Curriculum Vitae

 Personal information:

            First name:Seyyed Mohammad

Last name:Mousavi

Birth Date:5 Jun 1978

Nationality:Persian

Phone Number:09122249750

Present Job Title:Assistant Professor

E-mail: Mousavi_m@modares.ac.ir

Biotechnology Group, Chemical Engineering Department, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Education:

*Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering (2003-2007), Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

*M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering (2000-2002), Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

*B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering (1996-2000), Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.

Interests:

*Industrial Biotechnology:

-Bioleaching

-Bioremediation

- Biodesulfurization

-Wastewater Treatment

*Food Biotechnology

*CFD Simulation and Mathematical Modeling

*Process Optimization

Teaching experience:

*Modeling and simulation of biological phenomena

*Process Optimization

Publications:

Books:

*“Mass transfer from fundamentals to modern industrial applications”, by Koichi Asano, translated, Tarbiat Modares University publisher, in press.

*“Modeling in transport phenomena”by Ismail Tousan, translated, 2010, Sharif University publisher, Tehran.

*“General Microbiology and Biochemistry”, 2004, Sanjesh publisher, Tehran.

*“Applied Mathematics in Chemical Engineering”, 2004, Sanjesh publisher, Tehran.

Book chapters:

* A. Jafari, S.M. Mousavi, H. Moteshaffi, H. Roohian, H. Hamedi Sangari,                   “Simulation of Hydrodynamics and Mass Transfer in a Valve Tray Distillation Column Using Computational Fluid Dynamics Approach”, In: Advanced Topics in Mass Transfer, Published by Intech, in press.

* S.M. Mousavi, A. Jafari, S. Yaghmaei, M. Vossoughi, I. Turunen, “Experimental Investigation and Simulation of Ferrous Biooxidation and Flow Hydrodynamics in a Bubble Column Bioreactor using CFD Approach”, In: Current Themes in Engineering Technologies, Ao, Sio-Iong, Amouzegar, Mahyar A., Chen, Su-Shing (Eds.),Published by American Institute of Physics(AIP), pp. 68-82, 2008.

* Mohammad Mousavi, “Investigation of Single Phase Approximation and Mixture Model on Flow Behaviour and Heat Transfer of a Ferrofluid using CFD Simulation”, In: Advances in Computational Algorithms and Data Analysis, Ao, Sio-Iong; Rieger, Burghard; Chen, Su-Shing (Eds.), Published by Springer, pp. 495-507, 2008.

 Papers:

* S.M. Mousavi, S. Yaghmaei, M. Vossoughi, A. Jafari, and S. A. Hoseini, 2005, “Comparison of Bioleaching Ability of Two Native Mesophilic and Thermophilic Bacteria on Copper Recovery from Chalcopyrite Concentrate in an Airlift Bioreactor”, Hydrometallurgy, 80, 1-2, pp 139-144.

*S.M. Mousavi,A. Jafari, S. Yaghmaei, M. Vossoughi, and R. Roostaazad, 2006,“Bioleaching of low-grade sphalerite using a column reactor”, Hydrometallurgy, 82, 1-2, pp 75-82.

* S.M. Mousavi, S. Yaghmaei , F. Salimi, and A. Jafari, 2006, “Influence of process variables on biooxidation of ferrous sulfate by an indigenousAcidithiobacillus ferrooxidans.Part I: Flask experiments”,Fuel, 85,17-18, pp 2555-2560.

* S.M. Mousavi, A. Jafari,S. Yaghamei, M. Vossoughi and P. Sarkomaa, 2006, “Computer simulation of fluid motion in a porous bed using a volume of fluid method: Application in heap leaching”,Minerals Engineering, 19, 10, pp 1077-1083.

* S.M. Mousavi, S. Yaghmaei, M. Vossoughi ,  A. Jafari, and R. Roostaazad,2006, “Zinc Extraction from Iranian Low-Grade Complex Zinc-Lead Ore by Two Native Microorganisms: Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Sulfobacillus”, International Journal of Mineral Processing,80, 2-4, pp 238-243.

*S.M. Mousavi, M. Vossoughi, S. Yaghmaei, and A. Jafari, 2006, ^“Copper Recovery from Chalcopyrite Concentrate by an Indigenous Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans in an Air-Lift Bioreactor”, Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 25, 3, pp 21-26.

*S.M. Mousavi, I. Alemzadeh, and M. Vossoughi, 2006, “Use of Modified Bentonite for Phenolic Adsorption in Treatment of Olive Oil Mill Wastewater”, Iranian Journal of Science and Technology, 30, B5, pp 613-619.

* A. Jafari, P. Zamankhan, and S.M. Mousavi, 2006, “Computer simulation of flocs interactions: Application in fiber suspension”, Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 292, 2-3, pp 99-109.

* A. Jafari, P. Zamankhan, S.M. Mousavi, and K. Henttinen, 2006,“Multiscale modeling of fluid turbulence and flocculation in fiber suspensions”, Journal of Applied Physics,100,3. (DOI information: 10.1063/1.2218034)

*S.A. Hosseini, S. Yaghmaei, S.M. Mousavi, and A. Jadidi, 2006,“Biodesulfurization of Dibenzothiophene by a Newly Isolated Thermophilic Bacteria Strain”, Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, 25, 3, pp 65-71.

* S.M. Mousavi,S. Yaghmaei, M. Vossoughi, A. Jafari, R. Roostaazad, and I. Turunen, 2007, “Bacterial leaching of low-grade ZnS concentrate using indigenous mesophilic and thermophilic strains”,Hydrometallurgy, 85, 1, pp 59-65.

*S.M. Mousavi,S. Yaghmaei, and A. Jafari, 2007, “Influence of process variables on biooxidation of ferrous sulfate by an indigenousAcidithiobacillus ferrooxidans. Part II: Bioreactor experiments”, Fuel, 86,7-8, pp 993-999.

* S.M. Mousavi,S. Yaghmaei, M. Vossoughi, and A. Jafari, 2007, “Efficiency of copper bioleaching of two mesophilic and thermophilic bacteria isolated from chalcopyrite concentrate of Kerman -Yazd regions in Iran”,Scientia Iranica,14, 2, pp 180-184.

* S.M. Mousavi, S. Yaghmaei, A. Jafari, M Vossoughi, and Z. Ghobadi, 2007,“Optimization of ferrous biooxidation rate in a packed bed bioreactor using Taguchi approach”, Chemical Engineering & Processing: Process Intensification, 46, 10, pp 935-940.

*S.M. Mousavi, P. Zamankhan, and A. Jafari, 2008,“Computer simulations of sodium formate solution in a mixing tank”, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation,13, 2, pp 380-399.

*S.M. Mousavi,S. Yaghmaei, M. Vossoughi, R. Roostaazad, A. Jafari, M. Ebrahimi, O. Habibollahnia Chabok, and I. Turunen, 2008,“The effects of Fe (II) and Fe (III) concentration and initial pH on microbial leaching of low-grade sphalerite ore in a column reactor”,Bioresource Technology,99, pp 2840-2845.

* A. Jafari, S.M. Mousavi, and P. Kolari, 2008, “Numerical investigation of blood flow. Part I: In microvessel bifurcations”, Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 13, pp 1615-1626.

*S.M. Mousavi, A. Jafari, S. Yaghmaei, M. Vossoughi, and I. Turunen, 2008, “Experiments and CFD simulation of ferrous biooxidation in a bubble column bioreactor”, Computers & Chemical Engineering, 32, pp 1681-1688.

* A. Jafari, T. Tynjala, S.M. Mousavi, P. Sarkomaa, 2008, “CFD simulation and evaluation of controllable parameters effect on thermomagnetic convection in ferrofluids using Taguchi technique” Computers & Fluids, 37, pp 1344-1353.* A. Jafari, T. Tynjala, S.M. Mousavi, P. Sarkomaa, 2008, “Simulation of heat transfer in a ferrofluid using computational fluid dynamics technique” International Journal of Heat and Fluid Flow, 29, pp 1197-1202.

* A. Jafari, S.M. Mousavi, and P. Kolari, 2009, “Numerical investigation of blood flow. Part II: In capillaries”,Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation, 14, pp 1396-1402.

* A. Jafari, S.M. Mousavi, K. Pietarinen and P. Sarkomaa, 2008, “Modeling and CFD simulation of flow behavior and dispersivity through randomly packed bed reactors”, Chemical Engineering Journal, 144, pp 476-482.

* R. Dehghan, M. Noaparast, M. Kolahdoozan, S.M. Mousavi, 2008,“Statistical evaluation and optimization of factors affecting the leaching performance of a sphalerite concentrate”, International Journal of Mineral Processing,89, pp 9-16.

*S.M. Mousavi, A. Jafari, S. Chegini, and I. Turunen, 2009, “CFD simulation of mass transfer and flow behaviour around a single particle in bioleaching process”, 44, 696-703, Process Biochemistry.

* M. Soleimani , S. Hosseini, R.Roostaazad , J. Petersen, S.M. Mousavi, A. Kazemi Vasiri, 2009, “Microbial leaching of a low-grade sphalerite ore using a draft tube fluidized bed bioreactor”, Hydrometallurgy,99( 3-4), pp 131-136.

* B. Ebrahimi, S.A. Shojaosadati, S.O. Raanaie, S.M. Mousavi, 2010, “Optimization and evaluation of acetylcholine esterase immobilization using response surface methodology”, Process Biochemistry,45(1), pp 81-87.

* J. V.Mehrabani, M. Noaparast, S.M. Mousavi, R. Dehghan, 2010, "Process optimization and modelling of sphalerite flotation from a low grade Zn-Pb ore using response surface methodology", Separation and Purification Technology,72, 242-249.

* J. V.Mehrabani, M. Noaparast, S.M. Mousavi, R. Dehghan, E. Rasooli, H. Hajizadeh, 2010, “Depression of pyrite in the flotation of high pyrite low grade lead-zinc ore using Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans”, Minerals Engineering, 23(1), pp 10-16.

* B. Ebrahimi, S.A. Shojaosadati, S.M. Mousavi, 2010, “Evaluation and optimization of factors affecting the performance of a flow-through system based on immobilized acetylcholine esterase as a biosensor”, 15, pp383-391, Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering.

* B. Ebrahimi, S.A. Shojaosadati,S.M. Mousavi,2010,“A new changeable bioreactor for organophosphate detection in a flow-through system”, 8(3), pp138-145, Iranian Journal of Biotechnology.

* M. Hashemi, S.H. Razavi, S.A. Shojaosadati, S.M. Mousavi, K. Khajeh, and M. Safari, 2010, “Development of a solid-state fermentation process for production of an alpha amylase with potentially interesting properties”, 110(3), 333–337, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering.

* S.M. Mousavi, S.A. Shojaosadati, J. Golestani, F. Yazdian, 2010, “CFD simulation and optimization of effective parameters for the biomass production in a propeller loop bioreactor using Taguchi method” 49, 1249–1258,Chemical Engineering & Processing: Process Intensification.

S.O. Rastegar, S.M. Mousavi, S.A. Shojaosadati, S. Sheibani, 2011, “Optimization of petroleum refinery effluent treatment in a UASB reactor using response surface methodology”, 197, 26–32, Journal of Hazardous Materials.

* M. Hashemi, S.M. Mousavi, S.H. Razavi, S.A. Shojaosadati, 2011, “Mathematical modeling of biomass and alpha-amylase production kinetics by Bacillus sp. in solid-state fermentation based on solid dry weight variation” 53, 159–164,Biochemical Engineering Journal.

* F. Amiri, S. Yaghmaei, S.M. Mousavi, 2011, “Bioleaching of tungsten-rich spent hydrocracking catalyst using Penicillium simplicissimum”, 102, 1567–1573, Bioresource Technology.

* T. Amani, M. Nosrati, S.M. Mousavi, 2011, “Using enriched cultures for elevation of anaerobic syntrophic interactions between acetogens and methanogens in a high-load continuous digester”, 102 , 3716–3723, Bioresource Technology.

* F. Amiri, S. Yaghmaei, S.M. Mousavi, 2011, “Comparison of different methods in bioleaching of tungsten rich spent hydro-cracking catalyst using adapted Penecillum simplicissimum BBRC-20019” Chemical Engineering Transactions, Volume 21, Editor J. J. Klemeš, H. L. Lam, P. S. Varbanov.

* T. Amani, M. Nosrati, S.M. Mousavi, R.K. Kermanshahi, 2011, “Modeling and statistical optimization of mesophilic anaerobic digestion of volatile fatty acids using enriched cultures”, 8(1), 83-96, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology.

* R. Mafi Gholami, S.M. Borghei, S.M. Mousavi, 2011, “Bacterial leaching of a spent Mo–Co–Ni refinery catalyst using Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans and Acidithiobacillus thiooxidans”, Hydrometallurgy,106, 26-31.

* M. Soleimani, J. Petersen, R. Roostaazad, S. Hosseini, S.M. Mousavi, A. Najafi, A. Kazemi Vasiri,2011, “Leaching of a zinc ore and concentrate using the Geocoat™ technology”, Minerals Engineering, 24, 64–69.

* M. Hashemi, S.H. Razavi, S.A. Shojaosadati, S.M. Mousavi, 2011, “The potential of brewer’s spent grain to improve the production of a-amylase by Bacillus sp.KR-8104 insubmerged fermentation system”,New Biotechnology, 28, 165-172.

* B. Ebrahimi, S.A. Shojaosadati, P. Daneshgar, P. Norouzi, S.M. Mousavi, 2011,“Performance evaluation of fast Fourier-transform continuous cyclic-voltammetry pesticide biosensor”, AnalyticaChimica Acta,687, 168-176.

* M. Hashemi, S.A. Shojaosadati, S.H. Razavi, S.M. Mousavi, 2011, “Evaluation of Ca-independent α-amylase production by Bacillus sp. KR-8104 in submerged and solid state fermentation systems”, 9(3), pp188-196, Iranian Journal of Biotechnology.

* J. V.Mehrabani, S.M. Mousavi, M. Noaparast, 2011, “Evaluation of the replacement of NaCN with Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans in the flotation of high-pyrite, low-grade lead-zinc ore”,80, 202-208, Separation and Purification Technology.

* F. Amiri, S.M. Mousavi, S. Yaghmaei, 2011,“Enhancement of bioleaching of a spent Ni/Mo hydroprocessing catalyst by Penicillium simplicissimum”, 80, 566-576, Separation and Purification Technology.

* F. Amiri, S. Yaghmaei, S.M. Mousavi, S. Sheibani, 2011, “Recovery of metals from spent refinery hydrocracking catalyst using adapted Aspergillus niger”, 109, 65-71,Hydrometallurgy.

* T. Tavassoli, S.M. Mousavi, S.A. Shojaosadati, H. Salehizadeh, 2011, “Asphaltene biodegradation using microorganisms isolated from oil samples”, Fuel, In press.

* R. Mafi Gholami, S.M. Mousavi, S.M. Borghei, 2011,“Process optimization and modeling of heavy metals extraction from a molybdenum rich spent catalystby Aspergillus niger using response surface methodology”, Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, In press. 

* T. Amani, M. Nosrati, S.M. Mousavi, 2011, “RSM analysis of anaerobic syntrophic  degradation of volatile fatty acids in a UASB reactor inoculated by the enriched cultures”, Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering, In press.

* M. Hashemi, S.A. Shojaosadati, S.H. Razavi, S.M. Mousavi, K. Khajeh, M. Safari,2011,“The efficiency of temperature-shift strategy to improve the production of alpha amylase by Bacillus sp. in a solid state fermentation system", Food and Bioprocess Technology: An International Journal, In press.

Papers in national conferences:

*S.M. Mousavi, S. Yaghmaei, M. Vossoughi, A. Jafari, and M.S. Jafari,“Copper Recovery from Chalcopyrite Concentrate by Indigenous Mesophilic and Thermophilic Bacteria”, 10^th Iranian Chemical engineeringcongress, November 23-25, 2005, Zahedan, Iran.

*S.M. Mousavi, S. Yaghmaie, and S.A. Hosseini, “Biohydrometalurgy: Best selection in economic and technology”, 9^th Iranian Chemical engineeringcongress, November 23-25, 2004, Tehran, Iran.

*S.A. Hosseini, S. Yaghmaie, S.M. Mousavi, and A. Jadidi, "Isolation of a New Indigenous Thermophilic Strain and Investigation of Its Ability toward Biodesulfurization ", 9^th Iranian Chemical engineering congress, November 23-25, 2004 (Opted as one the best papers in congress by the congress jury), Tehran, Iran.

*S.M. Mousavi,I. Alemzadeh, and M. Vossoughi, “Modification of Mineral Clays with Quaternary Ammonium Compounds as Adsorbent of Phenol and Phenolic Compounds from Olive Mill Wastewater”, 13^th National Congress on Food Industries, October 24-25, 2002, Tehran, Iran.

Papers in international conferences:

*S.M. Mousavi,I. Alemzadeh, and M. Vossoughi, “Modification of  Mineral Clays by Hexadecyltrimethyl Ammonium as Adsorbent of Fatty acids and Resin acids from Wasrewater”, 5^th International Conference and Exhibition on CHEMISTRY IN INDUSTRY, October 14-16, 2002, Bahrain.

*S.M. Mousavi, M. Vossoughi, and S. Yaghmaie, "Modeling of Copper Recovery from Sulfide Minerals by Native Thiobacillus ferrooxidans in a Fluidized Bed Bioreactor", International Biohydrometallurgy Symposium conference, September 25-29, 2005, CapeTown, South Africa.

*S.M. Mousavi, M. Vossoughi, and S. Yaghmaei, "Copper Recovery from Chalcopyrite Concentrate by an Indigenous Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans with an Airlift Bioreactor", Bio andHydromet '05 Conference, May 14-16, 2005, Cape Town, South Africa.

