IN THE NAME OF GOD

Curriculum Vitae

 

Dr. Ahmad Rouhollahi

Associate Professor

 

 I.  Personal Information :
 Name: Ahmad Rouhollahi Date of Birth: 25th May, 1967
 Place of Birth: Abadan, Iran
 Marital Status: Married, 2 Children
 Address: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences, K. N. Toosi
 University of Technology, P. O. Box: 15875-4416, Tehran, Iran       
 Tel:  +98 21 2285 3308-9   
 Fax: +98 21 22853650
 E-Mail:  rouhollahi@kntu.ac.ir , arouhollahi@yahoo.com

II.  Educational Records :

Ph. D in Analytical Chemistry, Tehran University , Tehran, Iran (1997)
M.Sc  in Analytical Chemistry, Shiraz University, Tehran, Iran (1992)
B.Sc  in Chemistry, Esfahan University, Esfahan, Iran (1989)

 

III.  Academic Experiences :                                                                                         

Assistant Professor: K. N. Toosi University of  Technology (1998-2006) 
Associate Professor: K. N. Toosi University of  Technology (2006 )

 

IV.  Courses Taught :

 

  B.Sc :  Analytical Chemistry, Electroanalytical Chemistry, Instrumental Analysis,
 General Chemistry 

         M.Sc : Advanced Analytical Chemistry, Advanced Electroanalytical Chemistry,                                                                                                                  
          Modern  Methods of Instrumental Analysis, Analytical Atomic Spetroscopy         

  Ph.D : Modern Methods of Spetroschemical Analysis                     

 

V.   Memberships :    

    Iranian Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Society (Since 1999)

 

VI.  Research Interests :

    1.  Electrochemistry:

-  Fabrication & Preparation of Potentiometric and Amperometric Sensors
-  Preparation of  Novel Electrode Materials such as Carbon Film Electrodes  and Carbon Composites & Nanocomposites
-  Investigation of Eectrochemical Properties/ Electroanalytical Determination
of  Chemical & Pharmaceutical Compounds    
 -  Organic Electrosynthesis 

 2.  Separation/Determination of Environmentally Hazardous Metal Ions by:

-  Ion Transport through Liquid Membranes & Solid-Phase Extraction /Atomic  
   Spectroscopic & Electroanalytical Methods

    3.  Chemometrics:

-  Simultaneous Determination of Metal Ions and Pharmaceuticals
-  Thermodynamic and Kinetic Studies of Complexation Reactions

 

VII.  List of Publications :

Papers in International Journals

1.   Rouhollahi, M.K. Amini and M. Shamsipur, NMR Study of the Stoichiometry, Stability and Exchange Kinetics of Complexation Reaction Between Pb2+ Ion and 18-Crown-6 in Binary Acetonitrile-Water Mixtures, J. Solution Chem., 23, 63 (1994).

2.   A. Rouhollahi, M.K. Amini and M. Shamsipur, Differential Pulse Polarographic Study of Mercury Complexes with Some Crown Ethers in Nonaqueous Solvents, Talanta, 41, 1465 (1994).

3.   M.R. Ganjali, A. Rouhollahi, A. Moghimi and M. Shamsipur, Conductance Study of Alkali Metal Complexes with 4’-Carboxy-benzo-24-crown-8 and 4’-Amido-benzo-24-crown Nitromethane, Acetonitrile and Dimethylformamide Solutions, Polish J. Chem., 70, 1172 (1996).

4.   A. Rouhollahi, A. Kakanejadifard, S.M.F. Farnia and M. Shamsipur, Spectroscopic Study of the Complexation of Iodine with 2,4,6,8-Tetraphenyl-2,4,6,8-tetraazabicyclo [3.3.0] octane, Polish J. Chem., 71, 731 (1997).

5.   A. Rouhollahi, M.R. Ganjali, A. Moghimi and M. Shamsipur, Influence of Metal Ion Complexation on the Acid Dissociation of 4’-Carboxybenzo-24-crown-8 in an Ethanol-Water Mixture, Iran. J. Chem. & Chem. Eng., 16, 59 (1997).

