2022 Anthropogenic resistance – considering human-wildlife conflict in conservation planning. In the co-chaired symposium "Towards landscapes of coexistence between people and megafauna" at the 6th European Congress of Conservation Biology. Prague, Czech Republic
2021 A social-ecological framework for assessment of protected area effectiveness. In the co-chaired symposium "Navigating the social-ecological effectiveness of protected areas"at the 30th International Congress for Conservation Biology (virtual)
2019 Identifying safe corridors for Persian leopards by combining top-down and bottom-up approaches in habitat and conflict mapping. 29th International Congress for Conservation Biology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2018 Integrating remote sensing and interview data for the identification of a leopard corridor in Alborz Mountains, Iran. 5th Regional Meeting of the Society for Conservation Biology Asia Section, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
2017 Land-use practices influencing human-leopard conflicts in a human-dominated landscape. In the co-chaired symposium “Human-carnivore conflict in regions undergoing land-use change” at the 28th International Congress for Conservation Biology, Cartagena, Colombia (travel grant by German Academic Exchange Service; DAAD)
2016 Decline in ungulate populations of Iran’s oldest national park calls for urgent actions against poaching. 6th World Congress on Mountain Ungulates, Nicosia, Cyprus
2015 Effects of poaching deterrence around ranger stations on predator and prey abundance in steppes of northeastern Iran. 10th International Conference on Behaviour, Physiology and Genetics of Wildlife, Berlin, Germany
Persian leopard prey preference indicates importance of prey catchability in comparison to availability. 89th Annual Meeting of German Society for Mammalian Biology, Hannover, Germany (joint-winner of Young Scientist Prize)
Leopard-prey distribution in the Iranian steppes suggests response to poaching intensity. 27th International Congress for Conservation Biology, Montpellier, France
TEACHING
Theses supervision & mentorship Levon Harutyunyan (2022 - present) The conservation geography of brown bears (Ursus arctos) in the southern Caucasus, Yerevan State University (PhD advisor)
Luka Kokiashvili (2022 - present) Understanding the distribution, population density, and interspecific competition of mountain ungulates in the Caucasus under climate change, Ilia State University (PhD advisor)
Kazem Shakeri (2022 - present) Assessment of management effectiveness of national parks in Northern Khorasan, Hakim Sabzevari University (MSc. thesis supervisor)
Yutong Liang (2021 - present) Identifying priority areas for conservation of the Persian leopard and its prey considering human-wildlife conflict risk in the Caucasus Ecoregion, Humboldt-University Berlin (MSc. thesis supervisor)
Asef Rezaeian (2021 - present) Habitat connectivity assessment of the Persian leopard (Panthera pardus) in Eastern Alborz Mountains, Iran, Gorgan University (MSc. thesis supervisor)
Katrin Kirchner (2021 - 2022) Assessing niche overlap between livestock and mountain ungulates in eastern Tajikistan, Humboldt-University Berlin (MSc. thesis supervisor) Beni Balog (2021-2022) Assessing the range dynamics of the imperial eagle (Aquila heliaca) in Central Europe, Humboldt-University Berlin (BSc. thesis supervisor)
Suchana Dahal (2020-2022) Spatial patterns of livestock grazing and its impacts on snow leopard distribution in Central Asia, Humboldt-University Berlin (MSc. thesis supervisor)
Sophia Zielosko (2020-2022) Reindeer, climate and vegetation: Development of Empetrum nigrum biomass on reindeer summer pastures in Finnmark, Humboldt-University Berlin (MSc. thesis supervisor)
Kristina Gackstetter (2020-2021) The geography of megafauna defaunation in the Caucasus, Humboldt-University Berlin (BSc. thesis supervisor)
Marina Frietsch (2020-2021), Exploring the social-ecological effectiveness of protected areas – A case study from North Luangwa, Zambia, Leuphana University Lüneburg (MSc. thesis supervisor)
Michaela Daberger (2020) Systematic prioritization of livestock grazing rights buyout in the last viable population of Asiatic cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus venaticus) in Iran, Humboldt-University Berlin (MSc. thesis supervisor)
Pauline Holz (2019-2021) Identification of conservation priority areas for Persian leopard (Panthera pardus saxicolor) and prey species in the Caucasus Ecoregion, University of Potsdam (MSc. thesis supervisor)
Irina Kirsanova (2020) Management of protected areas and monitoring of the ungulate species in the southern Caucasus, University of Sustainable Development of Eberswalde (BSc. thesis supervisor)
Alfredo Romero-Muñoz (2020) Understanding geographies of threat: impact of habitat destruction and hunting on large mammals in the Chaco, Humboldt-University Berlin (PhD committee member)
