LECTURES AND INVITED TALKS
07-2025 “Simulation and Forecasting of Dust Storms in the Middle East Using Atmospheric Models”, Presented at the specialized symposium on Resilience and Effective Actions Against Dust Storms, held on the occasion of World Dust Storm Day, National Research Institute of Natural Disasters, July 13, 2025, (in-person and virtual), Tehran, Iran.
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06-2025 “Cloud Seeding and Its Effectiveness”, Scientific and expert panel entitled “Harmony of Reflection,” held for Environment Week in collaboration with the Environment Cultural Center and the Energy and Water Synergy House of Khorasan Razavi Province, June 10, 2025, Meeting hall of Mashhad Water and Wastewater Company, Mashhad, Iran.
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06-2025 “Scientific Review of Cloud Seeding and Its Effectiveness”, Scientific meeting with experts and management of the Basic Water Resources Studies Department of Khorasan Razavi Province, June 01, 2025, Basic Water Resources Studies Department, Mashhad, Iran.
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05-2025 “Scientific Review of Cloud Seeding and Common Beliefs in This Field”, Scientific meeting of the Water and Environment Committee of Khorasan Razavi Province, May 21, 2025, Energy and Water Synergy House, Mashhad, Iran.
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05-2025 “Climate Change and Its Role in Recent Atmospheric Hazards in Iran”, The 53rd meeting in the Climate Change series, held by the Health and Climate Change Research Center, May 19, 2025, Health and Climate Change Research Center, Environmental Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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12-2024 “New Topics in Synoptic Climatology”, Virtual scientific seminar on the occasion of Research Week, December 09, Department of Geography, Mazandaran University, Babolsar, Iran.
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07– 2024 “Examining the Meteorological Characteristics of the May 2024 Floods in the Northeast of the Country”, Scientific Meeting on the Review of Natural Disasters in Khorasan Razavi Province in Spring 2024, Red Crescent Society of Khorasan Razavi Province and Red Crescent Research Institute, July 7, 2024, Red Crescent Complex, Mashhad, Iran.
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06– 2024 “Meteorological-Climatological Analysis of the Mashhad Flood on May 16, 2024”, Specialized Meeting on the Review of the May 2024 Floods in Mashhad, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Central Organization, June 18, 2024, Mashhad, Iran.
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06– 2024 “Investigating the Meteorological Aspects of the Mashhad Flood on May 16, 2024”, Specialized Climatological Meeting, Samen Institute for New Studies of the Holy City, June 8, 2024, Mashhad, Iran.
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06– 2024 “The Mechanism of Heavy Rainfall and the May 16, 2024 Flood in Northeastern Iran”, Specialized Meeting of the Iranian Society of Natural Environment Engineering, May 22, 2024, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
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05– 2024 “The Relationship Between Climate Change and Recent Atmospheric Events in the Country; Delineating Local and Global Forcings”, Education Excellence Week, May 13, 2024, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Dr. Haeri Hall, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Mashhad, Iran.
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02– 2024 “The Role of Climate Change in Generating Recent Atmospheric Events in the Country”, 50th Session of the Specialized Meetings on Crisis Management: Special Meeting on Climate Change, National Research Institute for Earthquakes and Natural Disasters and Iranian Meteorological Society, February 17, 2024, National Research Institute for Earthquakes and Natural Disasters, Tehran, Iran.
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01– 2024 “Meeting on the Mechanisms of Precipitation Occurrence in Iran with Critique and Review of Current Issues (Panel Member)”, Scientific Association of Nature of Ferdowsi University, January 1, 2024, Faculty of Natural Resources and Environment, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
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11– 2023 “Mechanical and Thermal Forcings of the Iranian Plateau in the Formation and Development of Dust Storms in the Middle East - Proposing a Fundamental Theory”, Research Week, November 11, 2023, Research Deputy of the Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Ferdowsi Hall, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
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11– 2023 “A Treasure from Birjand; A Narrative of the Life and Works of Professor Dr. Mohammad Hassan Ganji; A Series of Meetings by the Center for the Works of Distinguished Figures and Documents of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, The Third Meeting of the 'Faces' Series”, Center for the Works of Distinguished Figures and Documents of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, November 22, 2023, Club of Distinguished Figures of Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
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09– 2022 “Summer Monsoon and its Impact on Summer Precipitation in Iran; Answering Some Key Questions (Webinar)”, Scientific-Educational Association of Geography Teachers of Khorasan Razavi – Specialized Geography Library of Astan Quds Razavi, August 29, 2022, Mashhad, Iran (Virtual).
