K. Suzanchi

Biography

He was born in August 1973 in Hamedan, Iran. In 1996, he received a B.Sc. in horticultural sciences from Tehran University. Then, he continued his studies for the MSc in environmental design engineering at the Faculty of Environment of Tehran University. he completed his thesis with the organization and design of tourism axes in mountain valleys on the outskirts of cities as a research project in 1999. Besides studying, He was engaged in artistic activities and received a certificate of appreciation from the first Iranian painting biennial. After graduation, He worked as an urban green space expert in the technical office of the Ministry of Interior. At the same time, He worked as a planting designer on several projects with the Architecture and Urban Planning Unit of Jihad Daneshgahi in the Faculty of Fine Arts of Tehran University. In 2002, He joined Baft Shahr, an architectural and urban planning consultant. In 2004, he continued his study toward a Ph.D. in Environmental Sciences I.R.I.A new Delhi, India. In 2008, after defending his doctoral thesis entitled "Characterizing Land use land cover change for assessing its impact in Agricultural production in National Capital Region of India," He returned to Iran and joined as a faculty member of the architecture department of the Tarbiat Modares University. He has many courses for Landscape architecture students, including Plant Ecology, Planting Design, Landscape Design, Research Methods, and Landscape Technical Design. So far, He has guided and advised more than 50 master's theses. He is currently supervising 5 doctoral students. In addition to his academic activities, he also continued his professional activities with the many consulting engineers Co. as a member of the technical council and supervisor of several projects such as the Organization and Protection of Gardens and Agricultural Lands of Tehran, Khorshid Mountainous Park, and Zist Park in Mashhad, which continues until now. In addition to the above activity, he has worked as a consultant member in many committees, including the environmental committee of the Tehran Islamic Council, the technical committee of the Tehran City Parks Organization, and the technical committee of the garden protection in the urban planning department of the Tehran municipality. Also, he has been in charge of refereeing and directing numerous research projects, especially in urban planning rules and regulations related to the protection and revitalization of gardens, green spaces, and agricultural lands inside cities. His last project was to produce the Green Space Master Plan of Tehran at Tarbiat Modares University, under the support of Tehran municipality Studies and Planning Center.