Dr. Sima Fakheran is Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences at Isfahan University of Technology, Iran and Visiting  Professor in the Faculty of Forestry at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Canada.

Dr. Fakheran is President of IALE–Iran (International Association for Landscape Ecology-Iranian Chapter) and Member of Academy of Sciences of Iran  (IAS).

She did her Ph.D. at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, and Previously, held the position of Head of the Swiss desk (Leading House for Iran–Switzerland Science and Technology Collaboration).

   She is passionate about helping organizations to foster development and innovations through international networking, communication, and learning.