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08– 2022 “Analysis of the Flash Floods in August 2022 (Webinar)”, Research Deputy of the Faculty of Letters, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, August 6, 2022, Mashhad, Iran (Virtual).
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06– 2022 “Analysis of the Country's Precipitation Status in the Current Year with a Look at the Causes of its Reduction”, Education Excellence Week, May 22, 2022, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Dr. Haeri Hall, Faculty of Letters and Humanities, Mashhad, Iran.
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12– 2021 “Atmospheric and Climatic Hazards; Specialized Meeting on the Occasion of the National Day for Safety Against Earthquakes and Reduction of Natural Disaster Effects”, Faculty of Science, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, December 26, 2021, Mashhad, Iran.
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12– 2021 “Fundamental Concepts of Climate Change; With a Look at the Discussions and Issues of Climate Change in Iran”, Synergy Meeting on the Value Chain of Climate Change and Medicinal Plant Cover, December 22, 2021, Tehran, Iran (Virtual).
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11– 2021 “Wonders of the Earth's Atmosphere; Third Session: 'Wonders of the Stratosphere'”, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, November 23, 2021, Mashhad, Iran (Virtual).
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06– 2021 “Wonders of the Earth's Atmosphere; Second Session: 'Chaos Theory and the Butterfly Effect' (Virtual)”, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, June 27, 2021, Mashhad, Iran (Virtual).
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05– 2021 “Analysis of the Precipitation and Drought Status of Khorasan Razavi Province and the Country in the Year 2020-2021 (Virtual)”, Education Excellence Week, May 18, 2021, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran (Virtual).
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05– 2021 “Wonders of the Earth's Atmosphere; First Session: 'Serendipity and Science; The Story of Bergeron's Accidental Discovery of the Precipitation Process' (Virtual)”, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, May 11, 2021, Iran (Virtual).
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04- 2019 “What we should know about Climate Change” Education week festival, Haeri Conference Hall, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, April 28, Mashhad, Iran.
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04- 2019 “How Weather Forecast and Climate Prediction work?” Education Week Festival, Haeri Conference Hall, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, April 28, Mashhad, Iran.
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04- 2019 “Extreme precipitation of Nourowz 2019 over Iran; A Meteorological and Climatological Overview” in an assembly for investigation of Physical and social Aspects of Nourowz 2019 Flash Floods, Haeri Conference Hall, Faculty of Literature and Humanities, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, April 09, Mashhad, Iran.
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01- 2019 “Types of Dust Storms over the Middle East; An Analysis on Dust Storms Structure” in a Scientific session on dust events over Western Asia and their impacts, Persian Gulf University, January 27, Bushehr, Iran.
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10- 2017 “The Role of Zagros Mountains in the formation and evolution of Shamal wind and its Induced dust events over the Middle East”, 5th National Meeting of Iranian Association of Geomorphology, October 18, 2017, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.
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12- 2017 “Climate Change, Concerns and Challenges”. Department of Geography, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, December 04, Mashhad, Iran.
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12-2016 “A Review on the structure of Limited Area Models (LAMs) and their applications in the climate studies”, Faculty of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Sistan and Balochestan University, December 07, Research Week 2016, Zahedan, Iran.
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02- 2016 “El Niño phenomenon and its influence on the occurrence of climate anomalies in the Middle East and Iran”. Department of Geography, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, February 29, Mashhad, Iran.
