Mr. Mohammad is a Ph.D. student at the UCD Plant science department, Agronomy, and Horticulture  Graduate Group, Daniel Potter’s Lab. He obtained his B.S. in Horticulture from Lorestan University and his M.Sc. from Guilan University in Iran. His research experience has been built on various aspects of Hops (Humulus lupulus L.), particularly conservation and phytochemistry. During his M.Sc., he managed to develop regeneration and micropropagation protocols and revealed the phytochemical potential of Iranian hops. He has been doing hops foray since 2015 across the Caspian Sea, the Caucasus, the Black Sea, and Kashmir (India-Pakistan) to identify and sample the endangered populations. The next major step in his hops research is to exploit these germplasms to breed heat and drought-tolerant varieties to tackle the increasingly negative impact of global warming on hops production. Having access to hops germplasm, he also intends to conduct an ecological niche modeling to investigate the influence of rising temperature on the hops population across the globe. He is a scientific consultant for Hopsteiner Co., a major hops producer globally, supporting his research endeavors.

Research articles

*Mafakheri, M., Kordrostami, M., Rahimi, M., and Matthews, P. D. (2020). Evaluating genetic diversity and structure of a wild hop (Humulus lupulus L.) germplasm using morphological and molecular characteristics. Euphytica 216, 58 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-020-02592-z.

*Bakhshipour, M1., Mafakheri, M.1, Kordrostami, M., Zakir, A., Rahimi, N., Feizi, F., & Mohseni, M. (2019). In vitro multiplication, genetic fidelity, and phytochemical potentials of Vaccinium arctostaphylos L.: An endangered medicinal plant. Industrial Crops and Products, 141, 111812. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indcrop.2019.111812). (1The two first authors equally contributed to this work).

*Mafakheri, M., & Hamidoghli, Y. (2019). Effect of different extraction solvents on phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity of hop flowers (Humulus lupulus L.). In IV International Humulus Symposium(2015 August). Acta Horticulturae 1236 (1-6). https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2019.1236.1.

*Mafakheri, M., & Hamidoghli, Y. (2019). Micropropagation of hop (Humulus lupulus L.) via shoot tip and node culture. In IV International Humulus Symposium (2015 August). Acta Horticulturae 1236 (31-36). https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2019.1236.5).

Book chapters

Mafakheri M., Kordrostami M., Al-Khayri J.M. (2021). Plant Abiotic Stress Tolerance Mechanisms. In: Al-Khayri J.M., Ansari M.I., Singh A.K. (eds) Nanobiotechnology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73606-4_2

Kordrostami M., Mafakheri M., Al-Khayri J.M. (2021). Contributions of Nano Biosensors in Managing Environmental Plant Stress Under Climatic Changing Era. In: Al-Khayri J.M., Ansari M.I., Singh A.K. (eds) Nanobiotechnology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73606-4_6

Mafakheri, M., & Kordrostami, M. (2021). Recent advances toward exploiting medicinal plants as phytoremediators. In Handbook of Bioremediation (pp. 371-383). Academic Press. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-819382-2.00023-5

Kordrostami, M.., & Mafakheri, M., Chaleshtori, M. H. (2021). Characteristics of Grain Quality in Rice: Physiological and Molecular Aspects. In Handbook of Plant & Crop Physiology, 4th Edition. CRC Press.

Mafakheri, M., & Kordrostami, M. Newly Revealed Promising Gene Pools of Neglected Brassica Species to Improve Stress-Tolerant Crops. In The Plant Family Brassicaceae. Springer, Singapore, 2020. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981- 15-6345-4_4

Mafakheri, M., & Kordrostami, M. (2020). Role of Molecular Tools and Biotechnology in Climate-Resilient Agriculture. In Plant Ecophysiology and Adaptation under Climate Change: Mechanisms and Perspectives II (pp. 491- 529). Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-2172-0_17

Sangeetha, J., Sheth, B. P., Kordrostami, M., & Mafakheri, M (2020). Whole Protein Analysis Using LC- MS/MS for Food Authentication. In Proteomics for Food Authentication (pp. 105-120). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429261923-10

Conference

Mafakheri, M., Golizadeh, H., and Matthews, P. D. (2021). The influence of climatological and edaphic factors on distribution pattern and morphological diversity of Humulus lupulus L. populations in the Hyrcanian ecoregion, Iran. In V International Humulus Symposium (Poster, 2021 March). https://doi.org/ 10.13140/RG.2.2.35527.21920

*Mafakheri, M., & Hamidoghli, Y. (2019). Effect of different extraction solvents on phenolic compounds and antioxidant capacity of hop flowers (Humulus lupulus L.). In IV International Humulus Symposium (Poster, 2015 August). Acta Horticulturae 1236 (1-6). https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2019.1236.1

*Mafakheri, M., & Hamidoghli, Y. (2019). Micropropagation of hop (Humulus lupulus L.) via shoot tip and node culture. In IV International Humulus Symposium (Poster, 2015 August). Acta Horticulturae 1236 (31-36). https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2019.1236.5.

Mafakheri, M., Hamidoghli, Y., & Shahlaee, Kh. Demonstrating the effects of TDZ on Humulus lupulus L. shoot tip explant proliferation under in vitro condition. The second national convention of medicinal plant and sustainable agriculture (Oral, 2014 July).