Researcher at Agricultural Engineering Research Institute (AERI), Agricultural research, education and Extension organization (AREEO), Iran
Dr. Ali Reza Tavakoli is an esteemed agricultural engineer specializing in water productivity and irrigation management. With a PhD from the University of Tehran, his research focuses on improving water efficiency in agriculture through innovative irrigation techniques and sustainable practices. He holds the position of Associate Professor at the Agricultural Engineering Research Institute and has played a pivotal role in various national projects aimed at enhancing agricultural productivity and resource management.
Publication Profile
Education:
- PhD in Irrigation and Reclamation Engineering
University of Tehran, Paradise of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Karaj, Iran (2010)
Thesis Title: Improving water productivity through integrated management of limited irrigation and advanced agricultural practices in rainfed cereal cultivation.
- MSc in Irrigation and Reclamation Engineering
University of Tehran, Paradise of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Karaj, Iran (1996)
Research Title: Investigating the effects of deficit irrigation on sugar beet and determining production functions.
- BSc in Irrigation Engineering
Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran (1994)
Research Fields:
- Water management and deficit irrigation
- Single and supplemental irrigation
- Water harvesting systems
- Evaporation control management
- Production functions and their software
- Irrigation systems management
- Analysis of macro projects and national policies
- Cropping patterns and water productivity
Professional Experience:
- Associate Professor & Senior Researcher (Grade 32) promoting water productivity (2017 – Present)
- Head of the Secretariat of the National Cropping Pattern (AREEO, since 2021)
- Director of Studies and Evaluation at the Agricultural Education and Extension Institute
- Senior Researcher at the Agricultural Education and Promotion Research Organization (since 2016)
- Advisor to the Deputy Minister in Horticulture Affairs of Jihad e Agriculture (since 2016)
- Member of National Policy Councils for Urmia Lake and Khuzestan region revitalization
- Head of Technical and Engineering Research at Shahrood Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center
- Extensive involvement in national and international agricultural projects, including collaborations with ICARDA.
Academic Achievements:
- Citations: 1,168 (671 since 2019)
- h-index: 16 (12 since 2019)
- i10-index: 30 (21 since 2019)
- The role of supplemental irrigation and nitrogen in producing bread wheat in the highlands of Iran
Authors: AR Tavakoli, TY Oweis
Journal: Agricultural Water Management
Volume: 65, Issue: 3, Pages: 225-236, Year: 2004
Citations: 197
- Optimal applied water and nitrogen for winter wheat under variable seasonal rainfall and planning scenarios for consequent crops in a semi-arid region
Authors: AR Sepaskhah, A Azizian, AR Tavakoli
Journal: Agricultural Water Management
Volume: 84, Issues: 1-2, Pages: 113-122, Year: 2006
Citations: 73
- Evaluation of the AquaCrop model for barley production under deficit irrigation and rainfed condition in Iran
Authors: AR Tavakoli, MM Moghadam, AR Sepaskhah
Journal: Agricultural Water Management
Volume: 161, Pages: 136-146, Year: 2015
Citations: 70
- Effects of Fumaria parviflora L on uremic pruritus in hemodialysis patients: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial
Authors: R Akrami, MH Hashempur, A Tavakoli, M Nimrouzi, M Sayadi, M Roodaki, …
Journal: Jundishapur Journal of Natural Pharmaceutical Products
Volume: 12, Issue: 3, Article: e39744, Year: 2016
Citations: 46
- Improving rainwater productivity with supplemental irrigation in the upper Karkheh River Basin of Iran
