Professional Experience and Honors

Professional Experience

Jan. 3 2022 to Aug. 20, 2022   Visiting Professor, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Jan. 1 2019 to Dec. 2021         Deputy for the Coordination of Isfahan Economic Affairs, Isfahan, Iran.

Jan. 2019 to present                 The Head of the Board of Trustees of Farzin Chemicals Co., A Knowledge-Based Co.

Sept. 2016 to Dec. 2018           President of Isfahan University of Applied Sciences

Oct. 2014 to 2021                     Representative of Minister of Science & Technology in Board of Foolad Higher Education Institute.

Sept. 2013 to Jan. 2017           Representative of IUT Chancellor in IUT Council

Sept. 2013 to Sept. 2016          Assistant to the Head of IUT Chemistry Department in Research Affairs

June 2013 to Sept. 2013          Head of Analytical Chemistry Group

Nov. 2010 to Aug. 2011            Sabbatical Leave at Chemical Engineering Department, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, and Institute for Chemicals and Fuels from Alternative Resources (ICFAR), Faculty of Engineering, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada.

Aug. 2006 to present                 Professor of Chemistry, IUT.

Jan. 1998 to Aug. 2010 &          Managing Director, Farzin Chemicals Co., A Knowledge-Based Co.

Aug. 2011 to 2019

Nov. 2005 to Feb. 2010             Vice Chancellor of Research, IUT.

Feb. 2001 to Aug. 2006             Associate Professor of Chemistry, IUT.

July 1998 to June 2004             Head of Chemistry Department, IUT.

Sept. 1997 to May 1998            Researcher, Tohoku National Industrial Research Institute (TNIRI), Sendai, Japan.

Jan. 1995 to present                  Head of Research Group for Know-How of Chemicals

June 1995 to Aug. 1997             Assistant to the Head of Chemistry Department in Research Affairs, IUT.

Sept. 1993 to Jan. 2001             Assistant Professor of Chemistry, IUT.

Honors

Full Ph.D. Scholarship from the Ministry of Culture and Higher Education of Iran.

Research Fellowship from Japan International Cooperation Agency for working at TNIRI.

Selected Researcher in Technology Development of IUT, Research Week of 2015.