Dr. Hossein Masigol currently is a PostDoc at the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Department of Experimental Limnology Berlin, Germany. He studied in Plant Pathology at Shiraz University and the University of Guilan. He is interested in aquatic fungi and oomycetes. He has been focusing on the functions of fungi and oomycetes in freshwater ecosystems regarding their involvement in carbon cycling and the fate of humic substances. He is also a huge advocate of evolution and a critic of the intelligent design movement.