6.  A. Rouhollahi, M.R. Ganjali and M. Shamsipur, Lead Ion-Selective Electrode Based on 5,5’-Dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid), Talanta, 46, 1341 (1998).

7.   M. R. Ganjali, A. Rouhollahi, A. R. Mardan and M. Shamsipur, A Thermodynamic Study of the Binding of Hexathia-18-crown-6-tetraone with Some Transition and Heavy Metal Ions in Dimethylsulfoxide Solution, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans., 94, 1959 (1998).

8.   M.R. Ganjali, A. Rouhollahi, A.R. Mardan, M. Hamzeloo, A. Moghimi and M. Shamsipur, Lead Ion-Selective Electrode Based on 4’-Vinylbenzo-15-crown-5 Homopolymer, Microchem. J., 60, 122 (1998).

9.   A. Rouhollahi, M.R. Ganjali, A. Moghimi, G.W. Buchanan and M. Shamsipur, Synthesis of 4’-Carboxy-benzo-30-crown-10 and the Thermodynamic Study of Its Complexes with Thallium and Alkali Cations in Acetonitrile Solution, J. Incl. Phenom, 33, 361 (1999).

10.   A. Rouhollahi and M. Shamsipur, Highly Selective Triiodide PVC Membrane Electrode Based on a Charge-Transfer Complex of Iodine with 2,4,6,8-Tetraphenyl-2,4,6,8-tetraazabicyclo[3.3.0]octane, Anal. Chem., 71, 1350 (1999).

11.  M. Shamsipur, M. R. Ganjali, A. Rouhollahi and A. Moghimi, Beryllium-Selective Membrane Sensor Based on 3,4-Di[2-(2-tetrahydro-2H-pyranoxy)]ethoxy Styrene-Styrene Copolymer, Anal. Chim. Acta, 434, 23 (2001).

12.  M. Shamsipur, M.R. Ganjali and A. Rouhollahi, Lead-Selective Membrane Potentiometric Sensor Based on an 18-Membered Thiacrown Derivative, Anal. Sci., 17, 935 (2001).

13.    A. Rouhollahi, F.M. Kiaie and J. Ghasemi, Multiwavelength spectrophotometric determination of protolytic constants of 4-(2-pyridylazo) resorcinol (PAR) in binary DMF–water mixtures, Talanta, 66, 653 (2005).

14.   A. Rouhollahi, F.M. Kiaie and J. Ghasemi, Multiwavelength spectrophotometric determination of protolytic constants of 4-(2-pyridylazo)resorcinol (PAR) in binary Dioxane –water mixtures, Polish J. Chem., 79, 1251 (2005).

15.   M. Hadi, A. Rouhollahi, M. Yousefi, F. Taidy and R. Malekfar, Electrochemical

Characterization of a Pyrolytic Carbon Film Electrode and the Effect of Anodization

Electroanalysis, 18, No. 8, 787 (2006).

 

16.   E.S. Jamasbi, A. Rouhollahi, S. Shahrokhian, S. Haghgoo and S. Aghajani, The electrocatalytic examination of cephalosporins at carbon paste electrode modified with CoSalophen, Talanta, 71, 1669 (2007).

 

17.   A. Rouhollahi, R. Rajabzadeh, and Jahanbakhsh Ghasemi, Simultaneous Determination of Dopamine and Ascorbic Acid by Linear Sweep Voltammetry Along with Chemometrics Using a Glassy Carbon Electrode,  Microchim Acta, 157, No. 3-4, 139 (2007).

18.   A. Rouhollahi, E. Zolfonoun and M. Salavati-Niasari, Effect of anionic surfactants on  transport of copper(II) through liquid membrane containing a new synthesis Schiff base, Separation and Purification Technology, 54, 28 (2007).

19.  M. Hadi, A. Rouhollahi, M. Yousefi, F. Taidy and R. Malekfar, Cyclic Voltammetric Studies of a Pyrolytic Carbon Film Electrode and the Effect of Laser Irradiation, Electroanalysis, 18,  No. 8, 787 (2006).

