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RUHOLLAH OJI
CONTACT
Dept. Geography and Urban Planning
University of Guilan
Tehran Road (Km. 6)
Rasht
Iran
P.O.BOX: 41635-3988
Cell:
+98 919 426 7701
Fax:
+98 13 3369 0280
Email:
[email protected]
Web Page: http://staff.guilan.ac.ir/oji/index.php?a=0&lg=1
POSITION
University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
Assistant Prof., Dept. Geography and Urban Planning
Sep 2014 – Present
EDUCATION
School of RS, GIS and Geography, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Ph.D. In Climatology
Dissertation: “Uncertainty Analysis of Single-site and Multi-site Downscaling Methods Applied to
Extreme Temperature and Precipitation”. (Case study of the Iran’s Midwest)
School of Geography, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran
M.Sc. In Climatology
Thesis: “A Synoptic Study on Atmospheric Patterns, Tracks and Frequencies of Cyclones in Wet Spells of
Iran's Midwest”.
Honors: Thesis passed “with Distinction” (Graded 97.5/100).
School of Earth Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University (National University of Iran), Tehran, Iran
B.Sc. In Physical Geography
Majored: Climatology
2013
2006
2003
FIELDS OF INTERESTS
Climate Change
Downscaling and Uncertainty Analysis
Extreme events
Impacts assessment, Adaptation and Mitigation
Climate Modeling
Regional Climate Modeling (numerical and statistical)
GIS
Environmental Modeling and Mapping
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Guilan, Rasht, Iran
Assistant Prof. – “GIS and Statistics” (Grads)
Assistant Prof. – “Principal of Climatology” (Under Grads)
Assistant Prof. – “Climate of Iran” (Under Grads)
Assistant Prof. – “Principal of GIS” (Under Grads)
Assistant Prof. – “Natural Hazards” (Under Grads)
Geomatics College, NCC, Iran
Adjunct Prof. – “ArcGIS” (Grads & Under Grads)
Basic and advanced ArcGIS (Different Courses)
Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Adjunct Prof. – “Atmospheric Science Softwares and Programming Workshop” (Grads)
Adjunct Prof. – “Climate Modeling” (Grads)
Adjunct Prof. – “Statistical Modeling in Geomorphology” (Grads)
Adjunct Prof. – “Atmospheric Science Softwares and Programming Workshop” (Grads)
Sep 2014 – Present
Sep 2014 – Present
Sep 2014 – Present
Sep 2014 – Present
Sep 2014 – Present
Jun 2012 – Sep 2014
Sep 2013 – Feb 2014
Sep 2013 – Feb 2014
Sep 2013 – Feb 2014
Feb 2012 – Jun 2012
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RESEARCH AND WORK EXPERIENCES
Golestan University, Iran
Research Climatologist
Regional Climate Modeling and Scenario Generation of 84 Stations of Golestan Province Based on CIMIP5
Scenarios
Feb 2014 – Aug 2014
National Cartography Center (NCC), Iran
Senior Expert
GIS Analyst
Jun 2013 – Sep 2014
Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium (PCIC), University of Victoria, BC, Canada
Visiting Scholar
Regional Climate Modeling –Statistical single and Multi-site Downscaling and Uncertainty Analysis
Dec 2012 – May 2013
National Cartography Center (NCC), Iran
Senior Expert
GIS Analyst
Apr 2007 – Nov 2012
Representative of NCC, ECO Region
Representative of NCC, With the Production of ECO-Economic Atlas
Behan Sad Consulting Engineers, Tehran, Iran
Research Climatologist
Drought monitoring model, contributed
Jan 2012 – Nov 2012
Jan 2011 – Feb 2011
PUBLICATIONS AND PAPERS
Farajzadeh, M, R. Oji, A.J. Cannon, Y. Ghavidel, and A.R. Massa Bavani, 2014. An evaluation of single-site statistical downscaling techniques
in terms of indices of climate extremes for the Midwest of Iran. Theoretical and Applied Climatology, doi: 10.1007/s00704-014-1157-4.
Farajzadeh, M, R. Oji, Y. Ghavidel, and A.R. Massah Bavani, 2013. Evaluation of single-site and multisite SDSM techniques in terms of indices
of climate extremes for the Midwest of Iran. Geography. (In Persian)
Ghavidel, Y., M. Alijahan, and R. Oji, 2013. An evaluation of deterministic and stochastic models to interpolation Ardabil province precipitation.
