Dr. Maryam Vaziri
Assistant Professor, Plant Biology
Education
- PhD, Plant Physiology, University of Alberta
- MSc, Plant Physiology, University of Alberta
- MSc, Plant Physiology, Shahid Beheshti University
- BSc, Biology, Alzahra University
Research interests
- Environmental physiology of plants
- Plant-microbe interactions
- Plant water relations
- Salinity effects
- Aquaporins
Selected Publications:
- Han Y, Zhang W-Q, Zwiazek JJ, Vaziriyeganeh M. 2025. Salt tolerance as a factor in determining suitability of northern grasses for revegetation of oil sands sites affected by tailings release water. Restoration Ecology. doi.org/10.1111/rec.70051.
- Vaziriyeganeh M, Khan S, Zwiazek JJ. 2023. Analysis of aquaporins in northern grasses reveal functional importance of Puccinellia nuttalliana PIP2;2 in salt tolerance. Plant, Cell & Environment 46: 2159-2173. doi: 10.1111/pce.14589.
- Vaziriyeganeh M, Carvajal M, Du N, Zwiazek JJ. 2022. Salinity tolerance of halophytic grass Puccinellia nuttalliana is associated with enhancement of aquaporin-mediated water transport by sodium. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23: 5732. doi.org/10.3390/ijms23105732.
- Fadaei S, Vaziriyeganeh M, Young M, Sherr I, Zwiazek JJ. 2020. Ericoid mycorrhizal fungi enhance salt tolerance in ericaceous plants. Mycorrhiza 30: 419-429. doi: 10.1007/s00572-020-00958-8.
- Kapilan R, Vaziriyeganeh M, Zwiazek JJ. 2018. Regulation of aquaporins in plants under stress. Biological Research 51. doi: 10.1186/s40659-018-0152-0.