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01-2015 “The Nature and Structure of Atmospheric Pressure Systems”. Ministry of Education, Mashhad-district 4, High School Geography Teachers, January 11, Mashhad, Iran.
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01-2015 “The Nature and Structure of Atmospheric Pressure Systems”. Ministry of Education, Mashhad-district 2, High School Geography Teachers, January 01, Mashhad, Iran.
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12- 2014 “The Temperature Inversion & Atmospheric Stability and Instability”. Dept. of Geography, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, December 02, Mashhad, Iran.
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12- 2013 “The Role of Mountain Waves and Foehn Event in the occurrence of Extensive Forest- -fires in the North of Iran; A Meso-scale approach”. Research Week, Dept. of Geography, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, December 17, (Research Week 2013), Mashhad, Iran.
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05-2013 “The Structure of Summertime Atmospheric Circulation over Southwest Asia; A New Fundamental Theory”. The First National Conference on Climatology of Iran, May 21, Graduate of the University of Advanced Technology, Kerman, Iran. (Keynote Speaker)
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12-2012 “The nature and structure of Sistan Wind”. Research Week, Dept. of Geography, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, December 18, (Research Week 2012), Mashhad, Iran.
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12-2012 “The nature and structure of Sistan Wind; Investigating the formation, evolution and Consistency of Low Level Jets in eastern Iran”. Faculty of Geography and Environmental Sciences, Research Week 2012, December 12, Sistan and Balochestan University, Zahedan, Iran.
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10-2012 “Open Discussion on Natural Hazards”. Department of Geography, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, October 09, International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction, Mashhad, Iran.
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12-2011 “Dynamical Analysis of the occurrence of dust storms over the Middle East”. Special Panel on dust events in Iran, School of Agriculture, Shiraz University, December 28, Shiraz, Iran.
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12-2011 The role of regional-scale atmospheric circulation on the occurrence of dust storms over the Middle East”. School of Natural Resources and Environment, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Research Week 2011, December 17, Mashhad, Iran.
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11-2011 “The role of regional atmospheric circulation over the Middle East on the occurrence of dust storms in southwest Iran; Dynamical analysis and regional climate modeling,”.14th National Conference on Environmental Health, November 1-3, Yazd Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. (Keynote Speaker)
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10-2011 “The Mechanism of Dust Storms Occurrence in Southwest Iran”. Geography Department, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, October 13, (International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction), Mashhad, Iran.
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06-2011 “The role of low-level atmospheric circulation over the Middle East on the occurrence of dust storms in southwest Iran, Iran/Iraq joint training program Environmental Management of Dust and Sand Storm and Combat Desertification, Khouzestan Environmental Research Center, Department of Environment, June 18-22, Ahvaz, Iran. (Keynote Speaker)
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12-2010 "Does Indian Monsoon Control Iran Summer Climate?" Geography Department, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, December 29, (Research Week 2010), Mashhad, Iran.
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11-2010 “Investigating the Structure of Summertime Atmospheric Circulation over Southwest Asia”. Climatological Research Institute (CRI) and National Center of Climatology (NCC), November 1, Mashhad, Iran.
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01-2008 “Atmospheric Circulation over Iran and Its Effect on Regional Scale Precipitation”. Babol Geography Teachers Society, January 2, Babol, Mazandaran, Iran.
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01-2007 “The Nature of Atmospheric General Circulation”. Babol Geography Teachers Society, January 10, Babol, Mazandaran, Iran.
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12-2006 “Concept of “Change” in Climatology and Causes of Global Climate Change”. Tabarestan Institute of Higher Education, December 13, Chalous, Iran.
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05-2006 “Ozone Depletion and Its Relation to Stratospheric Circulation”. Tabarestan Institute of Higher Education, May 3, Chalous, Iran.
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11-2004 “Classification of Atmospheric Pressure Centers”. Geography and Geology Teachers, Ministry of Education, Tehran-district 17, November 15, Iran.