Professor June 2001 Chemical Engineering ,Sharif University of Technology ,Tehran,Iran
Associate Professor 1992-2001 Chemical Engineering ,Sharif University of Technology,Tehran
Sabbatical leave 1991-1992 Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, KS, USA
Assistant Professor 1982-1992 Chemical Engineering,Sharif University of Technology, Tehran
Research Assistant 1976-1978 Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran
PHD 1982 Institute National de Science Appliques(INSA)Toulouse, France
MSC 1979 INAS- Toulouse-France
BSC 1976 Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology,Tehran, Iran
Position at SUT
Vice Chancellor for Research of Biochemical and Bioenvironmental Research Center (SUT) 1984-1986
Deputy of education of Chemical Engineering Department (SUT) 1987-1989
Head of Chemical Engineering Department (SUT) 1989-1991
Head of Biochemical and Bioenvironmental Research Center (BBRC) 1997-2002
Awards
Graduate Fellowship SUT- Tehran,Iran 1972-1976
French Government Scholarship INSA-Toulouse ,France 1978-1982
Distinguished Researcher SUT-Tehran ,Iran 1990
Present-Editorial board of Iranian Journal of Biotechnology (IJB),Tehran 2000
Editorial board of Agricultural Engineering Journal (TMU),Tehran ,Iran 1996-present
present-Editorial board of Agricultural Technology Journal (Ministry of Agricultural, Tehran) 1994
Advisory board of Scientia Journal (SUT),Tehran,Iran 1999-present
Advisory board of Journal of Engineering (Ministry of Higher Education) Tehran ,Iran 1990-present
Advisory board of Iranian Journal of science and Technology (Shiraz University) Shiraz, Iran 1992-present
Research Interest
Covers a range of topics related to Environmental Biotechnology, Immobilized cell Technology , Biofilm, Bioenergy ,Controlled release and Bioremediation,such as; Biological production of organic and amino acids in fixed bed bioreactor (Valine, Glutamic), Biological production of Industrial enzyme ,Biodegradation of hazardous wastes (Toluene,Phenol),Biosorption of heavy metals(Chromium ,Lead) ,Bioremediation of PAH , Bioflocculant production, Biological treatment of chlorinated organic compounds.Biodesulfurization of diesel fuels, Fixed film reactor for Biogas production, Heavy metals removal by Constructed wetlands,Phosphorous uptake in an anearobic-anoxic-aerobic reactor, Nitrification and Denitrification in Moving Bed Bioreactor(MBBR) , Sulfate removal in an Anearobic Baffled Reactor(ABR) , Methane production in upflow ,Anearobic Fixed bed(UAFB),Controlled release of herbicides (Metrobuzin), Production of Ethanol from lignocelluloseics
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