Seyyed Morteza Zamir
Assistant Professor
Speciality: Bioprocess Engineering
  • BS/BA: Chemical Engineering
  • MS: Chemical Engineering
  • PhD: Chemical Engineering
  • Phone: 82884968
  • Fax: 82884931
  • Email: Zamir@modares.ac.ir
    • Address: School of Chemical Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University
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Seyed Morteza Zamir

 

Assistant professor in Bioprocess Engineering, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

 

E-mail: zamir@modares.ac.ir

             morteza.zamir@gmail.com

 

Tel: (+98)21-82884968

Fax: (+98)21-82884931

 

Educational background

 

PhD: Chemical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran, 2007 -2011.

 

Msc: Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran, 2005-2007.

 

Bsc: Chemical Engineering, Process Design, Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2000-2005.  

 

Research Interests

-          Environmental Biotechnology

-          Multi-phase Bioreactors

-          Bioreactors and Bioprocess Modeling and Design

-          Waste-gas Biotreatment

-          Biodegradation of hazardous compounds

 

 

Journal publications

 

 

1.       Alinejad A., Zamir S.M. and Shojaosadati S.A. (2017), Different strategies for transient-state operation of a biotrickling filter treating toluene vapor, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 101, 3451-3462.

2.       Tang J., Zhu N., Zhu Y., Zamir S.M. and Wu Y. (2017), Sustainable pollutant removal by periphytic biofilm via microbial composition shifts induced by uneven distribution of CeO2 nanoparticles, Bioresource Technology, in press

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2017.07.064

3.       Eshraghi M., Parnian P., Zamir S.M. and Halladj R. (2017), Biofiltration of n-butanol vapor at different operating temperatures: Experimental study and mathematical modeling, International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation. 119, 361-367.

4.        Heidari H., Sedighi M., Zamir S.M. and Shojaosadati S.A. (2017), Bisphenol A degradation by Ralstonia eutropha in the absence and presence of phenol, International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 119, 37-42.

5.       Parnian P.,Zamir S.M., and Shojaosadati S.A. (2017), Effect of operating temperature on styrene mass transfer characteristics in a biotrickling filter, Environmental Technology, 38, 1324-1332.

6.       Parnian P.,Zamir S.M., and Shojaosadati S.A. (2016), Styrene vapor mass transfer in a biotrickling filter: Effects of silicone oil volume fraction, gas-to-liquid flow ratio, and operating temperature, Chemical Engineering Journal, 284, 926-933.

7.       Sedighi M., Zamir S.M., and Vahabzadeh F. (2016), Cometabolic degradation of ethyl mercaptan by phenol-utilizing Ralstonia eutropha in suspended growth and gas-recycling trickle-bed reactor, Journal of Environmental Management, 165, 53-61. 

8.       Feizi F., Nasernejad B., and Zamir S.M.(2016), Effect of operating temperature on transient behavior of a biofilter treating waste-air containing n-butanol vapor during intermittent loading, Environmental Technology, 37, 1179-1187.

9.       Zamir S.M., Babatabar B. and Shojaosadati S.A. (2015), Styrene vapor biodegradation in single- and two-liquid phase biotrickling filters using Ralstonia eutropha, Chemical Engineering Journal, 268, 21-27.

10.   Iranmanesh E., Halladj R. and Zamir S.M. (2015), Mickrokinetic analysis of n-hexane biodegradation by an isolated fungal consortium from a biofilter: Influence of temperature and toluene presence, Clean-Soil, Air, Water, 43, 104-111.

11.   Maleki M., Motamedi M., Sedighi M., Zamir S.M. and Vahabzadeh F. (2014), Experimental study and kinetic modeling of cometabolic degradation of phenol and p-nitrophenol by loofa-immobilized Ralstonia eutropha, Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering, 20, 124-130.

12.   Sedighi M., Vahabzadeh F., Zamir S.M. and Naderifar A. (2013), Ethanethiol degradation by Ralstonia eutropha, Biotechnology and Bioprocess Engineering, 18, 827-833.

13.   Salehahmadi R., Halladj R. and Zamir S.M. (2012), Unsteady-state mathematical modeling of a fungal biofilter treating hexane vapor at different operating temperatures, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 51,  2388-2396.

14.   Zamir S.M., Halladj R., Sadraei S.M. and Nasernejad B. (2012),Biofiltration of gaseous hexane-toluene mixture under intermittent loading condition,Process Safety and Environmental Protection,90, 326-332.

15.   Zamir S.M., Halladj R., Saber M., Ferdowsi M. and Nasernejad B. (2011), Biofiltration of hexane vapor: Experimental and neural model analysis, Clean-Soil, Air, Water, 39, 813-819.