Authors: AR Tavakoli, T Oweis, S Ashrafi, H Asadi, H Siadat, A Liaghat
Publisher: International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Year: 2010
Citations: 39
- Effects of seed priming on seed vigor and grain yield of barley (Hordeum vulgare L. cv. Abidar) in rainfed conditions
Authors: B Abd Alrahmani, GK Ghasemi, M Valizadeh, V Feiziasl, AR Tavakoli
Journal: Iranian Journal of Crop Sciences
Volume: 11, Issue: 444, Pages: 337-352, Year: 2010
Citations: 30
- Robotic locomotion of three generations of a family tree of dynamical systems. Part II: Impulsive control of gait patterns
Authors: A Tavakoli, Y Hurmuzlu
Journal: Nonlinear Dynamics
Volume: 73, Pages: 1991-2012, Year: 2013
Citations: 29
- Robotic locomotion of three generations of a family tree of dynamical systems. Part I: Passive gait patterns
Authors: A Tavakoli, Y Hurmuzlu
Journal: Nonlinear Dynamics
Volume: 73, Pages: 1969-1989, Year: 2013
Citations: 25
- Principles and applications of deficit irrigation
Authors: AR Sepaskhah, AR Tavakoli, SF Mousavi
Publisher: Iranian National Committee on Irrigation and Drainage (IRNCID), Tehran
Year: 2000
Citations: 25
- Using internal sinusoidal fins and phase change material for performance enhancement of thermal energy storage systems: Heat transfer and entropy generation analyses
Authors: A Tavakoli, M Farzaneh-Gord, A Ebrahimi-Moghadam
Journal: Renewable Energy
Volume: 205, Pages: 222-237, Year: 2023
Citations: 23
- Urinary tract infection with Candida glabrata in a patient with spinal cord injury
Authors: M Rahimkhani, M Saberian, A Mordadi, S Varmazyar, A Tavakoli
Journal: Acta Medica Iranica
Pages: 516-517, Year: 2015
Citations: 21
- Case series and review of glandular odontogenic cyst with emphasis on treatment modalities
Authors: MM Roochi, I Tavakoli, FM Ghazi, A Tavakoli
Journal: Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery
Volume: 43, Issue: 6, Pages: 746-750, Year: 2015
Citations: 20
- Collision of two mass baton with massive external surfaces
Authors: A Tavakoli, M Gharib, Y Hurmuzlu
Year: 2012
Citations: 20
- The role of limited irrigation and advanced management on improving water productivity of rainfed wheat at semi-cold region of upper Karkheh River Basin, Iran
Authors: AR Tavakoli, A Liaghat, T Oweis, A Alizadeh
Journal: International Journal of Agricultural Crop Sciences
Volume: 4, Issue: 14, Pages: 939-948, Year: 2012
Citations: 17
- Supplemental irrigation in Iran: Increasing and stabilizing wheat yield in rainfed highlands
Authors: AR Tavakoli, T Oweis, F Ferri, A Haghighati, V Belson, M Pala, H Siadat, …
Publisher: ICARDA
Year: 2005
Citations: 17
- Approach of Persian medicine to health and disease
Authors: V Tafazoli, A Tavakoli, M Mosaffa-Jahromi, K Cooley, M Pasalar
Journal: Advances in Integrative Medicine
Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-8, Year: 2022
Citations: 16
- Physics-based modelling and data-driven optimisation of a latent heat thermal energy storage system with corrugated fins
Authors: A Tavakoli, J Hashemi, M Najafian, A Ebrahimi
Journal: Renewable Energy
Volume: 217, Article: 119200, Year: 2023
Citations: 15
- Water allocation optimization for supplementary irrigation in rainfed lands to increase total income: Case study in the upstream Karkheh River Basin
Authors: H Ramezani Etedali, A Liaghat, M Parsinejad, AR Tavakkoli, …
Journal: Irrigation and Drainage
Volume: 62, Issue: 1, Pages: 74-83, Year: 2013
Citations: 15
- Evaluation of urinary interleukin-8 levels in patients with spinal cord injury
Authors: M Rahimkhani, A Mordadi, S Varmazyar, A Tavakoli
Journal: Recent Patents on Anti-Infective Drug Discovery
Volume: 9, Issue: 2, Pages: 144-149, Year: 2014
Citations: 14
- Gravity powered locomotion and active control of two simple systems
Authors: A Tavakoli, Y Hurmuzlu
Conference: Dynamic Systems and Control Conference
Pages: 379-386, Year: 2009
Citations: 13