Professional activities

· Member of Conservation Breeding Specialist Group, SSC, IUCN, since 1994

· Member of Antelope Specialist Group, SSC, IUCN, since Jan 2002

· Member of the board of trustees of "Payam-e Sabz", an Environmental NGO.

· Scientific consultant for the 'Conservation of Asiatic Cheetah Project' (A joint project of the Iran Department of the Environment and UNDP). 2005-2006.

Reviewer:

· "Journal of Zoology" (Zoological Society of London),

·  "Oryx, The International Journal of Conservation"

·  "Journal of Wildlife Management"

· "Annales Zoologici Fennici"