(*Previous Name: Shadpour E. Mallakpour)

                  
DATES & PLACE OF BIRTH: June, 4, 1953, Rasht, Gilan, I.R.Iran
CITIZENSHIP: I. R. Iran
POSITION: 2003-2004 Visiting Professor, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA. 1994-1995 Visiting Professor, University of Mainz, Germany. August 1986- October 1993 Assistant Professor (IUT). October 1993- December 1998 Associate Professor (IUT). December 1998 full professor (IUT).
MARITAL STATUS: Married, Three children
PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE: Research in Organic Polymer Chemistry as a Visiting Scientist.
EDUCATION: 1984-1986 Postdoctoral Associate
ADVISOR: Professor George B. Butler
RESEARCH TITLE: Polymerization Via Electrophilic Aromatic Substitution.
1979-1984: Ph.D in Organic Polymer Chemistry, Center for Macromolecular Science and Engineering and Department of Chemistry, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 32611, U.S.A. with GPA 3.73/4.00.
DISSERTATION TITLE: Synthesis of Alternating Copolymers and optically Active Polymers Via Diels-Alder and Ene Reactions Using N-Substituted Triazolinediones.
ADVISOR: Professor George B. Butler
1976-1978: M.S, Organic Polymer Chemistry, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, Michigan, 48197, U.S.A. with GPA 3.82/4.00
THESIS TITLE: Reaction Intermediates: The Generation and Trapping of 3,4,3',4'-Tetradehydrobiphenyl (Bisbenzyne) from 3,3'-Dicarboxybenzidine.
ADVISOR: Professor Jerry R. Williamson
UNDERGRADUATE: 1971-1975 B.S, Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, I.R.Iran.