16.   Zamir S.M., Halladj R. and Nasernejad B. (2011), Removal of toluene vapors using a fungal biofilter under intermittent loading, Process Safety and Environmental Protection, 89, 8-14.

17.   Zamir S.M., Halladj R., Ferdowsi M. (2010), Influence of intermittent loading on the removal of high concentrations of VOCs in a biofilter, International Review of Chemical Engineering, 2, 146-150.

18.   Moghbeli M.R., Zamir S.M. and Molaee B.(2008), Resultant synergism in the shear resistance of acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesives prepared by emulsion polymerization of n-butyl acrylate/ 2-ethyl hexyl acrylate/ acrylic acid, Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 108, 606-613.

Book Chapters

[1] Nasirpour N.,Zamir S.M. and Shojaosadati S.A. (2017), Immobilization techniques for microbial bioremediation of toxic metals, In: “Handbook of Metal-Microbe Interactions and Bioremediation”, Edited by Surajit Das and Hirak Ranjan Dash, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, CRC Press 2017, Print ISBN: 978-1-4987-6242-7, eBook ISBN: 978-1-4987-6243-4.

[2]Zamir S.M.,Tavassoli T., and Shojaosadati S.A. (2016), Protocol for isolation, screening and cultivation of asphaltenes-degrading microorganism, In: “Hydrocarbon and Lipid Microbiology Protocols (Isolation and Cultivation)”, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, Germany, ISBN 978-3-662-45179-3.

 

[3] Lopez M.E, Montes M., Nalakath Abubackar H., Zamir S.M.and Rene E.R. (2012) Performance of biological waste gas treatment systems for benzene and other VOCs removal from polluted air, In: Benzene and Its Derivatives: New Uses and Impacts on Environment and Human Health,Nova Science Publishers Inc., Hauppauge, NY, USA, ISBN 978-1-69100-108-9

                                                                                                                   

Some international conference papers

 

[1] A. Yousefinejad, S.M. Zamir, S. Keramati, Biodegradation of toluene vapor by fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium in a biotrickling filter, 7th Biotechniques for air pollution control and bioenergy, La Coruna, Spain, 19-21 July 2017.

 

[2] S.M. Zamir, E.R. Rene, M.C. Veiga, C. Kennes, Effect of silicone oil addition on the removal of a mixture of methanol, α-pinene and hydrogen sulphide in a biotrickling filter, 6th Biotechniques for air pollution control and bioenergy, Ghent, Belgium, 2015

 

[3] S. M. Zamir, R. Halladj, B. Nasernejad, Study of a fungal biofilter treating toluene vapors during intermittent loading, 5th Iran International Chemical Engineering Congress, Kish Island, 3-5 January 2008.

 

[4]S. M. Zamir, R. Halladj, M. Ferdowsi, B. Nasernejad, Influence of transient loading on the removal of high concentrations of VOCs in a biological air filter, presented in the 6th Iran International Chemical Engineering Congress, Kish Island, 16-20 November 2009.

 

[5] S. M. Zamir, R. Halladj, M. Ferdowsi, Biofiltration of hexane vapor under intermittent loading: effect of operating temperature and kinetic analysis,7th Iran International Chemical Engineering Congress, Kish Island, 21-24 November 2011. 

 

[6] R. Salehahmadi, R. Halladj, S. M. Zamir, Mathematical Model Development For Biofiltration of Hexane at different working temperatures, 7th Iran International Chemical Engineering Congress, Kish Island, 21-24 November 2011. 

 

[7] E. Iranmanesh, R. Halladj, S. M. Zamir, Kinetic study of n-hexane biodegradation by an isolated fungal consortium from a biofilter, 7th Iran International Chemical Engineering Congress, Kish Island, 21-24 November 2011. 

 

 

Research grants

 

  1. Post doc research fellowship, “Application of two-phase partitioning bioreactors for the removal of VOCs from waste gas”, Tarbiat Modares University and Iran National Science Foundation, Grant No. 91060683, 2012-2014.
  2. “Determination of empty capacities for the national production of fermented products”, Iran Vice Presidency for Science and Technology, started from 2017.

 

Courses taught

 

  1. Transport Phenomena in Biological Systems
  2. Kinetics and Design of Bioreactors
  3. Environmental Biotechnology
  4. Numerical Analysis
  5. Separation and Purification of Bioproducts

 

Industrial experiences

 

-         Process engineer in different basic design projects in Research Institute for Petroleum Industry, 2008-2010

 

Advanced training programs

- Research vacancy (Sabbatical leave) in University of La Coruna (UDC), Supervisor: Prof. Christian Kennes, A Coruna, Spain, October 2011-April 2012.

- Taking part in “Advanced separation technologies”, Berlin University of Technology, Summer school, Berlin, Germany, August 2007.