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Barahman Movassagh Professor of Organic Chemistry Department of Organic Chemistry K. N. Toosi University of Technology P.O. Box: 16315-1618 Tehran, Iran
Education : 1) B. Sc. in Chemistry (1980), Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran. 2)Ph. D. in Organic Chemistry (1983), University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England; working with Prof. William Brian Jennings; title of Ph.D. thesis: An NMR investigation of the structure and dynamic process of some organo-nitrogen compounds.
Experience : 1) Honorary Research Fellow ( 20-2-84 to 31-5-84 ), University of Birmingham, England. 2) Postdoctoral Research Associate (1988-90), University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas , U.S.A. 3) Assistant Prof. of Org. Chem. (1984-88, and 1990-99), Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran; Associate Prof. of Org. Chem. (1999- Feb. 2001) , Razi University. 4) Teaching different B.Sc. and M.Sc. courses in chemistry, including: Org. Chem. 1, 2 & 3; Phy. Org. Chem.; Org. Spectroscopy; Photochem.; Adv. Org. Chem.; Heterocyclic Chem.; Adv. Spec.; Org. Synthesis. 5) Graduating 37 M.Sc. graduate students since 1997 and 2 Ph. D. students; currently having 2 M.Sc. and 5 Ph.D. students. 6) Finished 5 applied and industrial projects: a) Grinding aids in cements and their role in reduction of energy consumption of iranian cement factories; b) Extraction of lanolin from wool grease; c) Economic bleaching of persian sheep wool; d) Production of several types of black toners in pilot scale (a national project supported by the government); e) Production of Amantadine drug on pilot scale (supported by ministry of industries & Mining) 7) a) Written two textbooks in Persian: " Spectroscopy : FT-NMR , ESR, and Raman " & " Physical Organic Chemistry" ; b)Translating 4 chemistry textbooks from English into Persian ("Introduction to Spectroscopy" 1st. & 2nd. Edition, By: Pavia, Lampman & Kriz; "Organic Synthesis", By: S. Warren; "Organic Experiments", By: Fieser). c) Written a Chapter (Chapter 3) titled: "Nucleophilic Selenium: Nucleophilic Substitution" , in an E-book titled: "Organoselenium Chemistry: Between Synthesis and Biochemistry",Editor: Claudio Santi, Ch. 2 pp 61-93 (2014) by Bentham Science Publishing Co.
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