Dr. Iraj Hashemzadeh Segherloo

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsEcology and Biodiversity of Animals and Ecosystems, Organismic Interactions
KeywordsSubterranean Habitats, Biodiversity, Karst habitats, Fish, eDNA metabarcoding
Honours and awards

2015: FRQNT (V3) short term scholarship to Canada (Laval University)

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityBerlin
InstitutionMuseum für Naturkunde - Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung (MfN)

Host during sponsorship

Dr. Jörg FreyhofMuseum für Naturkunde - Leibniz-Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung (MfN), Berlin
Start of initial sponsorship01/10/2023

Programme(s)

2022Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Experienced Researchers

Publications (partial selection)

2025Hashemzadeh Segherloo, I., Abdolahi-Mousavi, S.E., Akbari Birgani, A., Normandeau, E., Hallerman, E., Bernatchez, L., Freyhof, J.: Distribution and conservation of subterranean fishes of Iran: insights from a new locality. In: Environmental Biology of fishes, 108, 2025, 161-170
2025Freyhof, J., Segherloo, I.H., Vatandoust, S., Abdollahi-Mousavi, S.E., Normandeau, E., Geiger, M.F. & Yoğurtçuoğlu, B. Resolving a 182-year-old taxonomic puzzle: Luciobarbus in the Persian Gulf basin (Teleostei: Cyprinidae). In: ZooTaxa, 5620, 2025, 29-71
2024Seyedeh Narjes Tabatabaei, Iraj Hashemzadeh Segherloo, Asghar Abdoli, Seyedeh Fatemeh Afzali, Eric Normandeau, Martin Laporte, Eric M. Hallerman, Louis Bernatchez: eDNA metabarcoding as a means to track distributions of different fish species in a protected area. In: Environmental DNA, 6:e505, 2024, 1-15
2023Hashemzadeh Segherloo, I., Najafi Chaloshtory, S., Yasser, A.G., Naser, M.D., Normandeau, E., Mashtizadeh, A., Elmi, A., Sedighi, O., Changizi, A., Hallerman, E. and Bernatchez, L.: Flexibility of life to survive limitations: oral disc forms in the Tashan Cave barb Garra tashanensis. In: Environmental Biology of fishes, 106, 2023, 2083-2092
2022Hashemzadeh Segherloo, I., Tabatabaei, S.N., Abdolahi‐Mousavi, E., Hernandez, C., Normandeau, E., Laporte, M., Boyle, B., Amiri, M., GhaedRahmati, N., Hallerman, E. and Bernatchez, L.: eDNA metabarcoding as a means to assess distribution of subterranean fish communities: Iranian blind cave fishes as a case study. In: Environmental DNA, 4, 2022, 402-416