Information about Researcher Sedigheh Nikzat
Researcher: Sedigheh Nikzat
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| Role | Researcher |
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| First name | Sedigheh |
| Last name | Nikzat |
| Country | Iran (Islamic Republic of) |
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| Organisation | Shahid Beheshti University |
| Thematic area/field | NZ – Life Sciences / NZ1 Molecular biology, structural biology, biotechnology |
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| Short summary of activities and expertise | I have got a Ph.D. degree in plant biosystematics from Shahid Beheshti University (Tehran, Iran, 2018). As PhD thesis, I studied the biosystematics and genetic diversity of Acer species in Iran using a variety of morphological, micro-morphological, palynological, anatomical, population genetic, and phylogenetic approaches. During my MS and PhD, I have actively participated in several collaborative projects focusing on the comparative macro/micro morphology, genetic diversity, palynology of the species from various families including Asteraceae, Lamiaceae, Dipsacaceae, and Zygophyllaceae (Naghiloo et al. 2014, 2015; Ebadi & Nikzat, 2016; Ebadi et al. 2017; Naghiloo & Nikzat, 2019). After finishing my PhD, I worked in a research service providing laboratory where anatomical sectioning has been the routine activity. I have a great passion for field studies and have experienced collection-based as well as experimental field work in a variety of Iranian vegetation (Hyrcanian forests, Irano-turanian region). Recently, I joined iNaturalist network where I can share information about my filed expeditions with a community of interested Naturalist (https://www.inaturalist.org/observations?user_id=nikzat). I am a competent user of several image analysis (SHAPE, IMAGETOOL), ecological (GENEALEX, STRUCTURE, DARWIN), phylogenetic (Mesquit,MEGA, BEAST, PAUP), and statistical software (PAST, SPSS). I have published 17 papers in peer-reviewed plant journals and have good scientific writing skills. Recently, my research area has been extended towards ecology and the study of the interaction between plant-pollinator. We especially focused on the evolutionary advantage of morphological matching between plant and pollinators. I have had the experience of living abroad in Austria as a sabbatical year in 2016 when I studied the maple species in the natural history museum wien. |
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| Preferred Host Institution type | Academic, Research centre |
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| Nikzat.sedighe@gmail.com | |
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