First Name:
SaeedSurname:
BalalaieDate of Birth:
Sep 26th 1965Place of birth:
IranNationality:
IranianMarital Status:
MarriedPh.D. 1992-1997, Sharif University of Technology (IRAN) Faculty of Chemistry,
6 months research in Justus Liebig Universität (Prof. J. Ipaktschi, Giessen-Germany)
Dissertation: Photoxygenation of Organic Compounds by Singlet Oxygen
Supervisor: Prof. M. M. Hashemi
MSc. 1989-1991, Shahid Beheshti University (National University of Iran) (IRAN),
Department of Chemistry
Thesis: Extraction and Structure Elucidation of Guainolide in Centaurea Xanthocephala
Supervisor: Prof. A. Rustaiyan
B.Sc. 1984-1989 University of Tehran (IRAN), Faculty of Science, Chemistry Department
Alexander von Humboldt Research fellowship Oct. 2001-Jan. 2003 Reference: Prof. Dr. R. Gleiter, Organisch Chemisches Institut der Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Alexander von Humboldt Research fellowship July 2004-Sep. 2004 Reference: Prof. Dr. R. Gleiter, Organisch Chemisches Institut der Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany (Equipment and Book Donation from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation)
Distinguished researcher in K. N. Toosi University of Technology 2006
Alexander von Humboldt Research fellowship July 2007-Sep. 2007 Reference: Prof. Dr. R. Gleiter, Organisch Chemisches Institut der Universitaet Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Distinguished researcher in K. N. Toosi University of Technology 2011
Alexander von Humboldt Research fellowship July 2011- Sep. 2011 Reference: Prof. Dr. R. Gleiter, Organisch Chemisches Institut der Universitaet Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 270, D-69120 Heidelberg, Germany
Distinguished Organic Chemistry Professor in Iran selected by Iranian Chemical Society (2013)
Alexander von Humboldt Research fellowship 2014 Reference: Prof. Dr. T. J. J. Mueller, Organisch Chemisches Institut der HeinrichHeine Universitaet Duesseldorf, Germany
Ambassador Scientist Alexander von Humboldt foundation in Iran from January 2015-2017
Distinguished researcher in K. N. Toosi University of Technology 2016
Alexander von Humboldt Research fellowship July-September 2017, Reference Prof. Dr. Bernhard Breit, Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Freiburg
Ambassador Scientist Alexander von Humboldt foundation in Iran from January 2018-2020
Selected researcher by Iran’s National Elites Foundation 2018 and 2019
Research Group Linkage Program Award supported by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, collaboration with Prof. B. Breit, University of Freiburg (2018-2020), Germany
Initiation International collaboration project supported by DFG with Prof. Gebhard Haberhauer (2019-2020) University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany
Distinguished researcher in K. N. Toosi University of Technology 2019
Selected researcher by Ministry of Science, Research and Technology 2019
Selected as first laureate applied research in 33rd Khwarizmi International Award February 2020
Saeed Balalaie is Professor of organic chemistry at K. N. Toosi University of Technology. He studied chemistry in Tehran University, Shahid Beheshti and Sharif University of Technology for his BSc, MSc. and his PhD. His doctoral dissertation was about Photooxygenation of organic compounds and diasteroselectivity of nucleophilic addition reaction to glyceraldehyde acetonide in litium perchlorate under supervision of Prof. M. M. Hashemi and Prof. J. Ipaktschi on Dec. 1996. From 2001-2003 he received Alexander von Humboldt research fellowship and he carried out research work in University of Heidelberg with Prof. Rolf Gleiter. He received more than 6 times short research stay award from Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. He started his work in K. N. Toosi University of Technology on Feb. 1997 as assistant professor and qualified on 2003 and 2007 as associate and full professor.
Prof. Balalaie is interested in the synthesis of heterocycles through a) Sequential and domino reactions b) Designing of novel multicomponent reactions and post-transformation and also peptide chemistry especially active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) of peptides and biologically active peptides.
