CURRICULUM VITAE

Mohammad Hassan Roozitalab

First Name: Mohammad Hassan
Surname: Roozitalab

Mailing Address: Agricultural Research and Education Organization,
Tabnak Ave., Evin, P.O. Box 19835-111, Tehran, Iran
Tel: + 98 21 22402483
Fax: + 98 21 22400568
+ 98 21 22401815
E-mail: roozitalab@yahoo.com  


EDUCATION:
1. Post Doctorate land reclamation 1979-1980 Oklahoma State University USA
2. Ph.D. Soil Science 1974-1978 Oklahoma State University USA
3. MSc. Agronomy 1972-1974 Oklahoma State University USA
(Soil Science)
4. B.Sc. Agricultural Engineering 1966-1970 University of Tehran Iran
(Soil Science)



PROFEESIONAL EXPERIENCE:

A. Professional Positions:

1. Senior Advisor of Agricultural Research and Education Organization (AREO) On International Scientific and Research Cooperation, Tehran, Iran, since November 2006
2. Deputy President of Agricultural Research and Education Organization (AREO) On International Scientific and Research Cooperation, Tehran, Iran, April 2001 to November 2006
3. Deputy President of Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO) on Research (1995-1998) and Planning and Support (1998-2001), Tehran, Iran
4. Director General, Soil and Water Research Institute of Iran, Tehran, 1983-1995

5. Project Leader, Land Reclamation and Drainage of North Golpayegan Plain, Golpayegan, Iran, 1980-1984

6. Director of Agricultural Office, Golpayegan, Iran, 1980-1982



B. Academic Experiences:

1. Teaching graduate courses on “Soil genesis and classification” and “Clay mineralogy” for MSc. and PhD. students at Colleges of Agriculture, University of Tehran and Tarbiat Modarres University, from 1985.
2. Supervising M.Sc. theses (25 theses) and PhD. dissertations ( 7 dissertations) at various national universities on areas of soil management, land suitability evaluation, land use planning, soil genesis and classification, soil fertility and plant nutrition, soil pollution and soil clay mineralogy, from 1985 to continue
3. Publishing more than 30 scientific and research papers in referee journals and bulletins and coauthoring a text book for university students.




C. International and Regional Positions:

1. Chairman of Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR), since October 2002
2. Member of the Executive Council of CGIAR ( ExCo) since 2002
3. Member of CGIAR Consultative Council, 1998-2000
4. Member of the Interim Panel of Eminent Experts of FAO/ IPGRI Global Crop Diversity Trust (IPEE), since 2003
5. President of the Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa (AARINENA), May 1998 to March 2000
6. Vice-President of AARINENA, 1996 to 1998 and 2002 to 2004
7. Member of the Panel, Center Commission External Review on ICARDA Outreach Program, 2003
8. Member of the Board of Directors, International Center for Biosaline Agriculture (ICBA), 2003 to 2006
9. Member of the Steering Committee of Global Forum on Agricultural Research, GFAR-SC, and NARS -Committee of GFAR, since 1998 -2002
10. Member of the Executive Committee of AARINENA, since 1996
11. Member of the International Union of Soil Science, since 1980
12. Chaired many meetings of CGIAR during the MTM and ICW as well as CGIAR-AGM since 1998 and serve on many ad-hoc committees.


D. Position and Membership in National Scientific Councils /Commissions:

1. President of the Soil Science Society of Iran, from 1992 to continue (elected 4 terms)
2. Member of Agricultural Commission of National Scientific Research Council, since 1995
3. Member of Higher Council of Policy Formulation and Coordination of Agricultural Research, The Ministry of Agriculture, 1996 to 2001
4. Member of Higher Council of Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), The Ministry of Agriculture, since 1980
5. Member of Agricultural Committee of High Council of Academic Planning, The Ministry of Science and Higher Education, 1988 to 2000