Dr. Ali Mehrvar received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the University of Tabriz, Iran, in Plant Protection and Agricultural Entomology, during the years 1995 and 1998, respectively. He completed his Ph.D. at the University of Agricultural Sciences, (GKVK), Karnataka State Center, India, during the years 2003-2007. He has worked as a faculty for 25 years at two East-Azerbaijan Universities in Iran, i.e., “Azerbaijan Shahid Madani University” and “Maragheh University” and supervised many undergrad and grad students at the Department of Plant Protection. Specifically, he has supervised 20 M.Sc. students and two Ph.D. scholars to date.
Ali’s major expertise is “Insect Pathology & Microbial Control of Plant Pests” but he has somehow collaborated on some taxonomy projects as well. He specifically works on the identification, characterization, evaluation, and formulation of entomopathogens (especially viruses and fungi). Ali has published more than 57 research papers, more than 40 conference papers and 5 books and book chapters to date.