Education

• Ph.D., Biology, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, 1998
• M.Sc., Biology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, 1993
• B.Sc., Biology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran, 1991

Research interests

• Plant Taxonomy
• Plant Phylogeny
• Plant Ecology

Selected publications

Maleki, T., Akhani, H., 2018. Ethnobotanical and ethnomedicinal studies in Baluchi tribes: A case study in Mt. Taftan, southeastern Iran. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 217: 163-177. DOI: 10.1016/j.jep.2018.02.017.

Akhani, H., 2016. Heliotropium disciforme (Boraginaceae), a new species from northeast Iran.  Linzer Biologische Beiträge 23: 569–573

Pyankov, V.I., Ziegler, H., Akhani, H., Deigele, C., Lüttge, U., 2010. European plants with C₄ photosynthesis: geographical and taxonomic distribution and relations to climate parameters. Botanical Journal of The Linnean Society of London 163(3): 283-304. DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01062.x

Noroozi, J., Akhani, H., Breckle, S-W., 2008. Biodiversity and phytogeography of the alpine flora of Iran. Biodiversity and Conservation 17(3): 493-521. DOI: doi.org/10.1007/s10531-007-9246-7

Akhani, H., Edwards, G., Roalson, E.H., 2007. Diversification of the Old World Salsoleae s.l. (Chenopodiaceae): Molecular Phylogenetic Analysis of Nuclear and Chloroplast Data Sets and a Revised Classification. International Journal of Plant Sciences 168(6): 931-956. DOI: 10.1086/518263

Akhani, H., Barroca, J., Koteeva, N., Voznesenskaya, E., Franceschi, V., Edwards, G., Ghaffari, S.M., Ziegler, H., 2005. Bienertia sinuspersici (Chenopodiaceae): A new species from Southwest Asia and discovery of a third terrestrial C₄ plant without kranz anatomy. Systematic Botany 30(2): 290-301. DOI: 10.1600/0363644054223684

Voznesenskaya, E.V., Koteyeva, N.K., Chuong, S.D., Akhani, H., Edwards, G.E., Franceschi, V.R., 2005. Differentiation of cellular and biochemical features of the single-cell C4 syndrome during leaf development in Bienertia cycloptera (Chenopodiaceae). American Journal of Botany 92(11): 1784-1795. DOI: 10.3732/ajb.92.11.1784.

Akhani, H., Ghobadnejhad, M., Hashemi, S.M., 2003. Ecology, biogeography and pollen morphology of Bienertia cycloptera Bunge ex Boiss. (Chenopodiaceae), an enigmatic C₄ plant without kranz anatomy. Plant Biology 5(2): 167-178. DOI: 10.1055/s-2003-40724

Akhani, H., Trimborn, P., Ziegler, H., 1997. Photosynthetic pathways inChenopodiaceae from Africa, Asia and Europe with their ecological, phytogeographical and taxonomical importance. Plant Systematics and Evolution 206(1-4): 187–221. DOI: 10.1007/BF00987948