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Valiallah Khalaji-pirbalouty

Associate Professor

Beast Biology

Basic Science Faculty

Tel: 03832324401

khalajiv@yahoo.com

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Research Interest
   Biosystematics and taxonomy of Marine Isopoda (Crustacea).:
   • Biosystematics and taxonomy of freshwater Amphipod (Crustacea).:
   Systematics, taxomomy, zoogeography, and phylogeny of isopod and amphipod crustaceans, particularly marine isopods of the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea (Indian Ocean).:

Academic Resume
   Bachelor, , Shahrekord University‎, ، Graduation Date: 1997
   Phd, , Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universit1t Bonn, Germany، Graduation Date: 2012
   Master, , University of Tehran, Iran، Graduation Date: 2003

Publications
International Journal
1. MOHAMMAD SALARI, VALIALLAH KHALAJI-PIRBALOUTY, MOHAMMAD SHARIF RANJBAR, ADNAN SHAHDADI (2025), New host and locality record for the parasitic isopod Ceratothoa carinata (Bianconi, 1869) (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoidae), with molecular insights into its phylogeography , Zootaxa 5621 (2): 262–272
2. Valiallah Khalaji-Pirbalouty & Manal Abdulrahman Al-Kandari (2024), The first report of two new janiroid isopod species (Asellota, Janiroidea) from the western Indian Ocean , ZooKeys 1219: 233–248. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.1219.130895
3. Valiallah Khalaji-Pirbalouty & Manal Abdulrahman Al-Kandari (2023), Three new species of temporary fish parasite, Gnathiid Isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cymothoida) from Kuwait ,
4. Khalaji-Pirbalouty V. & Gagno J. (2023), Illustrated catalogue of sphaeromatoid isopods (Crustacea, Malacostraca) in the Canadian Museum of Nature (CMN) , Zoosystematics and Evolution, 99 (2), 375–389 | DOI 10.3897/zse.99.103682
5. Farzaneh Momtazi, Valiallah Khalaji-Pirbalouty & MEHDI GOLESTANINASAB (2023), Pseudaeginella makranensis sp. nov., a new species of caprellid (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the Iranian coasts of Gulf of Oman , Zootaxa 5271 (3): 579–588
6. Khojasteh Malekmohammad, Valiallah Khalaji-Pirbalouty, Hamzeh Oraei, Seyedeh Narjes Tabatabaei (2022), Identifying closely related species of the genus Gammarus (Crustacea, Amphipoda) using geometric morphometrics , Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics (IJAB) Vol.17, No.2, 137-146
7. Arian, N. and Khalaji-pirbalouty, V. * (2022), First record of the genus Paraimene Javed & Ahmed, 1988 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) from Iranian coast of the Gulf of Oman, with a revised diagnosis to the genus , Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics (IJAB) Vol.17, No.2, 131-136
8. Khalaji-Pirbalouty, V.; Oraie, H.; Santamaria C.; Wägele, J. W. (2022), Redescription of Tylos maindroni Giordani Soika, 1954 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Oniscidea) based on SEM and molecular data , ZooKeys 1087: 123–139.
9. Manal Abdulrahman Al-Kandari, Valiallah Khalaji-Pirbalouty, Hadeel Abdulkhaliq, Weizhong Chen (2022), Diversity and distribution of the Isopoda (Crustacea, Peracarida) of Kuwait, with an updated checklist , ZooKeys 1080: 107–133. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.1080.71370
10. Khalaji-Pirbalouty V., Bruce. N. (2021) , Redescription of the type species of the genus Cassidinidea Hansen, 1905 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae), with notes on geographic distribution of the New World species , Marine Biology Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2021.1990958
11. Azadi M, Hemmati R, Homaei A, Khalaji-Pirbalouty V (2021) , A psychrophilic caseinolytic aspartic protease from the freshwater amphipod Gammarus bakhteyaricus for application in milk coagulation LWT , Food Science and Technology 153:112536-112536
12. Khalaji-PIebalouty, V. & Gagnon, Jean-Marc (2021), A new species of Dynoides Barnard, 1914 (Crustacea, Isopoda, Sphaeromatidae) from Canada, with notes on geographic distribution of the north-eastern Pacific Ocean species , Marine Biology Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2021.1892766
13. Khalaji-Pirbalouty V (2018), Redescription of Cerceis biforamina Javed & Yousuf, 1996 from the Gulf of Oman (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) with remarks on the status of Cymodoce insolita Yousuf , 2011 ZOOTAXA 4472:375-384
14. Khalaji-Pirbalouty V, Fatemi , Malek-Hosseini , Kuntner (2018), A new species of Stenasellus Dollfus, 1897 from Iran, with a key to the western Asian species (Crustacea, Isopoda, Stenasellidae) , ZooKeys 766:39-50
15. Hurtado LA , Mateos1 M, Wang C, Santamaria C, Jung J, Khalaji-Pirbalouty V, Kim W (2018), Out of Asia: mitochondrial evolutionary history of the globally introduced supralittoral isopod Ligia exotica , PeerJ 6:1-25
16. Khalaji-Pirbalouty V, J Raupach M (2016), DNA barcoding and morphological studies confirm the occurrence of three Zootaxa 4200:153-173 ,
17. Khalaji-Pirbalouty V (2018), Redescription of Cerceis biforamina Javed & Yousuf, 1996 from the Gulf of Oman (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) with remarks on the status of Cymodoce insolita Yousuf, 2011 ZOOTAXA 4472:375-384 ,
