PastAquatic Ecology II- Tutor (laboratory sessions) of second year course for Undergraduate andGraduate Diploma students (University of Tasmania).Physiology of Aquatic Organisms- Tutor (laboratory sessions) of third year course forUndergraduate and Graduate Diploma students (University of Tasmania).Ichthyology and Fish Biology- Co-ordinator and lecturer of second year course. Lecturing,organisation and running of theory, laboratory and fieldwork components (Guilan University).Systematic and Classification of Fish- Lecturer of third year specialist teaching of theory andpractice sessions (Guilan University).RESEARCH ACTIVITIES-Effects of salinity on hormones and reproductive characteristics of Rutilus frisii kutum.Research project, University of Guilan-Workshop tutor of biological data analysis using SPSS.-Colleague of research team; investigating the effect of changes in water chemical factors onfish, research project of the Iranian Fisheries Research Organisation, IFRO.-Collaborative researcher on the effect of different N:P ratios on phytoplanktonic compositionof fish culture pond with Dr. Mohammad-Reza Ahmadi, Tehran University.-Research collaborative of establishment of the Caspian Sea fish museum at GuilanUniversity. Scientific identification and classification of South Caspian Sea fishes.
PUBLICATIONS• Maryam Saemi, <strong>Ali</strong> <strong>Bani</strong>, Hossein Khara, Hamid-Reza Esmaeili (2013) Reproductivestrategy of the European perch, Perca fluviatilis, (Osteichthyes: Percidae) in theAnzali wetland, south west Caspian Sea. Journal of Applied Ichthyology,DOI: 10.1111/jai.12335.• <strong>Ali</strong> <strong>Bani</strong>, Samaneh Poursaeid & Victor Tuset (2013) Comparative morphology of thesagittal otolith in three species of south Caspian gobies. Journal of Fish Biology. 82:1321-1332.• Narjes Karimi, <strong>Ali</strong> <strong>Bani</strong>, Shahram Abdolmalaki (2013) Reproductive condition andovarian atresia in the common kilka (Clupeonella cultriventris) from the Caspian Seayears after a dramatic outbreak of the comb jelly fish (Mnemiopsis leidyi). ScientiaMarina, 77: 501-509.• Ehsan Ebrahimi, Mohammad Saeed Heydarnejad, Masoud Sattari, <strong>Ali</strong> <strong>Bani</strong> & ParnazKashefi (2013) A test of time–place learning in single and grouped great sturgeonHuso huso. Acta Ethologica. 16: 77-82.• Kaveh Amiri, <strong>Ali</strong> <strong>Bani</strong>, Shahram Abdolmaleki, Narges <strong>Ali</strong>janpour. (2013) A study onreproductive investment of leaping grey mullet (Liza saliens) in the southwest CaspianSea (Bandar Anzali). Journal of Fisheries (Tehran University), 65: 235-242.• Shima Bakhshalizadeh, <strong>Ali</strong> <strong>Bani</strong>, Shahram Abdolmalaki (2013) Morphometricfeatures in pectoral fin spine of the great sturgeon (Huso huso) and the ship sturgeon(Acipenser nudiventris). Journal of Applied Ichthyology, 29: 730-732.• Kaveh Amiri, <strong>Ali</strong> <strong>Bani</strong>, Shahram Abdolmaleki, Narges <strong>Ali</strong>janpour (2013) Study onreproductive investment of common kilka (Clupeonella cultriventris) in the southCaspian Sea (Bandar Anzali). Iranian Journal of Biology, Accepted.• Zahra Ghahremanzadeh, <strong>Ali</strong> <strong>Bani</strong>, Javid Imanpour, <strong>Ali</strong> Halajian (2013) Histologicalcomparison of kidney tubules of kutum, Rutilus frisii kutum, in brackish water(Caspian Sea) and fresh water (Khoshkrood River). Iranian Journal of Biology,Accepted• Hassan Akbarian, Hamid Alaf Navirian, <strong>Ali</strong> <strong>Bani</strong>, Bahram Falahatkar (2012) Effectsof tank color on growth performance and body composition of Common carp(Cyprinus carpio) in cultural condition. Journal of Utilization and Cultivation ofAquatics, 2: 19-30.