e-mail: saeid.esmaeilpourpoodeh@smail.unipo.sk

supervisor: Prof. Ján Koščo

dissertation topic: Interference of Aquaculture and Invasive Fish Species

education: 

• P.h.D Student in Environmental Ecology

Department of Ecology, University of Presov, Presov, Slovakia (2026-present)

• M.Sc. in Fishery and Aquatic Sciences

Department of Fisheries, Sari Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources University, Sari, Iran (2011-2014)

• B.Sc. in Fishery and Aquatic Sciences

Department of Fisheries, Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Gorgan , Iran (2007-2011)

projects:

• Tracking the Migration of Common Carp (Cyprinus carpio Linnaeus, 1758) Using Stable Isotopes in the Southern Part of the Caspian Sea (2018-2020)
• Growth Simulation of Caspian Spirlin Alburnoides eichwaldii Usign DEB Theory in Rivers Tajan, TilAbad and ShirAbad (Northern Iran)

professional experience: 

• Guest Researcher

Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Texel Island (2018-2019)

• Research Assistant

Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, Aquatic Ecology Laboratory (2020-2025)

• ASC Auditor in Iran

Auditor in environmental issues of shrimp culture & Auditor in social issues of aquaculture (2024-present)

personal skills: 

Scientific and Research Focus

• Ichthyology – Fish Ecology
• Aquaculture
• Non-Native Fish
• Field Sampling
• Fish Feeding Habits
• Environmental Science

Languages

• English
• Persian

selected publications:

• Kautman, J., Esmaeilpour Poodeh, S., Fedorčák, J., Koščo, J. (2026). Occurrence and persistence of non-native ornamental fishes in thermally altered habitats in Slovakia. Animal Taxonomy and Ecology
• Esmaeilpour Poodeh, S., Zou, L., Ghorbani, R., Kitazawa, D. 2026. Decades of Efforts in Cage Fish Farming in the Caspian Sea: Challenges and Prospects. Journal of Aquaculture Studies, 26 (2).
• Esameilpour Poodeh, S., Rahmani, H., Ghorbani, R., Abbasi, F. (2024). Biological and ecological aspects of South Caspian Spirlin (Alburnoides eichwaldii, De Filippi, 1863) from Tajan River, Northern Iran. Iranian Journal of Fisheries Sciences 23 (5): 819- 831.
• Esmaeilpour Poodeh, S., Ghorbani, R., Hosseini, S. A., Salmanmahiny. A., Rezaei, H., Kamyab. H. (2022). GIS-Based Mathematical Matrices Method to Impact Assessment of Sturgeon Farming (Case Study: Southeast Coast of the Caspian Sea, Iran). Environmental Engineering and Management Journal 21 (7): 1235.
• Esmaeilpour-Poodeh, S., Ghorbani, R., Hosseini, S. A., Salmanmahiny. A., Rezaei, H., Kamyab. H. (2019). A multi-criteria evaluation method for sturgeon farming site selection in the southern coasts of the Caspian Sea. Aquaculture 513: 734416.