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Dr Fatemeh Kazemi

Fatemeh Kazemi is currently a Lecturer in Horticulture and Environmental Management at the School of Science.

Current Teaching

  • SCI 2150 Propagation of Horticulture Crops
  • SCI 2152 Principles of Vegetable Production
  • SCI6161 Propagation Technology
  • SCI 5110 Management of Waste

Background

Dr. Fatemeh Kazemi is a horticulturist and environmental manager with extensive academic teaching and research experiences in Australia and overseas.

She received her PhD from the University of South Australia (UniSA) in 2010. She then joined the School of Natural and Built Environment at UniSA as a Research Fellow (2010-2012). She continued her career as an academic member in Iran during 2012-2022 before joining Edith Cowan University as a lecturer.

Her research focus has been on sustainable urban horticulture and management, biodiversity and ecosystem services, and physiological responses of urban and production plants to their environment and abiotic stresses such as drought, salinity, and pollution. Her main research concern is finding real research-based practical solutions for industry through interdisciplinary collaborations and integrating scientific and professional principles of horticulture, sustainability, and environmental management.

By the end of 2023, she published over 50 journal papers in fully refereed English journals, with many of them published in Q1 journals. She has also supervised 40 M.Sc. by research and PhD students to complete their degrees. She is currently a guest editor for the Journal of Land and an editorial board member of the Journal of Urban Forestry and Urban Greening.

Professional Memberships

  • Editorial board member, Urban Forestry and Urban Greening (Q1 journal, IF: 6.0)
  • International Society of Horticultural Science (ISHS) member (2022-present)
  • Expert member of Mashhad Municipality Green Space Design Committee (2012-2022)
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of Mashhad Botanical Garden (2015-2020)
  • Professional member of the Sustainable Water Resources and Green Space Commission of Mashhad City Council (2016-2019)

Awards and Recognition

  • 2023, High-quality Research Publication Award, School of Science, ECU
  • 2022, Awards for Teaching Excellence (ATE), FUM
  • 2022, Distinguished Researcher Award (DRA), FUM
  • 2015, Distinguished Researcher Award (DRA), FUM
  • 2014, Distinguished Researcher Award (DRA), FUM
  • 2004, Ph.D. Full Scholarship Award, (MSRT), Iran

Research Areas and Interests

  • Climate-resilient and water-conserving urban and production horticulture
  • Sustainable urban greenspace planning, design, and management
  • Urban biodiversity and ecosystem service enhancement
  • Sustainable Urban Agriculture and community gardening
  • Developing multifunctional and nature-based green infrastructure systems for social and environmental benefits
  • Optimising performances of Water Sensitive Urban Design vegetated systems including green roofs, green walls, bioretention systems, wetlands, and ponds.
  • Soilless hydroponic and aeroponic horticultural production systems
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