ArashGhoddousiConservationBiogeographyLab

GeographyDepartment,Humboldt-UniversitätzuBerlinUnterdenLinden610099Berlin,Germany

+49(0)3020935394arash.ghoddousi@hu-berlin.de

EDUCATION10/2012–09/2016 PhDinBiodiversity&Ecology

Georg-August-UniversitätGöttingen,J.F.BlumenbachInstituteofZoology&Anthropology,GermanyThesistitle:PreypreferencesofthePersianleopardandtrophiccompetitionwithhumanhuntersinIran

Supervisors:M.Waltert,M.Mühlenberg,N.Balkenhol10/2009–09/2010 MSc.&DICinConservationScience

ImperialCollegeLondon,DepartmentofLifeSciences,UKInpartnershipwithZoologicalSocietyofLondon,RoyalBotanicGardensKewandDurrellWildlifeConservationTrustThesistitle:HabitatsuitabilitymodellingofbrownbearUrsusarctosinCroatiaandSloveniausingtelemetrydata

Supervisors:N.Bunnefeld,K.Jerina,D.Huber,M.Rowcliffe09/2002–02/2007 BSc.inMarineBiology

ShahidBeheshtiUniversity,DepartmentofBiology,IranPROFESSIONALEXPERIENCEEmployment:11/2016–present Postdoctoralresearcher,Humboldt-UniversitätzuBerlin05/2011–03/2012 Wildlifeconservationist,PlanfortheLandSociety11/2009–06/2010 Administrativeassistant,SaigaConservationAlliance09/2006–09/2009 HeadofBiodiversitybureau,PlanfortheLandSocietyExpertgroupmemberships:2009–present Member,IUCN/SSCCatSpecialistGroup2016–present Member,IUCN/SSCBearSpecialistGroup2017–present Member,IUCN/SSCCaprinaeSpecialistGroup2014–present Member,IUCN/WCPAYoungProfessionalsGroup2012–present Member,Pallas’CatWorkingGroupHonoursandawards:2012–2016 GermanAcademicExchangeService(DAAD),Research

GrantforDoctoralCandidatesandYoungAcademicsandScientists

2012–2013 Panthera,KaplanGraduateAward

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TEACHINGEXPERIENCEMSc.thesissupervision:2015–present CorinnaVanCayzeele,Optimizationoflawenforcement

practicesinGolestanNationalParkusingspatiotemporalpatrollingdata,Georg-August-UniversitätGöttingen,Germany

2013–2014 TanjaLumetsberger,DietofthePersianleopard(Pantherapardussaxicolor)inGolestanNationalPark,Iran;usingscatanalysisandbiomassregressionmodels,Georg-August-UniversitätGöttingen,Germany

2012–2013 JulianSpeicher,Populationstatusandhabitatuseofthewildgoat(Capraaegagrus)inGolestanNationalPark,Iran,Georg-August-UniversitätGöttingen,Germany

BSc.thesissupervision2016–present ClaraSichau,Spatialriskmodeloflivestockpredationby

Persianleopard(Pantherapardussaxicolor)intheAlborzMountains,Iran,Humboldt-UniversitätzuBerlin

Courses:2017 ConservationBiogeography(BSc.),Humboldt-Universitätzu

Berlin2017 FieldMethodsinBiogeography(BSc.),Humboldt-Universität

zuBerlin2016/2017 IntroductiontoBiogeography,ConservationBiogeography

Lab,Humboldt-UniversitätzuBerlin2013 AssessingWildlifeforConservation,Workgroupon

EndangeredSpecies,Georg-August-UniversitätGöttingen,Germany

PROJECTS2007–present Co-projectmanager,PersianLeopardProject2014–2016 Scientificdirector,NationalUngulateMonitoring

TechniquesAssessment2008–2009&2011–2012Nationalprincipalinvestigator,Quantificationand

EliminationofThreatstoCaspianSeal2012 Projectmanager,AssessingEffectsofSupplementary

