoptiformes, Oribatida), new to the fauna of Iran. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran, 33(3): 79-80.

-Akrami, M.A. and Mirzaei, M. 2014. Report of two species of the family Quadroppiidae (Acari: Oribatida), new to the fauna of Iran. Journal of Entomological Society of Iran, 34(2): 1-2.

Conference papers: -Mirzaei, M., Akrami, M. A. and Haddad Irani-nejad, K. 2011. Introduction of one

subgenus and three species of the family Oppiidae (Acari: Oribatida), new records for Iran fauna-The Third annual Zoological Congress of “Grigore Antipa” Museum. Bucharest-Romania-23-25 November 2011

-Mirzaei, M., Akrami, M. A. and Haddad Irani-nejad, K. 2011. Three species of the family Suctobelbidae (Acari: Oribatida), new records for Iran fauna. The Third annual Zoological Congress of “Grigore Antipa” Museum. Bucharest-Romania-23-25 November 2011.

-Mirzaei, M., Haddad Irani-nejad, K., Akrami, M. A. and Lotfollahy, P. 2010. New records of a genus and nine species of Brachychthonidae (Acari: Sarcoptiformes) for Iran’s mite fauna from Shendabad (East Azarbaijan province), Iran. 19th Iranian Plant Protection Congress-31 July- 3 August 2010.

-Mirzaei, M., Haddad Irani-nejad, K., Akrami, M. A. and Lotfollahy, P. 2010. A new genus, subgenus and species record of Microzetidae (Acari: Sarcoptiformes) for Iran from Shendabad area (East Azarbaijan province). 19th Iranian Plant Protection Congress-31 July- 3 August 2010.

-Mirzaei, M., Haddad Irani-nejad, K. and Akrami, M. A. 2010. Two new species records of lohmanniid mites (Acari: Sarcoptiformes: Lohmanniidae) for Iran’s mite fauna from Shendabad area (East Azarbaijan province), Iran. 19th Iranian Plant Protection Congress-31 July- 3 August 2010.

-Mirzaei, M., Haddad Irani-nejad, K. and Akrami, M. A. 2010. A genus and species of oribatid mites (Acari: Sarcoptiformes: Oribatulidae) from shendabad (East Azarbaijan province), new records for Iran. 19th Iranian Plant Protection Congress-31 July- 3 August 2010.

-Mirzaei, M., Haddad Irani-nejad, K. and Akrami, M. A. 2010. Quadroppiid (Acari: Sarcoptiformes) mite of Shendabad (East Azarbaijan province) with one new subgenera and two species records from Iran. 19th Iranian Plant Protection Congress-31 July- 3 August 2010.

-Mirzaei, M., Haddad Irani-nejad, K. Akrami, M. A. and Hugo, L. 2010. The first report of damaeidmites (Acari: Sarcoptiformes) from East Azarbaijan province, Iran. 19th Iranian Plant Protection Congress-31 July- 3 August 2010.

-Mirzaei, M., Haddad Irani-nejad, K. Akrami, M. A. and Hugo, L. 2010. First report of two family of gustavioid mites (Acari: Sarcoptiformes) for East Azarbaijan province, one new species for the world and new records of one subgenera and two species from Iran. 19th Iranian Plant Protection Congress-31 July- 3 August 2010.

-Mirzaei, M., Haddad Irani-nejad, K. and Akrami, M. A. 2010. Cosmochthonioid (Acari: Sarcoptiformes) mite fauna of Shendabad area (East Azarbaijan province) with a new record of species for Iran and a new family (Haplochthonidae) record for the province. 19th Iranian Plant Protection Congress-31 July- 3 August 2010.