Shahed University | Iran
Dr. Hassanali Naghdi Badi is an Associate Professor specializing in Agronomy with a focus on medicinal plants, with a distinguished research career spanning over two decades. His work encompasses the cultivation, genetics, and bioactive properties of medicinal and aromatic plants, contributing significantly to the advancement of plant-based sciences. He has authored over 200 peer-reviewed articles in high-impact journals indexed in ISI and Scopus and has presented more than 100 papers at national and international conferences. Dr. Naghdi Badi has supervised and advised over 200 Master’s theses and Ph.D. dissertations, fostering the next generation of researchers in the field. He has served as Principal Investigator or collaborator in more than 30 research projects, emphasizing translational applications in medicinal plant cultivation, essential oil production, and crop improvement. His research contributions have earned him recognition as one of the World’s Top 2% Highly Cited Researchers in 2023 and 2025. He has authored seminal books, including Seeds of Crops and Medicinal Plants and Volatile Oil Crops, reflecting his expertise in plant bioresources. Additionally, he has led major research and academic centers, including the Medicinal Plants Research Center and the Medicinal Plants Technology Incubator Center, and has managed scientific journals, promoting high-quality research dissemination in the field of medicinal plant science.
Featured Publications:
Naghdi Badi, H., , , , & . (2025). Cannabidiol extracted from Cannabis sativa L. plant shows neuroprotective impacts against 6-HODA-induced neurotoxicity via Nrf2 signal transduction pathway. Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research.
Naghdi Badi, H., , , , & . (2025). Alterations in mineral and biochemical traits of Artemisia haussknechtii Boiss. populations by soil and environmental factors. Scientific Reports.
Naghdi Badi, H., , , , & . (2025). Chemical composition diversity in wild populations of Artemisia sieberi Besser under the same climate conditions. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution.
Naghdi Badi, H., , , , & . (2025). Variation in the essential oil composition of wild Artemisia haussknechtii Boiss. populations collected from Iran. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution.
Naghdi Badi, H., , , & . (2025). Impact of varying light intensities on morphology, phytochemistry, volatile compounds, and gene expression in Thymus vulgaris L. PLOS ONE.