Judith Rakowski (2019-2020) Exploring diversity and inclusion among protected area staff members in Armenia with a mixed-method approach, Humboldt-University Berlin (MSc. thesis supervisor)
Asuncion Semper-Pascual (2019) Understanding the immediate and time-delayed effects of deforestation on biodiversity in the Gran Chaco, Humboldt-University Berlin (PhD committee member)
Kyra Damp (2019) The causes and impacts of protected area downgrading, downsizing and degazettement (PADDD) in Kenya and the development of community-based conservation approaches, Humboldt-University Berlin (BSc. thesis supervisor)
Marco Davoli (2018-2019) Understanding spatial patterns of livestock depredation risk by wolves in the northern Apennines, Italy, Humboldt-University Berlin (research stay mentor funded by German Academic Exchange Service; DAAD)
Lena Hertrich (2018-2019) Habitat suitability of Eurasian lynx and its association with protection areas in the Lesser Caucasus, Humboldt-University Berlin (BSc. thesis supervisor)
Philipp Conrad (2018-2019) The potential to increase the efficiency and sustainability of cattle farming in the tropics through silvopastoral systems, Humboldt-University Berlin (BSc. thesis supervisor)
Anna Boermann (2018-2019) Occupancy modelling approach for mapping the distribution of the Persian leopard and its prey species in northern Zagros Mountain, Humboldt-University Berlin (BSc. thesis supervisor)
Hamed Abolghasemi (2018-2019) Participatory management planning for Mansour Abad Community Conserved Area, Iran, Klaus Toepfer Fellowship Programme (Transfer Project mentor)
Hadi Beygi Heidarlou, Long term trajectory of disturbance and recovery in the Iranian northern Zagros forests under various policies using Landsat time series, Humboldt-University Berlin (research stay mentor funded by the Iranian Ministry of Higher Education)
Clara Sichau (2016–2017) Spatial risk model of livestock predation by Persian leopard in the Alborz Mountains, Iran, Humboldt-University Berlin (BSc. thesis supervisor)
Benjamin Bleyhl (2016–2019) Fostering large carnivore recoveries: Persian leopards and their prey in the Caucasus, Humboldt-University Berlin (PhD mentor)
Corinna Van Cayzeele (2015–2017) Optimization of law enforcement practices in Golestan National Park using spatiotemporal patrolling data, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (MSc. thesis mentor)
Mahmood Soofi (2013–2017) Effects of anthropogenic pressure on large mammal species in the Hyrcanian forest, Iran, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (PhD mentor)
Tanja Lumetsberger (2013–2014) Diet of the Persian leopard in Golestan National Park, Iran; using scat analysis and biomass regression models, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (MSc. thesis mentor)
Julian Speicher (2012–2013) Population status and habitat use of the wild goat in Golestan National Park, Iran, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (MSc. thesis mentor)
Courses Conservation Biogeography (BSc.), Humboldt-University Berlin, lead or co-lecturer 2017 – 2018 & 2020 - 2022 Field Methods in Biogeography (BSc.), Humboldt-University Berlin, lead or co-lecturer 2017 – 2019
Introduction to Biogeography (BSc.), Humboldt-University Berlin, co-lecturer 2016 – 2019
Conservation Science & Practice (excursion), Humboldt-University Berlin, lead lecturer 2018 – 2019
Zoogeography (MSc.), University of Tehran, guest lecturer 2021
Assessing Wildlife for Conservation (MSc.), Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, teaching assistant 2013
popular ARTICLES, technical report, public debates & MEDIA INTERVIEWs
2022
Ghoddousi A, Belbachir F, Durant S, Herbst M & Rosen T. Felis lybica. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: : e.T131299383A154907281
Stein AB, Athreya V, Gerngross P, Balme G, Henschel P, Karanth U, Miquelle D, Rostro-Garcia S, Kamler JF, Laguardia A, Khorozyan I & Ghoddousi A.Panthera pardus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T15954A163991139
Michel S & Ghoddousi A.Ovis vignei. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e. T54940655A54940728
Michel S & Ghoddousi A.Ovis gmelini. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T54940218A22147055
2019
Dickman A, Cooney R, Johnson PJ, Louis MP, Roe D & 128 signatories. Trophy hunting bans imperil biodiversity. Science 365(6456): 874
Kehoe L, Reis T, Virah-Sawmy M, Balmford A, Kuemmerle T & 604 signatories. Make EU trade with Brazil sustainable. Science 364(6438): 341
Ghoddousi A, Ghadirian T & Fahimi H. Status of caracal in Bahram'gur Protected Area, Iran. Cat News 50: 10-13.
2008
Ghoddousi A & Ashayeri D. Occurrence of Asian koel Eudynamys scolopacea in Iran, with a new record from Hengam Island, Persian Gulf. Podoces 3(1/2): 114-115
Ghoddousi A, Kh Hamidi A, Aghili A, Masoud R & Shamimi L. The leopard in Iranian Caucasus. Caucasus Environment March: 63-68, [in English and Russian].