WinterFeedingonAlborzMoufloninVarjinProtectedArea

2005–2007 Fieldbiologist,SurveyofAsiaticCheetahinBahram'gurandBiduyehProtectedAreas,Iran

LISTOFPRESENTATIONS(presentingauthor)

- GhoddousiA.,SoofiM.,Kh.HamidiA.,AshayeriS.,EgliL.,GhoddousiS.,SpeicherJ.,KhorozyanI.,H.KiabiB.&WaltertM.(2016)DeclineinungulatepopulationsofIran’soldestnationalparkcallsforurgentactionsagainstpoaching.6thWorldCongressonMountainUngulates,Nicosia,Cyprus(oralpresentation)

- GhoddousiA.,Kh.HamidiA.,SoofiM.,KhorozyanI.,H.KiabiB.&WaltertM.(2015)Effectsofpoachingdeterrencearoundrangerstationsonpredatorandprey

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abundanceinsteppesofnortheasternIran.10thInternationalConferenceonBehaviour,PhysiologyandGeneticsofWildlife,Berlin,Germany(oralpresentation)

- GhoddousiA.,LumetsbergerT.,Kh.HamidiA.,SoofiM.,EgliL.,KhorozyanI.,H.KiabiB.&Waltert,M.(2015)Persianleopardpreypreferenceindicatesimportanceofpreycatchabilityincomparisontoavailability.89thAnnualMeetingofGermanSocietyforMammalianBiology,Hannover,Germany(oralpresentation)(joint-winnerofYoungScientistPrize)

- GhoddousiA.,Kh.HamidiA.,SoofiM.,KhorozyanI.,H.KiabiB.&Waltert,M.(2015)Leopard-preydistributionintheIraniansteppessuggestsresponsetopoachingintensity.27thInternationalCongressforConservationBiology,Montpellier,France(oralpresentation)

- GhoddousiA.(2015)Assessingeffectsoflawenforcementonprey-predatordistributioninthesteppesofGolestanNationalPark,Iran.InternationalGermanAlumniSummerSchool“LargescalenaturallandscapesinMongoliaunderpressureofclimatechangeandcompetitionforlandandresources”,Ulaanbaatar,Mongolia(oralpresentation)

- GhoddousiA.,WaltertM.&KiffnerC.(2011)PreypreferencesofthePersianleopardandtrophiccompetitionwithhumanhuntersinIran–aproposal.ScientificConferenceonDry-landEcology,Tehran,Iran(oralpresentation)

- GhoddousiA.&GhadirianT.(2010)StatusofbearspeciesinIran.19thInternationalConferenceonBearResearchandManagement,Tbilisi,Georgia(posterpresentation)

LISTOFPEER-REVIEWEDPUBLICATIONS

- Ghoddousi,A.,Soofi,M.,Kh.Hamidi,A.,Ashayeri,S.,Egli,L.,Ghoddousi,S.,Speicher,J.,Khorozyan,I.,H.Kiabi,B.&Waltert,M.(inpress).ThedeclineofungulatepopulationsinIranianprotectedareascallsforurgentactionsagainstpoaching.Oryx,doi:10.1017/S003060531600154X

- Lumetsberger,T.,Ghoddousi,A.,Appel,A.,Khorozyan,I.,Waltert,M.&Kiffner,C.(inpress).Newleopard-specificbiomassregressionmodelscallforarecalculationofleoparddietstudies.JournalofZoology,doi:10.1111/jzo.12449

- Ghadirian,T.,Qashqaei,A.T.,Soofi,M.,Abolghasemi,H.&Ghoddousi,A.(inpress).DietofAsiaticblackbearinitswesternmostdistributionrange,southernIran.Ursus.

