The Ph.D. viva session was held in the auditorium of the Iranian Fisheries Science and Research Institute for Ms. Maryam Nafari (admitted for fall 2014) who was the research - based Ph.D. student. The title of her dissertation was "Determination of breeding goals and estimation of economic coefficients of traits in selective breeding of Caspian trout (
Salmo trutta caspius
)". The student completed her education in the field of fisheries sciences - aquaculture at the National Inland Water Aquaculture Institute (Bandar-e Anzali). The doctoral thesis supervisors were Dr. Pourkazemi and Dr. Hossein Ali Abdolahi and the doctoral thesis co - supervisor was Dr. Ardeshir Nejati Javarami. Members of the thesis examination committee wereDr. Sohrab Rezvani Gilkolaei, Dr. Saltanat Najjar Lashgari and Dr. Roghayeh Safari. The doctoral thesis received a high grade.