Since 2020: Research assistant at the Institute of Geography, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg.

2017-2018: Guest researcher at the Institute of Geography, FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg in the work group of Prof. Achim Bräuning.

2018: PhD. Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran, Iran.

2013: M.Sc. Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran, Iran.

2009: B.Sc. Department of Physical Geography, Faculty of Earth sciences, Khorram Abad, Iran.

Arsalani, Mohsen ; Brauning, Achim; Pourtahmasi, Kambiz; Azizi, Ghasem, Mohammadi, Hosein. 2018. Multiple tree-ring parameters of Q. brantii in SW Iran show a strong potential for intra-annual climate reconstruction. Journal of Trees 32: 1531-1546.

Arsalani, Mohsen ; Pourtahmasi, Kambiz; Azizi, Ghasem; Brauning, Achim; Mohammadi, Hosein. 2018. Tree-ring based December-February precipitation reconstruction in the southern Zagros Mountains, Iran.  Dendrochronologia 49: 45-56.

Arsalani, Mohsen ; Azizi, Ghasem; Brauning, Achim. 2015. Dendroclimatic reconstruction of May-June maximum temperatures in the central Zagros Mountains, western Iran. International Journal of Climatology 35 (3): 408-416.

Azizi, Ghasem; Arsalani, Mohsen ; Brauning, Achim; Moghimi, Ebrahim. 2013. Precipitation variations in the central Zagros Mountains (Iran) since AD ​​1840 based on Oak tree rings. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 386: 96-103.

AVOID – Adaptationand vulnerability of Nothofagusforests to drought-induced risks and natural hazards in Central and Southern Chile (project funding by the BMBF 2019-2022).