18. Torki A, Khalaji-Pirbalouty V, Lorigooini Z, Rafieian-Kopaei M, (2018), Anchusa italica extract: phytochemical and neuroprotective evaluation on global cerebral ischemia and reperfusion Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences 54:1-9 ,
19. Khalaji-Pirbalouty V, Fatemi , Malek-Hosseini , Kuntner (2018), A new species of Stenasellus Dollfus, 1897 from Iran, with a key to the western Asian species (Crustacea, Isopoda, Stenasellidae) ZooKeys 766:39-50 ,
20. Hurtado LA , Mateos1 M, Wang C, Santamaria C, Jung J, Khalaji-Pirbalouty V, Kim W, Out of Asia: mitochondrial evolutionary history of the globally introduced supralittoral isopod Ligia exotica (2018) ,
21. Khalaji-Pirbalouty V., A new species of Cymodoce from Iran (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) with remarks on the status of Cymodoce manorii (Nooruddin, 1965) comb. nov. and Cymodoce spinula Yousuf & Javed, 2001 , Zootaxa 4084 (2): 267–276, 2016
22. Khalaji-Pirbalouty V., Naderloo R., Keykhosravi, A., Atarbolana makranensis, a new species of Cirolanidae (Crustacea, Isopoda) from Makran, Iranian coast of the Gulf of Oman , ZooKeys 522: 129-140, 2015
23. Khalaji-Pirbalouty, V. & Bruce, N , A review of the genus Heterodina Kensley & Schotte, 2005 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) with description of a new species from Iran , Zootaxa 3887 (3): 494–500, 2014
24. Khalaji-Pirbalouty, V. & Raupach, M. J., A new species of Cymodoce Leach, 1814 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) based on morphological and molecular data, with a key to the Northern Indian Ocean species , Zootaxa, 3826 (1): 230–254, 2014
25. Khalaji-Pirbalouty, V., Bruce, N. L, & Wägele, J. W. , The genus Cymodoce Leach, 1814 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) in the Persian Gulf with description of a new species , Zootaxa, 3686 (5): 501-533, 2013
26. Khalaji-Pirbalouty, V. , The morphology, arrangement, and ultrastructure of a new type of microtrich sensilla in marine isopods (Crustacea, Isopoda) , Zoological Studies, 53:1-7, 2014
27. Khalaji-Pirbalouty, V. & Wägele, J. W. , Two new species of cirolanid isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda: Cirolanidae) from Qeshm and Kish Islands in the Persian Gulf) , Zootaxa, 2930: 33-46, 2011
28. Khalaji-Pirbalouty, V. & Wägele, J. W. , A new record of Sphaeroma annandalei Stebbing, 1911 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) from the Persian Gulf, and description of a new related species (Sphaeroma silvai nov. sp.) from the South Atlantic Ocean, , Zootaxa, 2508: 30-44, 2010
29. Khalaji-Pirbalouty, V. & Wägele, J. W. , Two new species of Ligia Fabricius, 1798 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Ligiidae) from coasts of the Persian and Aden gulfs , Organisms Diversity and Evolution, 10: 135-145, 2010
30. Khalaji-Pirbalouty, V. & Wägele, J. W. , A new species and a new record of Sphaeroma Bosc, 1802 (Sphaeromatidae: Isopoda: Crustacea) from intertidal marine habitats of the Persian Gulf , Zootaxa, 2631: 1–18, 2010
31. Khalaji-Pirbalouty, V. & Wägele, J. W. , Two new species of Sphaerompsis (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae) from Persian Gulf , Zootaxa, 2305: 33-50, 2009
32. Khalaji-Pirbalouty V. & Sari A. , Description of Gammarus baloutchi n. Sp. (Amphipoda: Grammarian) from Iran, based on light and electron microscopy , Zool. Med. Leiden, 8: 91-100, 2006
33. Khalaji-Pirbalouty V. & Sari A., Biography of amphipods (Crustacean: Amphipoda: Grammarian) from the central Zagros Mountains, Iran with description of two new species , Journal of Natural History, 38: 2425–2445. 2004
Research Journal
٣٤. Pirali-Kheirabadi, K., Khalaji-Pirbalouty, V, Jazaeri, A., & Dhghani-Samani, A. , Geographical distribution of the scorpion fauna of Chaharmahal Va Bakhteyari province, Iran , Pajouhesh Va Sazandegi: 103, 44-51, 2014
35. Khalaji-Pirbalouty, V , Redescription of Annina mesopotamica Ahmed, 1971 (Crustacea, Cirolanidae, Isopoda) from Basrah, Iraq , Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics (IJAB): 9(2), 109-115, 2013
Promotion Journal
٣٦. Khalaji-Pirbalouty V , Methods of Animal classification. , Journal of Roshd, Biology Education.19, (2), 41–44 (in Persian). 2005



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Honors
1. VISITING FELLOWSHIP from THE LEE KONG CHIAN NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, National University of Singapore (NUS). 2023
2. Visiting Researcher: Canadian Museum of Nature, Ottawa, 2019
3. FELLOWSHIPS: Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, Washington DC (funded by the Smithsonian Institution (Grant-G-3-00343), 2010
4. visiting researcher; Zoological Museum, Copenhagen, Denmark (funded by the European Union Synthesys Grants, DK-TAF- 67)



Thesis
Number Student Name Title Defence Date
1. Vahid Hosseini Species diversity of the genus Gammarus in the western regions of the Isfahan province جمعه ١ فروردين ١
2. Masoomeh Mahdian Morphological and molecular study of the genus Gammarus in Lordegan region with emphasis on Gammarus lordeganensis جمعه ١ فروردين ١
3. Mohamad Khodabakhshi soreshjani Morphological and molecular study of Gammarus pretzmanni populations in Chaharmahal-Va-Bakhtiari Province جمعه ١ فروردين ١
4. Khojasteh Malekmohamad Morphological and moleculsr study of Gammarus pesudosyriacus populations in chaharmahal -Va-Bakhteyari province جمعه ١ فروردين ١






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