20. M. Yousefi; A. Rouhollahi; M. Hadi and F. Mohammadi, Electrochemical Performance of Pyrolytic Carbon Film with Anisotropic Microstructure, IEEE Review, 1 , 629 (2007).

21.   A. Rouhollahi, H. Tavakoli, Sh. Nayebi and J. Ghasemi, Mohammad Noroozi  and Majid Hashemi, Simultaneous Spectrophotometric Determination of Heavy Metal Ions Using Several Chemometrics Methods: Effect of Different Parameters of Savitzky-Golay and Direct Orthogonal Signal Correction Filters, Iran. J. Chem. & Chem. Eng., 26, No. 2, 41 (2007).

 

22.  A. Rouhollahi, H. Shafieyan and J. Ghasemi,  A QSPR study on the GC retention times of a series of fatty, dicarboxylic and amino acids by MLR and ANN, Annali di Chimica, 97, 925 (2007).

 

23.  A. Rouhollahi, E. Zolfonoun and A. Semnani, Solid-phase extraction and determination of ultra trace amounts of lead, mercury and cadmium in water samples using octadecyl silica membrane disks modified with 5,5'-dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoic acid) and atomic absorption spectrometry, International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 88, No. 5, 327 ) 2008).

 

24. M. Hadi, A. Rouhollahi, M. Yousefi, Pyrolytic carbon film deposit as an electrochemical interface, Carbon – Sci. Tech. 2 , 93 (2009).

 

25. A. Rouhollahi, J. B. Ghasemi, E. Babaee, Quantitative Structure Activity Relationship Modeling of Environmentally Important Diphenyl Ether Herbicides Using MLR and PLS, Cur. Anal. Chem. In Press.

 

26. A. Rouhollahi, S. Rayati, A. Taheri, A. Wojtczak and A. Kozakiewicz

Nickel(II) tetradentate Schiff base complexes derived from 2,2¢-dimethylpropandiamine: Synthesis, structure and electrochemical properties

Polyhedron, Submited.

 

 

 

Book

 

1.  High School Chemistry Book 3 (in Farsi)

 

VIII.  M.Sc Theses Supervised :

1.   Morteza Nourani, 2002, Modification of Zinc Electrode  in Zinc/Silver Oxide

      Rechargeable Batteries.

 

2.   Kasra Saeedfar, 2003, Fabrication & Preparation of an Ion Selective Electrode for     

      Cr(III) and Study of Effective Factors on Its Response.

 

3.   Es’hagh D. Zobeyri, 2004, The Investigation of Anodic Dissolution of Tin in  

      Chloride, Citrate and Orange Nectar Medias.

      

4.   Fatemeh M. Kiaie, 2004, Determination of Protolytic Constants of 4-(2-pyridylazo)    

      resorcinol (PAR) in Binary Dioxane –Water and DMF-Water Mixtures by Using

      Method of Factor Analysis & Investigation of Effects of Various Additives and

      Plasticizers on Potentiometric Behavior of a PVC-Membrane Containing Dimethyl Salophen.

 

5.   Hosein Tavakkoli, 2004, Fabrication and Preparation of a PVC-Membrane Ion Selective Electrode Based on an Ether Function Calix[4]aren Derivative & Simultaneous  Spectophotometric Determination of Some Heavy Metal Ions by Using Chemometrics Methods.

 

6.   Mojtaba Hadi, 2005, Fabrication & Preparation of a Thin Layer Pyrolytic Carbon Film by Chemical Vapor Deposition and Morphological & Eletrochemical Investigation of  It.

 

7.   Elahe S. Jamasbi, 2005, Investigation of Electrochemical Behaviors of Some Antibiotics on the Surface of Glassy Carbon and a Carbon Paste Electrode Modified with CoSalophen & Ultratrace Determination of Ceftazidim in Flow-Injection System  by Fast Stripping Continuous Cyclic Voltammetry (FSCCV).

 

8.   Saeedeh Salemi, 2005, Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Investigation of Oscillative Behavior of the Charge Transfer Complex Formation Reaction between DDQ and TTF.

