Hossein Ali Narouei-Khandan

I'm a specialist adviser with a PhD in Plant Pathology and extensive experience in risk assessment, quantitative modelling, epidemiology, and biosecurity. Proficient in R, Python, ArcGIS, PowerBI, and SQL. I excel at data modeling, statistical analysis, and developing interactive online tools. With strong leadership, research, and teaching skills, I'm a critical thinker, detail-oriented and dependable team player, capable of managing multiple priorities and taking on added responsibilities. Eager to secure an entry-level position, I bring organizational skills and a positive attitude to contribute to team success.

• Acting Manager, Plant Import Risk Assessment, Animal & Plant Health Directorate, Biosecurity NZ, 2021-01-01
• Selected session Moderator, International Congress of Plant Pathology (ICPP) 2018, 2018-01-01
• Session Moderator, American Plant Pathology Society (APS) meeting, 2015-08-01
• Member of the Bio-Protection Research Centre (BPRC) Post-Graduate/Post-Doctoral Committee and IT Specialist, Lincoln University, 2012-01-01
• Member of the organizing committee, Lincoln University Post-Graduate Conference, 2011-01-01

• The Potential Global Climate Suitability of Kiwifruit Bacterial Canker Disease (Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa)) Using Three Modelling Approaches: CLIMEX, Maxent and Multimodel Framework, Climate, 10, 2, 2022, 14, Hossein A. Narouei-Khandan, Susan P. Worner, Suvi LH Viljanen, Ariena HC van Bruggen, Giorgio M. Balestra, Eirian Jones
• BLIGHTSIM: A New Potato Late Blight Model Simulating the Response of Phytophthora infestans to Diurnal Temperature and Humidity Fluctuations in Relation to Climate Change, Pathogens, 9, 8, 2020, 659, H. A. Narouei-Khandan, S. K. Shakya, K. A. Garrett, E. M. Goss, N. S. Dufault, J. L. Andrade-Piedra, ..., A. H. C. van Bruggen
• Projecting the suitability of global and local habitats for myrtle rust (Austropuccinia psidii) using model consensus, Plant Pathology, 2019, H. A. Narouei-Khandan, S. P. Worner, S. L. H. Viljanen, A. H. C. van Bruggen, E. E. Jones
• Bayesian quantification of the fundamental thermal niche of Huanglongbing, a vector-borne pathogen of citrus trees, Journal of Applied Ecology, 2019, Rachel Taylor, Sadie Ryan, Catherine Lippi, David Hall, Hossein Narouei-Khandan, Jason Rohr, Leah Johnson
• Input data needed for a risk model for the entry, establishment and spread of a pathogen (Phomopsis vaccinii) of blueberries and cranberries in the EU, Annals of Applied Biology, 172, 126-147, 2018, A. H. C. van Bruggen, J. S. West, W. van der Werf, R. P. J. Potting, C. Gardi, I. Koufakis, ..., P. Harmon
• Global spatial distribution of blueberry twig blight (Phomopsis vaccinii) projected by two species distribution models, Euro J of Plant Pathology, 4, 919-930, 2017, H. A. Narouei-Khandan, C. L. Harmon, P. Harmon, J. Olmstead, V. V. Zelenev, W. van der Werf, ..., A. H. C. van Bruggen
• Local and regional spread of banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) in space and over time in Kagera, Tanzania, Plant Pathology, 2017, M. M. Shimwela, J. K. Blackburn, J. B. Jones, J. Nkuba, H. A. Narouei-Khandan, R. C. Ploetz, F. Beed, ..., A. H. C. van Bruggen
• First occurrence of Diaphorina citri in East Africa, characterization of the Ca. Liberibacter species causing Huanglongbing (HLB) in Tanzania, and potential further spread of D. citri and HLB in Africa and Europe, Euro J of Plant Pathology, 2016, Mpoki M. Shimwela, Hossein A. Narouei-Khandan, Susan E. Halbert, Manjunath L. Keremane, Gerald V. Minsavage, Sujan Timilsina, Deogracious Protas Massawe, ..., Ariena H. C. van Bruggen
• Global climate suitability of citrus huanglongbing and its vector, the Asian citrus psyllid, using two correlative species distribution modelling approaches, with emphasis on the USA, European Journal of Plant Pathology, 655-670, 2015, Hossein A. Narouei-Khandan, Susan E. Halbert, Susan P. Worner, Ariena H. C. van Bruggen
• Predicting the potential global distribution of Pseudomonas syringae pv. actinidiae (Psa), New Zealand Plant Protection, 66, 184-193, 2013, Hossein A. Narouei-Khandan, Susan P. Worner, Suvi L. H. Viljanen, Ariena H. C. van Bruggen, Giorgio M. Balestra

• Presented an application developed by ArcGIS Online to help farmers enter the dairy supply list during the milking season. Attended by farmers and representatives from the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI)., 2021-01-01, Wellington, New Zealand
• Presented the use of Species Distribution Models in managing plant disease risks and the decision-making process. Department of Plant Pathology, University of Florida., 2014-01-01, Gainesville, FL, USA
• Provided advice for the MENARID project, which was partially funded by the United Nations Development Program to improve rural capacity building in Sistan & Baluchestan Province, Iran., 2009-01-01, Sistan & Baluchestan, Iran
• Advised rural communities in pest control measures, such as Hystrix indica, as part of my role in the Plant Protection Administration, Natural Resources Department. Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran., 2003-01-01, Sistan & Baluchestan, Iran
• Presented a GPS application to farmers in rural areas of Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Iran., 2005-01-01, Sistan & Baluchestan, Iran
• Presented a GIS prediction model on apricot fire blight to farmers and consultants in Qazvin Province, Iran., 2004-01-01, Qazvin, Iran

• Nature Scientific Reports
• Remote Sensing
• Phytopathology
• PlosOne
• Plant Pathology
• Forests
• Insects
• International Journal of Pest Management
• Climate
• Agronomy
• Pathogens
• Molecules
• Plants
• Applied Sciences

• Python Intermediate Course
• Data Science with R
• The 10 behaviour of successful people
• NAPPO, USDA Risk-Based Sampling symposium and workshop
• World Trade Organisation Sanitary Phytosanitary Agreement Overview Seminar
• APS Workshop on “Simulation Modelling in Botanical Epidemiology and Crop Loss Analysis”
• Promoting Critical Thinking using Active Learning Strategies
• Biometrics training workshop
• Latin American e-Science workshop “Turning data into insight.”
• Analysis of multivariate data from biology, ecology, microbiology, agricultural and environmental sciences using PRIMER v6
• Phenology modelling workshop
• Workshop on the “Information –Theoretic methods for model selection”

• Ariena HC van Bruggen, ahcvanbruggen@ufl.edu, +31 623048521, Department of Plant Pathology and Emerging Pathogens Institute, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA
• EIRIAN JONES, Eirian.jones@lincoln.ac.nz, +64 21 252 8967, Faculty of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Lincoln University, PO Box 84, Lincoln, New Zealand
• Peter S. Ojiambo, peter_ojiambo@ncsu.edu, (919) 513-2188, Department of Plant Pathology, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7567, USA
• Lorraine Bowring, lorraine.bowring@mpi.govt.nz, 64-4-481 94282, Mycoplasma bovis Programme | Biosecurity New Zealand - Tiakitanga Pūtaiao Aotearoa, Ministry for Primary Industries, Pastoral House, 25 The Terrace, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand