Supervised student (Main supervisor):
Current PhD Students (Tarbiat Modares University)
- Leila Ekhlasi: Preparingand writinga research proposal(from October 2012)
- Nushin Birjandi:Preparingand writinga research proposal(from October 2012)
- Zahra Ghasemi:thesis title: Synthesis of nanoporous TiO2-Fe-ZSM-5 for photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants from petroleum refinery wastewater (2012-now)
- Aghdas Heidari, thesis title: Characterization of the CO2 adsorption capacity of activated carbon prepared from waste tire by CVD method (2009-now)
Past PhD Students (Tarbiat Modares University)
- Dr. Malihe Amini, thesis title:Simultaneous high rate removal of carbon,nitrogen and phosphorous from dairy wastewater in aerobic-anoxic sludge blanket (UAASB) bioreactor (completed in 2012)
- Dr. Farshid Ghorbani, thesis title:Utilization of Carex riparia ash as silica source for the synthesis of functionalized mesoporous silicas MCM-41and its application foradsorption of Cr(VI) and Cd(II) from aqueou solutions in batch and continuous system(Completed in 2012)
- Dr. Afsaneh Shahbazi, thesis title:Adsorption of heavy metal ions (lead, copper and cadmium) from aqueous solution using functionalized SBA-15 nanoporous silica materials (completed in 2011)
Current MSc students (Tarbiat Modares University)
- Masoud Hatami: Preparingand writinga research proposal (from November 2012)
- Zeinab Shekari: Preparingand writinga research proposal (from November 2012)
- Fatemet Kazemi: Preparingand writinga research proposal (from November 2012)
- Zohreh Aliakbari: Preparingand writinga research proposal (from November 2012)
Past MSc students (Tarbiat Modares University)
- Hasan Yousefi, thesis title: Effect of maltose in brewery mill wastewater as carbon source on production of polyhydroxyalkanoate biopolymer using Cupriavidus necator (completed in 2011)
- Samira Sobhani, thesis title: Production of poly(3-hydroxybutyrate and poly(3-hydroxyvalerate) from rice mill wastewater by Azohydromonas lata(completed in 2012)
- Maryam Kharazi, thesis title:Vermicomposting of corn residues for enriching nitrogen and phosphorus with microbial inoculants(completed in 2011)
- Ali Kazemi, thesis title:Determination and characterization of Bisphenol A and Nonylphenol from Landfill leachates (completed in 2011)
- Mehdi Ebrahimi, thesis title: Removal of nitrate ions from aqueous solution using functionalized MCM-41 mesoporous silica materials (completed in 2010)
- Hadi Vatandoust, thesis title: Removal of Cd(II) and Pb(II) from aqueous solution by functionalized aminated MCM-48 Nanoporous adsorbent (completed in 2010)
- Leila Ekhlasi, thesis title: Synthesis and application of carboxylated chitosan grafted maleic acid nanoparticles for removal of cadmium and lead ions from aqueous solutions(completed in 2010)
- Javad Yousefi, thesis title: Co-composting of municipal waste and sawdust: optimization of C/N ratio(completed in 2009)
- Nushin Birjandi, thesis title: Optimization of treatment efficiencyof paper-recycling wastewater in coagulation flocculation processesusing response surface methodology(completed in 2009)
- Aghdas Heidari, thesis title: Preparation and identification of inorganic-organic hybrid adsorbentofchitosan and MCM-41 nanoparticles for removal of heavy metal from aqueous solution (completed in 2008)
- Zahra Hajahmadi, thesis title: Removal of mixed heavy metal ions fromaqueous solution using Aspergillus niger fungus biomass(completed in 2008)
- Mojtaba Hadavifar, thesis title: Vinasse treatment throughpacked-bed activated carbon columncombined with ozone (completed in 2008)
- Zahra Ghasemi, thesis title: Synthesis of various type of nanozeolite from rice husk ash (completed in 2008)
- Mahedeh Galedar, thsis title:Biosorption of Co(II), Cd(II)and Ni(II) from aqueous solution byimmobilized Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Batch and columnstudy (completed in 2008)
- Mohammad Freidoni, thesis title: Polyhydroxybutyrate production by Cupriavidus necator from sugars, 1,4-dibutanediol and acetateas carbon sources(completed in 2008)
- Ali Daneshi, thesis title:Production of polyhydroxyalkanoate from corn syrup by Cupriavidus necatorusing response surface methodology (completed in 2007)
- Farshid Ghorbani, thesis title:Productionof ethanol biofuel from inexpensive agro-based feedstock by Saccharomyces cerevisiae (completed in 2007)
- Malihe Amini, thesis title:Application of response surface method in a biological adsorption system of heavy metal removal from aqueous solution (completed in 2007)
Supervised student (Co-supervisor):
PhD students:
- AliMohammad Sanati, thesis title: Synthesisof functionalized mesoporous silicas FSM for adsorption of heavy metal ions from aqueous solutions in batch and continuous system(Tarbiat Modares University, 2008-now)
- Motaba Hadavifar, thesis title: Adsorption of Hg(II) and Cd(II) from aqueous solution by using functionalized carbon nanotube (Tarbiat Modares University, 2010-now)
- Dr. Farzas Karbasi, thesis title: Investigation of Poly-β-hydroxybutyrateproduction by Azohydromonas lata: Kinetics and artificial neural network modeling (Islamic Azad University, completed in 2012)
- Dr. Mehri Esfahanian, thesis title:Ethanol production enhancement in a continuous membrane bioreactor fermentation: pervaporation technique(Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, completed in 2012)
- Dr. Maedeh Mohammadi, thesis title:Production of ethanol and acetate from synthesis gas using Clostridium ljungdahlii (Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, completed in 2011)
- Dr. Ghasem Zolfaghari, thesis title:Fabrication and optimization of lab scale microbial fuel cell (Tarbiat modares University, completed in 2011)
- Dr. Mostafa Rahimnezhed, thesis title:Novel synthesis of monolayers pf nano b-cyclodextrine on carbon nanoporous supports (MNCNS) and its applications in removal of oil environmental pollution (Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, completed in 2010)
MSc students:
- Popak Pakpour, thesis title:Isolation of photosynthesis bacteria for hydrogen production from synthesis gas (2011-now)
- Mostafa Ghasemi, thesis title: Ethanol production from cheese whey in an immobilized Saccharomyces cerevisiaecell column (Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, completed in 2007)
- Safarbibi Kam, thesis title:Production of single cell protein in stickwater by Lactobacillus acidophilus, Saccharomyces cerevisiaeand Aspergillus niger(Tarbiat Modares University, completed in 2007)
- Ghazal Monzavi, thesis title:Impact assessment of alternative landfill sites with improved rapid impact assessment matrix method (RIAM) in Zanjan, Iran (Tarbiat Modares University, completed in 2007)
- Mahla Bagheri, thesis title:Removal of Cr(VI) ions from aqueous solution by functionalized nanochitosan (Islamic Azad University, completed in 2011)
- Hosein Khakpour, thesis title:Removal of selenium from aqueous solution using dried biomass of Saccharomyces cerevisiae(Islamic Azad University, completed in 2011)
- Marjan Khorami, thesis title:Production of chitin and chitosan from shrimp shell in batch culture of Lactobacillus plantarum (Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, completed in 2010)
- Hamideh Radnia, thesis title:Adsorption of Fe(II) from aqueous solution by chitosan in batch and column systems ((Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, completed in 2010)
- Maryam Hoseinpor, thesis title: Lipase production in solid state fermentation using Aspergillus niger: response surface methodology (Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, completed in 2010)