 

      9.   Ehsan Zolfonoun, 2005, Solid Phase Extraction and Determination of Ultratrace

      Amounts of Lead, Mercury and Cadmium Using Octadecyl Membrane Discs  

      Modified with 5,5`-Dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoicacid) and Atomic Absorption

      Spectroscopy & Effect of Anionic Surfactants on  Transport of Copper(II) through

      Liquid Membrane Containing a New Synthesis Schiff base.

 

10. Rahmatollah Rajabzadeh, 2006, Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Glucose at Tin  

      Oxide Electrode in Soft Acidic Solution & Simultaneous Determination of  

      Dopamine  and Ascorbic Acid by Linear Sweep Voltammetry Along with

      Chemometrics Using a Glassy Carbon Electrode.

 

11.  Zahra Gheisari, 2006, Investigation of the Effects of Laser Output Paramrters on  

       the Reactivation of Glassy Carbon and Gold Working Electrodes in 

       Elecrochemical Measurements.

12. Hooshang Shafieyan Bidshahi, 2006, Electro-Oxidation and Determination of    Amoxicillin and Acetaminophen in Drugs by Copper Electrode & Quantitative Structure-Property Relationship of Some Fatty, Dicaboxylic and Amino Acids with Retention Times in Gas Chromatography by Genetic Algorithm Based Partial Least Squares-Partial Least Squares Regration.

13. Shila Hematyar, 2007, Electro-oxidation of Aspirin on Carbon Paste Electrode Modified with Cobalt[II] Salen & Electro-Oxidation And Determination of Mesalamine in Drug by Copper Electrode in Alkaline Solution.

14.  Hamed Roshanaei, 2007,  Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Glucose on Carbon Paste  Electrode Modified with 3,6-dihydroxypyridazinediol.

15. Nima Bararpour, 2007, Voltammetric Study of the Complexation of Ceftriaxon with Cadmium (II) Ion by Multivariate Curve Resolution- Alternating Least Squqres & Quantitative           Structure- Activity Relationship Study of Some Fragrance Allergens by Using  A Genetic Partial Least Squares Method (GPLS) and Multiple Linear Regression (MLR) and Partial Least Squares.                

16.  Sareh Zangooie, 2008, Preparation and Characterization of New Cross Linked Epoxy Modified Polyurethanes as Solid Polymer Electrolytes for Lithium Batteries.

 

17. Hamed Zeinali Tajani, 2008, Preparation of New Composite Electrodes Based  on

      Based on Graphite/ Polyurethanes and Investigation of The Properties of Modified  

      Electrodes with MWCNTs, Silver and Diamond Nano Particles.      

 

18. Hossein Khojasteh, 2008, Investigation of The Electrochemical Behavior of

      Caffeic Acid in The Presence of Dimedone & Electrooxidation of Acenaphten in

      Acetonitrile and using it in Electrosynthesis.

 

19. Tayebeh Mirzaei Garakani, 2008, Investigation and Study of  Production of

      Polymeric Bipolar Plates Modified with Nano Particles for Fuel Cells.

 

20. Banafsheh Rafiee, 2008, Investigation of Methanol Electrooxidation at Glassy

      Carbon Modified with Ni(II) Salen, Carbon Nanotubes and Its Application in Fuel

      Cell.

 

21. S. Mojtaba Mostafavi, Eletroanalytical  Investigation of  Some Organosulphor

      Compounds at Modified Electrodes.

 

22. Farshid Pashaee , 2009, Application of Silica/Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposite as

      an Adsorbent in Gas Separation.

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                      

IX.  Current Graduate Students :

PhD Students

 

1.  Mojtaba Hadi, Preparation of Two-Dimensional Nanostructure Carbon Thin Layers by Chemical Vapor Deposition, Morphological & Electrochemical Investigation of Them and Their Application in Electroanalysis of Pharmaceutical and Biological Compounds.

2.    Roohangiz Zandi

3.    Hamid Shirkhanloo

M.Sc Students

Zinat Asghari, Faranak Bishehsari, Rezvaneh Reisi, Ramin Amini, Khalil Abbasi.   