Geographical Space. (In Persian)
Davtalab, R., A.R. Salamat, and R. Oji, 2013. Water Harvesting from Fog and air Humidity in the Warm and Coastal Regions in the South of
Iran. Irrigation and Drainage, doi: 10.1002/ird.1720.
Roshan, G.R., R. Oji, and S. Al-Yahyai, 2013. Impact of Climate Change on the Wheat Growing Season over Iran. Arabian Journal of Geoscience,
doi: 10.1007/s12517-013-0917-2.
Roshan, G.R., R. Oji, M.S. Najafi, and E. Shahkuhi, 2012. Prospect of Climate Change Impacts on Wheat Degree-Days Variability in Different
Climate Regions of Iran. Regional Planning. (In Persian)
Jafarbeglou, M., F. Khoshakhlagh, and R. Oji, 2009. Seasonal Location and Frequency of Cyclonic Tracks in Wet Periods of Iran's Midwest.
Physical Geography Research. (In Persian)
Khoshakhlagh, F., R. Oji, M. Jafarbeglou, 2008. A Synoptic Study on Seasonal Patterns of Wet and Dry Spells in Midwest of Iran. Desert.
Oji, R., and F. Khoshakhlagh, 2007. A Statistical Study on Dry and Wet Spells of Iran's Midwest. Sepehr. (In Persian)
Book Chapter
Akbarrinejad, V., R. Kazempoor, M. Shojaei, M. Rezaei, R. Oji, 2014. Atlas of Iranian Sheep Breeds. Noorbakhsh Press, ISBN: 978-600-730903-2.
GRADUATE COURSES TAKEN
Climate and Atmospheric Science
RegCM Modeling Workshop, Ferdusi University, Mashhad, Iran (http://en.um.ac.ir/)
2nd National Conference on Disater ManagemrntThe Role of New Technologies in Reducing Vulnerability to Hazards Workshops,
National Disater Managemrnt Organization of Iran, Tehran, Iran (http://www.ndmo.org/)
WRF Modeling Workshop, Ferdusi University, Mashhad, Iran (http://en.um.ac.ir/)
Postgraduate Courses on Building Resilience to Climate Change and GIS Application on Climate Change,
Partial-Fellowship, Tokyo, Japan (UN-CECA) (http://cecar.unu.edu/)
GIS, RS & Cartography
Advanced GIS (http://www.ncc.org.ir/)
Oct 2013 – Oct 2013
Jun 2012 – Jun 2012
May 2012 – May 2012
Feb 2011 – Mar 2011
Jan 2012 – Feb 2012
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Principal of RS and ENVI Application (http://www.modares.ac.ir/)
Basic Adobe Illustrator (http://www.ncc.org.ir/)
Advanced Adobe Illustrator (http://www.ncc.org.ir/)
Advanced Cartography (http://www.ncc.org.ir/)
Advanced ArcGIS (http://www.ncc.org.ir/)
Arial Photo Interpretation (http://www.ncc.org.ir/)
Feb 2010 – Jun 2010
Jun 2010 – July 2010
Nov 2010 – Dec 2010
May 2009 – Jun 2009
Sep 2009 – Sep 2009
Apr 2007 – May 2007
TECHNICAL SKILLS
GIS & RS
Arc GIS: Proficient; ENVI, CAD Map,
Micro station: Familiar
Climate Modeling and Downscaling
R packages of Statistical Downscaling,
LARS-WG, SDSM, MAGICC/SCENGEN,
GrADS, RegCM and WRF: Familiar
Programming
MATLAB & R: Familiar
Cartography Software
Adobe Illustrator: Familiar
Typography
MS Office: Proficient
Statistical Software
Excel: Proficient
R: Familiar
OS
WINDOWS: Proficient
LINUX: Familiar
LANGUAGES
Persian (Native or bilingual proficiency)
Azerbaijani (Native or bilingual proficiency)
English – Fair
Arabic – Limited working proficiency
REFERENCES
Alex J. Cannon, Research Climatologist
Pacific Climate Impacts Consortium, University of Victoria,
Victoria, BC, Canada
Email: [email protected]
Manuchehr Farajzadeh, Associate Professor
Department of RS & GIS, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
Email: [email protected]
Ali Reza Massah Bavani, Associate Professor
Department of Water Resource Engineering, Tehran University,
Tehran, Iran
Email: [email protected]
Last update September 2014

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