Majid Momhed-Heravi

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Majid Momhed-Heravi
مجید ممهد هروی
Born1952 (age 7172)
NationalityIranian
Scientific career
Fields Chemistry
Institutions Alzahra University

Majid Momhed-Heravi (born 1952) is an Iranian chemist and Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at Alzahra University. [1] [2]

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Life

Majid M. Heravi was born in 1952 in Mashhad, Iran. He received his B.Sc. degree from the National University of Iran in 1975 and his M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the Salford University in 1977 and 1980. He completed his doctoral thesis under the supervision of Jim Clarck. He started his career as a research fellow in Daroupakhsh (a pharmaceutical company) in 1981 Tehran, joined as an assistant professor at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad in 1983, and was promoted to associate professor in 1993, and became a full professor in 1997. In 1999, he moved to Alzahra University as a professor of chemistry, where he is still working. He has previously been a visiting professor at UC Riverside and Hamburg University. His research interests focus on Heterocyclic Chemistry, Catalysis, Organic Methodology and Green Synthetic Organic Chemistry. [3]

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References

  1. "Dr. Momhed Heravi elected as distinguished professor of Al-Zahra University". Alzahra University (in Persian).
  2. "An Interview with Heravi". www.sahand-chem.com.
  3. "Majid Momhed-Heravi". ORCID.Creative Commons zero small.svg This article incorporates text available under the CC0 license.