X. List of Papers Presented in National and International Congresses and  Seminars :                                                          

1.    M. Shamsipur, M.K. Amini and A. Rouhollahi, Proton NMR Study of the Stoichiometry, Stability and Exchange Kinetics of the Pb2+-18-Crown-6 complex in Binary Water-Acetonitrile Mixtures, First International and 8th National Iranian  Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Congress, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Sept. 1-3, 1993, Paper Abstracts, p. 44.

2.    M. Shamsipur and A. Rouhollahi, Anodic Polarographic Study of the Hg2+ Complexes with Crown Ethers and Some Thioamide Derivatives in Different Solvents, ibid, p. 168.

3.    M. Shamsipur, A. Rouhollahi and M.K. Amini, Anodic Polarographic Study of Mercury(II) Complexes with Crown Ethers and Some Thioamide Derivatives in Various Solvents, 9th Iranian Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Congress, Assr Enghelab Research Complex, Tehran, Iran, Sept. 6-8, 1994, Paper Abstracts, p. 16.

4.    A. Rouhollahi, M.R. Ganjali and M. Shamsipur, Lead (II) Ion-Selective Elecyrode Based on 5,5’-Dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid), Second Biennial Seminar of Electrochemistry of Iran, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran, June 17-18, 1997, Paper Abstracts, p. 111.

5.    A. Rouhollahi, M.R. Ganjali, A.R. Mardan and M. Shamsipur, Conductance Study of the Thermodynamics of Interaction of Some Metal Ions with Hexathia-18-crown-6-tetraone in Dimethylsulfoxide, ibid, p. 106.

6.    A. Rouhollahi, A. Kakanejadifard, S.M.F. Farnia, and M. Shamsipur, Triiodide Ion-Selective Electrode Based on a Complex Between Iodine and 2,4,6,8-Tetraphenyl-2,4,6,8-tetraazabicyclo [3,3,0] octane, ibid, p. 81.

7.    A.R. Mardan, A. Rouhollahi, M.R. Ganjali and M. Shamsipur, Lead Ion-Selective Electrode Based on 4’-Vinylbenzo-15-crown-5 Homopolymer, 8th Iranian Seminar of Analytical Chemistry, Shahid Chamran University, Ahwaz, Iran, Febreuary 4-6, 1998, ibid, p. 82.

8.  A. Rouhollahi, M. Nourani, The Effect of Surfactants on Electrochemical Behavior of Zinc Electrode and Performance of Zinc/Silver Oxide Seondary Batteries, The 4th Biennial Seminar of Electrochemistry of Iran, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, June 13-14, 2001, Paper Abstracts, p. 117.

9.  N. Pouryazdanpanah-Kermani and A. Rouhollahi,  Spectrscopic Study of  the Complexation of 2,3-Dichloro-5,6-dicyano p-benzoquinone with Dimethyl benzotetrathiafulvalene, 12th Iranian Seminar of Analytical Chemistry, Mazandaran University, Mazandaran, Iran, Jan.  28-30, 2003, Paper Abstracts, p. 201.

10  E.D. Zobeyri, A. Rouhollahi and Heli, A Study of Anodic Dissolution of Tin in Chloride Media,  14th Iran’s Chemistry & Chemical Engineering Congress, Tarbiat Moallem University, Tehran, Iran,  Febreuary 17-19, 2004, Paper Abstracts, p. 93.

11.  F.M. Kiaie, A. Rouhollahi and J. Ghasemi, Determination of Protolytic Constants of 4-(2-pyridylazo)resorcinol (PAR) in Binary Dioxane –Water Mixtures, ibid, p. 100.

12.  H. Tavakkoli, A. Rouhollahi and J. Ghasemi, Orthogonal Signal Correction and β-Correction as Preprocessing Methods for Iterative Target Transformation Factor Analysis for Determination of heavy Metal Ions, ibid, p. 145.

13.  H. Tavakkoli and A. Rouhollahi, Study of Plastisicizers and Anionic Additive Effects on Potentiometric Response of Liquid PVC Membrane Based on an Ether Function Calix[4]aren Derivative, 13th Iran’s Seminar  of Analytical Chemistry, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran, May 18-20, 2004, Paper Abstracts, p. 201.

