Department of Soil Science

About


Department of Soil Science and Engineering (Former Soil Science) started its activities with accepting bachelor students in 1986-87. The purpose of setting up this field was to train and educate the required experts in agriculture with the expertise of soil science, research and production of science in different fields of soil science. At the bachelor of this field, various aspects of soil science are taught to students, including soil genesis, evolution, classification and evaluation, soil chemistry and fertility and plant nutrition issues, soil physics and soil, water, plant relationship, identification of erosion and the ways of soil conservation, soil contamination with emphasis on environmental protection, soil biology and the role of biological agents in soil quality in theory and practice.

Majors and Programs

  • soil science (B.Sc.)

     Courses:
    • General Irrigation
    • General Horticulture
    • General Soil Science
    • General Agricultureَ
    • Agricultural experiments planning
    • General agricultural machinery
    • Cartographyَ
    • Meteorology and Climatology
    • Ecology
    • Soil and Land Evaluation
    • Soil Biology
    • Soil Genesis
    • Soil Classification
    • Plant Nutrition
    • Soil Fertility and Fertilizers
    • Saline and Sodic Soils
    • Soil Water and Plant Relationships
    • Professional Language
    • Soil Survey and Mapping
    • Soil Chemistry
    • Soil Erosion and Conservation
    • Soil Physics
    • Fundamentals of Drainage
    • Soil Microbiology
    • Soil management in sustainable agriculture
    • Proficiency
    • Proficiency I
    • Proficiency II
    • Environmental Pollution
    • Chemical and Organic Fertilizers
    • Application ofremote sensingandgeographic informationsystemsinagriculture
    • Water and Wastewater Microbiology
    • Sustainable Soil Management

  • soil physics and conservation (M.Sc.)

    Courses:
    • Remote Sensing
    • Advanced soil water and plant relationship
    • Research Methods
    • Sustainable management of soil resources
    • Advanced soil physics
    • Advanced Soil Conservation
    • Advanced soil genesis and classification
    • Land Sustainability Evaluation
    • Advanced soil mechanic
    • Seminar

  • Soil resources and land evaluation  (M.Sc.)

     courses:
    • Advanced soil physics
    • Advanced Soil Conservation
    • Advanced soil genesis and classification
    • Sustainable management of soil resources
    • Research Methods
    • Geostatistics
    • Clay Minerals
    • Soil Micromorphology
    • Land Sustainability Evaluation
    • Seminar

  • Soil chemistry, fertility and plant nutrition (M.Sc.)

    Courses:
    • Soil Testing and Plant Analysis
    • Plant Nutrition and Management
    • Advanced Soil Fertility
    • Application of Ioisopes in Soil Science
    • Biological Interaction of Soil and Plant
    • Advanced soil chemistry
    • Soil Organic Matter
    • Research Methods
    • Advanced Statistical Methods
    • Chemical and Organic Fertilizers production and Use Technologies
    • Seminar

  • soil biology and biotechnology (M.Sc.)

    Courses:
    • Advanced Soil Microbiology
    • Genetic of Soil Microorganisms
    • Preparation Technology of bio-fertilizers
    • Plant Nutrition and Management
    • Advanced Soil Fertility
    • Biological Interaction of Soil and Plant
    • Advanced soil chemistry
    • Research Methods
    • Advanced Statistical Methods
    • Seminar

  • soil physics and soil conservation (Ph.D.)

    Courses:
    • Application of mathematical models in soil physics and conservation
    • Research methods and instruments in soil resource management
    • The problems of soils of Iran
    • Advanced topic in soil genesis calassification and land evalution
    • Theory and application of analytical instruments in soil science
    • Economic aspects of soil
    • Special issue
    • Seminar

  • soil resources and land evaluation (Ph.D.)

    Courses:
    • Optical mineralogy
    • Research methods and instruments in soil resource management
    • Advanced topic in soil genesis calassification and land evalution
    • Soils of arid and semiarid regions
    • Economic aspects of soil
    • Soil and landscape models
    • Soil geomorphology
    • Special issue
    • Seminar

Facilities and Equipment

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Laboratory of Physics and Soil Erosion

  

 
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Laboratory of Genesis, Classification and Evaluation

  

 
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Laboratory of Chemistry and Fertility of Soil and Fertilizer

  

 
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Thin section laboratory

  

 
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Laboratory of Soil Biology and biotechnology

  

 
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  • Teaching

    The soil science department through the teaching of the nature of soils by the study of soil organisms, their interactions with other components of soil and understanding the physical, chemical and mineralogical properties of soil and applied other expert instruction will equip students to solve problems in soils, plant, and environment.

  • Research

    Our department’s research mission includes a wide range of studies about:
    soil chemistry and cycling of elements, sustainability of ecosystems, soil biology and biogeochemistry, soil fertility and plant nutrition, soil physics and pedohydrology, soil quality assessment and monitoring, soil genesis and classification, digital soil mapping, soil organic matter, environmental modeling to understand soil constraints to agricultural/environmental systems, soil-water-plant relationships, management of salt-affected soils, submerge soils and polluted soils, remediation of contaminated soil, fate of heavy metals.

  • Publication

      

Academic Members

Maryam Khalili Rad, Ph.D.
Head of Department
Assistant Professor of Soil chemistry, Fertility and Plant nutrition

Research Interests:
Ion exchange equations in soil
Soil salinity management
Fate of pollutants in soil
Biochar and bio-based fertilizer
Waste management
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Mohammad Bagher Farhangi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Soil Biology and Biotechnology

Research Interests:
Soil microbiology
Microbiology of water and wastewater
Biochemical cycles of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in soil
Ecology of soil microorganisms
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Nasrin Ghorbanzadeh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Soil Biology and Biotechnology

Research Interests:
Soil biology and biochemistry
Bioremediation of soil and water
Rhizosphere
Biological relationship between soil and plant
Plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria
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Mahmood Fazeli, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Soil chemistry and pollution

Research Interests:
Transport and Fate of pollutants in soil
Nutrient Recovery from wastewater
Spatial Modeling of Soil Properties
Application of Nanotechnology in soil science
Isotopic techniques in soil studies
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Reza Ebrahimi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Soil Fertility and Plant nutrition

Research Interests:
Plant nutrition and circular production
Organic fertilizers
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Akbar Forghani, Ph.D.
Assiociate Professor
Soil chemistry, Fertility and Plant nutrition

Research Interests:
Soil fertility and fertilizer management
Soil plant interactions
Precision agriculture
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Nafiseh Yaghmaeian Mahabadi, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Soil mapping and land evaluation

Research Interests:
Land suitability evaluation
Spatial soil variability
Soil quality
Fuzzy logic in soil science
Multi criteria decision making in land evaluation
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Hasan Ramezanpour, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Soil genesis and classification

Research Interests:
Soil classification
Soil genesis
Clay mineralogy
Soil micromorphology
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Mahmood Shabanpour, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Soil Physics

Research Interests:
Soil Physics
Soil and water pollution
Chemical and water movement in soil
Soil, water and plant Relationships
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Sepideh Abrishamkesh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Soil Erosion and Conservation

Research Interests:
Assessment and mapping soil erosion 
Soil conservation and management
Waste management and soil conditioning 
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Safoora Asadi Kapoorchal, Ph.D.
AssociateProfessor
Soil Physics and Conservation

Research Interests:
Soil pollution
Remote sensing         
Phytoremediation        
Modeling 
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