Amir Sahraroo

Biography

Dr Amir Sahraroo is an assistant professor of Horticultural Genetics and Biotechnology at Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Guilan. He was born in 1979 in Dastjerd village, Estahban city, Fars province, Iran. Dr Sahraroo started his academic educations by Associate of Plant Production degree from Junior Agricultural College of Darab, University of Shiraz, and it continued by B.Sc. of Horticulture from Shahid Bahonar University, Kerman, Iran. He also obtained Ph.D. in Biotechnology and Molecular Genetics of Horticultural Crops from University of Tehran under the supervision of Prof. Mesbah Babalar and Dr. Mohammad Reza Fatahi Moghadam, and also Dr Mohammad Hosein Mirjalili from University of Shahid Behshti, Tehran, Iran. Dr Sahraroo was a visiting scientist (about 6 months) in Department of Plant Physiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Salamanca, Spain under supervision of Prof. Purificacion Corchete Sanchez. Since 2015, he began independent career at the Horticultural Sciences Department of the Agriculture Faculty at the University of Guilan as an academic staff.

His special fields of interest include:

•Biotechnology of medicinal plants
                       Micropropagation
                       Callus culture for production of important secondary metabolite
                       Cell suspension culture
                       Hairy root culture

•Domestication and breeding of medicinal plants
                      Gene sequencing of rate-limiting enzymes of metabolic pathways
                      Collection and agricultural practices for domestication of wild medicinal plants