14.  F.M. Kiaie, J. Ghasemi and A. Rouhollahi, Determination of Protolytic Constants of 4-(2-pyridylazo)resorcinol (PAR) in Binary DMF–Water Mixtures, ibid, p. 471.

15.  J. Ghasemi, H. Tavakkoli and A. Rouhollahi, Orthogonal Signal Correction as Preprocessing Methods for Partial Least Square of Specrophotometric Data for Determination of Heavy Metals, ibid, p. 472.

16.    A. Rouhollahi, H. Tavakkoli and J. Ghasemi, Orthogonal Signal Correction as Preprocessing Methods for Partial Least Square by Specrophotometry for Determination of Divalent Ion of Heavy Metals, 9 th Seminar of Chemometrics in Analytical Chemistry, Thechnical University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal, Sept. 20-23, 2004, Paper Abstracts, p. 191.

17.  A. Rouhollahi, S. Salemi and F. Darvish, The Study of  a Charge Transfer Complex Formation Oscillating Reaction between DDQ and TTF, 14th Iran’s Seminar of Analytical Chemistry, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran, Aug. 29-31, 2005, Paper Abstracts, p. 132.

18.  E. Jamasbi, P. Norouzi, M.R. Ganjali and A. Rouhollahi, Ultratrace Determination of Ceftazidim in Flow-Injection System by Fast Stripping Continuous Cyclic Voltammetry (FSCCV),  ibid, p. 246.

19.   K. Saeedfar and A. Rouhollahi, Making an Ion Selective Electrode for Cr(III) and Study of Effective Factors on Its Response, ibid, p. 248.

20.  A. Rouhollahi and E. Zolfonoun, Solid Phase Extraction and Determination of Ultratrace Amounts of Lead, Mercury and Cadmium Using Octadecyl Membrane Discs Modified with 5,5`-Dithiobis(2-nitrobenzoicacid) and Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy,  ibid, p. 416.

21.     A. Rouhollahi, M. Hadi, M. Yousefi, F. Taidy and R. Malekfar, Enhanced Signal-to-Background Ratio of a Pyrolytic Carbon Film as an Electrochemical Interface, The 6th Biennial Electrochemistry  Seminar of Iran, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran, Sept. 7- 9, 2005, Paper Abstracts, p. 78.

22.     A. Rouhollahi and R. Rajabzadeh, Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Glucose at Tin Oxide Electrode in Soft Acidic Solution, ibid, p. 79.

23.     E.S. Jamasbi, A. Rouhollahi and S. Shahrokhian, The Electrocatalytic Examination of Cefazoline at a Carbon Paste Electrode Modified with Cobalt Salophen,   ibid, p. 80.

24.    A. Rouhollahi, M. Hadi, M. Yousefi, F. Taidy and R. Malekfar, Enhanced Signal-to-Background Ratio of a Highly Ordered Pyrolytic Carbon Film as an Electrochemical Interface, International Conference of Analytical Chemistry and Chemical Analysis, Kyiv Taras Shevchenko, Kyiv, Ukraine, Sept. 12-18, 2005, Paper Abstracts, p. 145. 

25.    Z. Gheisari, A. Rouhollahi, S. Jelvani,  V. Vatani, S. Abolhoseini, M. Rabbani,  M. Hadi, The investigation of the effects of laser output parameters on the reactivation  of glassy carbon and gold working electrodes in electrochemical measurement,  15th  Iranian Seminar of Analytical Chemistry, Shiraz University, Shiraz – Iran, Feb. 27- March  2007, Paper Abstracts, p. 30.

26.    H. Roshanaei, H. Shafieyan and A. Rouhollahi, Electrocatalytic Oxidation and Determination of Glucose at Carbon Paste Bulk Electrode Modified with 3,6-Dihydroxy Pyridazinediol as Electrocatalyst, ibid, p. 33.

27.    H. Shafieyan. A. Rouhollahi, Investigation of Electro-oxidation and Determination of Amoxicillin in Drugs by Copper Electrode, ibid, p. 69.

28.    S. Hemmatyar, H. Shafieyan, A. Rouhollahi, Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Aspirin at a Carbon Paste Electrode Modified with Cobalt Salophen, ibid, p. 166.