The Ph.D. viva session was held in the auditorium of the Iranian Fisheries Science and Research Institute for Mr. Javad Daghigh Rouhi (admitted for fall 2013) who was the research-based Ph.D. student. The title of his dissertation was "Investigation and identification of monogeneans from warmwater fish of Gilan province by molecular morphometric approach". The student completed his education in the field of aquatic health sciences at the National Inland Water Aquaculture Institute (Bandar-e Anzali). The doctoral thesis supervisors were Dr. Abdolhossein Dalimi and Dr. Mohammad Pourkazemi and the doctoral thesis co-supervisors were Dr. Mohaddes Ghasemi and Dr. Shokoufeh Shamsi. Members of the thesis examination committee were Dr. Mahmood Masoumian, Dr. Seyed Reza Seyed Mortezaei and Dr. Fatemeh Jalousian. The doctoral thesis received a high grade.