* S.M. Mousavi, P. Zamankhan, S. Yaghamei, A. Jafari,and A. Jarrahian, “Detailed Modeling of Heap Type Reactors Used in Metal Extraction Processes” Computational Modelling in Mineral Processing Conference, November 7-9, 2005, CapeTown, South Africa.

*S.M. Mousavi,S. Yaghmaei, M. Vossoughi, and A. Jafari, “Comparison of Bioleaching Ability of Two Native Mesophilic and Thermophilic Bacteria on Copper Recovery from Chalcopyrite Concentration: in Airlift Bioreactor and Shake Flask”10^th Mediterranean Congress of Chemical Engineering, November 15-18, 2005, Barcelona, Spain.

* A. Jafari, P. Zamankhan, S.M. Mousavi, and P. Kolari“Modeling of Blood Flow in Microvessels” EMBEC'05-THE 3^rd EUROPEAN MEDICAL AND BIOLOGY ENGINEERING CONFERENCE, November 20-25, 2005, Prague, Czech Republic.

* A. Jafari, S.M. Mousavi, P. Kolari, and P. Zamankhan, “Simulation of Blood Flow through a Microvessel Branching” The Fourth IASTED International Conference on BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING ~BioMED 2006~(pp. 31-38), February 15-17, 2006, Innsbruck, Austria.

* S.M. Mousavi and P. Zamankhan, “LARGE EDDY SIMULATIONS OF A BRINE-MIXING TANK”, 25^th International Conference on Offshore Mechanics and Arctic Engineering (OMAE 2006, paper number: 92082), June 4-9, 2006, Hamburg, Germany.

* A. Jafari, P. Zamankhan, S.M. Mousavi, K. Pietarinen, and P. Sarkomaa, “Investigation of Flow Dynamics in Porous Media using Computer Simulation”,20^th annual European Simulation and Modeling Conference(ESM'2006, paper code: FLUID-03, pp. 157-163), October 23-25, 2006 - LAAS, Toulouse, France.

* S.M. Mousavi, A. Jafari, S. Yaghmaei, M. Vossoughi, I. Turunen, M.R. Kamali, and P. Sarkomaa,“CFD Simulation of concentration profiles and velocity field. Application: in bioleaching process”, 17^th European Symposium on Computer Aided Process Engineering (ESCAPE17, paper code: T4-458), May 27-30, 2007, Bucharest, Romania.

* A. Jafari, T. Tynjälä, S.M. Mousavi, and P. Sarkomaa, “CFD Simulation of heat transfer in ferrofluids”, European Congress of Chemical Engineering -6 (ECCE-6), September 16-21, 2007, Copenhagen, Denmark.

* H. Yousefi, S.M. Mousavi, A. Jafari, A. Soleymani, “Prediction of biological ferrous oxidation rate using artificial neural network”, North-American Simulation Technology Conference (NASTEC’08), August 13-15, 2008, Montreal (Quebec), Canada.

* A. Jafari, S.M. Mousavi, T. Tynjala, P. Sarkomaa, “CFD Simulation of Gravitational Sedimentation and Clustering Effects on Heat Transfer of a Nano-ferrofluid”, Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS 2009), March 23–27, 2009, Beijing, China.

 Awards

* Scholarship from the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Tehran, Iran (2003-2007)

* Research grant from Academy of Finland, Helsinki, Finland (2005-2006)

* Scholarship from the Centre for International Mobility (CIMO), Helsinki, Finland (2006)

* Academic Scholarship, Lappeenranta University of Technology, Lappeenranta, Finland (2006-2007)

* Research grant from Academy of Finland, Helsinki, Finland (2007)

Membership associations:

*Member of Iranian chemical engineering association

*Member of Iranian food engineering association

*Member of Iranian nanotechnology association

Reviewer of the following journals:

- Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology

- Bioresource Technology

- Biotechnology Progress

- Chemical Engineering Journal

- Chemical Engineering & Processing: Process Intensification

- Critical Reviews in Biotechnology

- Fuel

- Hydrometallurgy

- Iranian Journal of Biotechnology 

- Iranian Journal of Chemical Engineering 

- Iranian Journal of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering 

- Iranian Journal of Polymer Science and Technology

- Iranian Journal of water& wastewater

- Journal of Hazardous Materials

- Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry

- Process Biochemistry

- Separation and Purification Technology

Professional experience:

*“Some investigation on organoclay production to be utilized in oil industries”, Supervisor: Dr. I. Alemzadeh, M.Sc. Thesis.

*“Investigation of dynamic of non isothermal mixed reactors”, Supervisor: Dr. A. Soltani, B.Sc. Thesis.

*Familiar with CFX, Fluent, Field view, Matlab, Basic, Office (Word, Excel, Power point)