- Soofi,M.,Ghoddousi,A.,Kh.Hamidi,A.,Ghasemi,B.,Egli,L.,Vionopol-Sassu,A.,Kiabi,B.,Balkenhol,N.,Khorozyan,I.&Waltert,M.(inpress).PrecisionandreliabilityofindirectpopulationassessmentsfortheCaspianreddeer(Cervuselaphusmaral).WildlifeBiology,doi:10.2981/wlb.00230

- Khorozyan,I.,Lumetsberger,T.,Ghoddousi,A.,Soofi,M.&Waltert,M.(2017).Globalpatternsofbiomassmodelsdescribingconsumptionofwildanddomesticpreybybigcats.MammalReview47(2):124-132.

- Ghoddousi,A.,Soofi,M.,Kh.Hamidi,A.,Lumetsberger,T.,Egli,L.,Ashayeri,A.,Khorozyan,I.,H.Kiabi,B.&Waltert,M.(2017).Whenporkisnotonthemenu:assessingtrophiccompetitionbetweenlargecarnivoresandpoachers.BiologicalConservation209:223-229.

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- Khorozyan,I.,Soofi,M.,Soofi,M.,Kh.Hamidi,A.,Ghoddousi,A.&Waltert,M.(2017)Effectsofshepherdsanddogsonlivestockdepredationbyleopards(Pantherapardus)innorth-easternIran.PeerJ5:e3049.

- Ghoddousi,A.,Egli,L.,Soofi,M.,Khorozyan,I.&Waltert,M.(2017).Aftersanctions:theurgetoupgradeandintegrateconservationinIran.FrontiersinEcology&theEnvironment15:9-10.

- Soofi,M.,Ghoddousi,A.,Egli,E.,Khorozyan,I.&Waltert,M.(2017).Incorrectidentificationofstudyspecies.ComparativeClinicalPathology,26:9.

- GhoddousiA.,Kh.HamidiA.,SoofiM.,KhorozyanI.,H.KiabiB.&WaltertM.(2016)EffectsofrangerstationsonpredatorandpreydistributionandabundanceinanIraniansteppelandscape.AnimalConservation19(3):273-280.

- GhoddousiA.,SoofiM.,Kh.HamidiA.,LumetsbergerT.,EgliL.,KhorozyanI.,H.KiabiB.&WaltertM.(2016)Assessingtheroleofbigcatpreychoiceusingspatiotemporalavailabilitypatterns.PLoSONE11(4):e0153439.

- KhorozyanI.,SoofiM.,GhoddousiA.,Kh.HamidiA.&WaltertM.(2015)Therelationshipbetweenclimate,diseasesofdomesticanimalsandhuman-carnivoreconflicts.Basic&AppliedEcology16:703-713.

- KhorozyanI.,GhoddousiA.,SoofiM.&WaltertM.(2015)Bigcatskillmorelivestockwhenwildpreyreachesaminimumthreshold.BiologicalConservation192:268-275.

- KhorozyanI.,SoofiM.,Kh.HamidiA.,GhoddousiA.&WaltertM.(2015)Veterinaryservicesisassociatedwithleopard(Pantherapardus)predationondomesticanimals.PLoSONE10(6):e0129221.

- KabirM.,GhoddousiA.,AwanM.S.&AwanM.N.(2014)Assessmentofhuman-leopardconflictinMachiaraNationalPark,AzadJammu&Kashmir,Pakistan.EuropeanJournalofWildlifeResearch60:291-296.

- GhoddousiA.,Kh.HamidiA.,GhadirianT.,AshayeriD.&KhorozyanI.(2010)ThestatusoftheendangeredPersianleopardPantherapardussaxicolorinBamuNationalPark,Iran.Oryx44(4),551-557.

- GhoddousiA.,Kh.HamidiA.,GhadirianT.,AshayeriD.,Hamzeh'pourM.,MoshiriH.,ZohrabiH.&JulayiL.(2008)TerritorialmarkingbyPersianleopard(PantherapardussaxicolorPocock,1927)inBamuNationalPark,Iran.ZoologyintheMiddleEast44,101-103.