Prof. Hamid Reza Esmaeili (Ichthyologist) Affiliation: Shiraz University, Iran https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9736-397X Education: B.Sc: University of Shiraz, Shiraz, Iran. Major, Biology (1988) M.Sc: University of Tehran, Iran. Major, Zoology (1993) Ph.D. Thesis: Biology of an exotic fish, silver carp, Hypophthalmichthys molitrix (Val., 1844) from Gobindsagar Reservoir, Himachal Pradesh, India (2001). Research activity: Number of published articles: 291. Number of conference abstracts: 108. Number of published books: 1. Number of Book Chapters: 3. Number of books (in press): 1. Number of M.Sc. students (supervisor and advisory board): 100. Number of Ph.D. students (supervisor): 12. Number of awards (international and national): 16. Research projects: 12. Scientific society memberships: 7. Research center memberships: 4. Editor and editorial board of international journals (ISI and ISC): 7. Academic visits (abroad): 17. Former Chairman of the Iranian Society of Ichthyology.