Baba Mokhayer

Baba Mokhayer
Born1941 (1941)
Died2013 (aged 71–72)
Alma materUniversity of Tehran
Occupationbiologist
Writing career
Notable worksDiseases of farmed fish, Iran's Book of the Year Awards

Baba Mokhayer (Persian: بابا مُخَیِر 1941, Ardabil – 2013) was an Iranian biologist. In some sources, he is called the father of Iranian veterinary science.

He holds a PhD in Veterinary Medicine from the University of Tehran and a PhD in Biological Sciences (Oceanology) from the University of Paris, France, and was a full member of the Academy of Sciences of the Islamic Republic of Iran and a professor of fish diseases and fish parasites at the University of Tehran.[1][2]

works

Baba Mokhayer's book "Diseases of Farmed Fish" was selected as the book of the year in the fourth edition of the Book of the Year of the Islamic Republic of Iran by the Ministry of Culture and Islamic Guidance.[3]

He was the head of the Veterinary Sciences Department and the head of the Fisheries Branch of the Academy of Sciences for a long time, and was also the vice president of science and research at the Academy of Sciences for a while. In 2004, he was selected as a prominent figure in the field of medicine and experimental sciences.[4][5][6][7]

Death

He died on February 1, 2012 at the age of 71.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Official biography of Dr. Baba Mokhayar r on the University of Tehran website". ut.ac.ir. Retrieved 2026-07-25.
  2. ↑ Rezaei, Masoud; Montazeri, Naim; Langrudi, Hadi Ershad; Mokhayer, Baba; Parviz, Mohammad; Nazarinia, Abdullah (January 2007). "The biogenic amines and bacterial changes of farmed rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) stored in ice". Food Chemistry. 103 (1): 150–154. doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2006.05.066.
  3. ↑ "دايرة المعارف كتابداري و اطلاع‌رساني - جایزه کتاب سال در ایران". portal.nlai.ir (in Persian). Archived from the original on 2020-06-14. Retrieved 2026-07-25.
  4. ↑ "Journal of Veterinary Research - Articles List". jvr.ut.ac.ir. Retrieved 2026-07-25.
  5. ↑ Kashavarz Mirza Mohammadi, Mehdi; Vosoughi, Abdolrahim; Mokhayer, Baba (10 June 2011). "Investigation on Diet Composition of Nemipterus japonicas in Persian Gulf waters (Hormozghan Beaches)". Journal of Marine Biology. 3 (1): 3–11.
  6. ↑ "روسای پیشین موسسه". www.ifsri.ir. Retrieved 2026-07-25.
  7. ↑ "Investigating the importance of parasitic diseases of ruminants in Iran with an approach to transmission to humans and the future of how to control them". sid.ir. Retrieved 2026-07-25.
  8. ↑ "واحد مرکزی خبر | IRIB News". www.iribnews.ir. Archived from the original on 2013-12-19. Retrieved 2026-07-25.