The Department of Soil Science began its activities in 1994 by offering the BSc Degree in Soil Science. At the moment, the department offers BS.c., MS.c., and Ph.D. programs. The bachelor of soil science covers various courses, including soil chemistry, soil fertility, plant nutrition, soil biology, soil physics, soil genesis and classification, soil erosion, land evaluation, soil survey, and so forth. The department started to offer graduate programs in 1998. There are four well-equipped laboratories, including soil chemistry, fertility and plant nutrition, soil physics, soil biology and biotechnology, and soil micro-morphology and clay mineralogy. XRD and Atomic absorption spectroscopy are among the equipment. Teaching and research activities in the department cluster around various areas of soil science. Eight academic staffs are currently active in the department. There are also 78 BSc,56 MSc, and 27 PhD students studying in the department. The Department of Soil Science established the Soil Museum in 2016 with 30 soil monoliths from all around the country. Hosting the National Soil Congress in 2009, International Symposium on Loess, Soils, and Climate Change in 2014, and Loess Fest 2017 are among the main meetings organized by the department. There are two academic journals, namely, Soil and Water Research and Soil Management and Sustainable Production, publishing the recent findings related to soil and water with English extended abstracts. The international journal of Soils in Space and Time has just been launched to receive manuscripts from worldwide. The Department of Soil Science is also active in international collaborations based on the signed memorandums of understanding with German and Chinese universities. Research in loess soils is the main target of these cooperations. The PhD student exchange, as well as joint publications and projects, are the other main activities of the department. 
 

Programs Offered in the Department of Soil

Academic members

• Name: Alireza Movahedi Naeini
• Academic level: Associate Professor of Soil biology and fertility          
• Email: salirezam[at]yahoo.com
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• Name: Elham Malekzadeh      
• Academic level:Assistant Professor of Soil biology and fertility
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• Name: Farhad Khormali                    
• Academic level:Professor of Soil genesis and classification
• Email: fkhormali[at]gau.ac.ir
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• Name: Farshad Kiani               
• Academic level: Associate Professor of  Soil erosion and conservation         
• Email: kiani[at]gau.ac.ir
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• Name: Mohsen Olamaee                     
• Academic level:Associate Professor of  Soil biology and fertility
• Email: olamaee_m[at]gau.ac.ir
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• Name: Mojtaba Barani Motlagh                                 
• Academic level: Associate Professor of Soil chemistry
• Email: mbarani[at]gau.ac.ir
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• Name: Reza Ghorbani Nasrabadi                              
• Academic level: Associate Professor of Soil biology
• Email: reza.ghorbani[at]gau.ac.ir
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• Name: Soheila Ebrahimi                                            
• Academic level: Assistant Professor of Soil physics and soil pollution
• Email: sebrahimi[at]gau.ac.ir
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