Curriculum Vitae
Personal Information:
Name: Soheila Ghasemi
Place and Date of Birth: Shiraz, Iran, Oct/30/1980
Marital status: Married, One children
Academic Address: Chemistry Department, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
Personal Address: No 72-310, Sarvenaz complex, Golzar Street, Golestan town, Shiraz, Iran.
Phone number: (home) + 98-711-6203988, (office) + 98-711-6137140, (mobile) +98-917-308-4907
Email: ghasemis@shirazu.ac.ir
Education:
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Ph.D, In Polymer-Organic Chemistry, Shiraz University, Iran 2006-2010.
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M.Sc. In Polymer-Organic Chemistry, Shiraz University, Iran 2003-2006.
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B.Sc. In Pure Chemistry, Shiraz University, Iran 1999-2003.
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Diploma, Natural Science, Alzahra, Shiraz, Iran, 1995-1999.
Courses passed during M.Sc program:
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Advanced Organic Chemistry
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Advanced Analytical Chemistry
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Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
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Synthesis in Organic Chemistry
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Advanced Physical Chemistry in Organic Chemistry
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Functional Polymer
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Special Topics in Organic Reaction
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Courses passed during ph.D program:
1. Advanced Organic Chemistry (for Ph.D)
2. Advanced Synthesis in Organic Chemistry
3. Synthesis in Polymer Chemistry
4. Special Topics in Polymer
5. Physical Chemistry of Polymers
Title of thesis in M.Sc under guidance of Professor Tamami in Shiraz University:
Nucleophilic Displacement Reactions Using Polyacrylamide-Based Phase Transfer Catalysts
Title of thesis in Ph.D under guidance of Professor Tamami in Shiraz University:
Part A: Synthesis, Characterization, Application and Catalytic Activity of Some Polymeric Schiff BaseMetal Complexes Based on Polyacrylamide
Part B: Synthesis and Characterization of Modified Polyacrylamide Supported Palladium Nanoparticles
as a Novel Polymeric Catalyst in Organic Synthesis
Research Interests:
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Polymer supported catalyst, reagent and scavengers.
Controlled polymer and nanocomposite synthesis.
Improvement of mechanical properties of industrial polymers.
National and International Seminars and Conferences:
1) 7th International and National Seminar on Polymer Science and Technology (ISPST 2005), 27-29
September, 2005, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
Convenient Synthesis of Alkyl Thiocyanates Using Polyacrylamide-Based Phase Transfer Catalyst in
Aqueous Media
2) 8th International and National Seminar on Polymer Science and Technology (ISPST 2007), 22-25
October, 2007, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
Appling Polyacrylamide-Based Phase Transfer Catalyst in Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions
3) 9th International and National Seminar on Polymer Science and Technology (ISPST 2009), 17-21
October, 2009, Iran polymer and Pertochemical Institute, Tehran, Iran.
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Modified crosslinked polyacrylamide cobalt complexe: A novel heterogeneous catalyst for olefin
oxidation with H2O2 in aqueous media
4) 238th ACS National Meeting, 16-20 August, 2009 Washington DC, USA.
Palladium particles supported on modified cross-linked polyacrylamide containing phosphinite
ligands: a new heterogeneous catalyst for carbon-carbon cross-coupling reactions
5) 11th Tetrahedron Symposium, 22-25 June 2010, Beijing, China
Copper- and Amine-Free Sonogashira Coupling Reactions Catalyzed by Pd(0) Nanoparticles
Supported on Modified Crosslinked Polyacrylamide
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Synthesis and applications of polyvinylpyridine-grafted silica containing palladium nanoparticles as a
new heterogeneous catalyst for Sonogashira coupling reactions
6) 3th International Congress on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 9-11 November 2010, Shiraz
University, Shiraz, Iran.
Nanosized Heterogeneous Schiff base-cobalt complex based on polyacrylamide support: a novel
catalyst for oxidation of olefins and alkyl halides
7) 12th Tetrahedron Symposium, 21-24 June 2011, Sitges, Spain
Synthesis and applications of poly (N-hetrocyclic carbene)-grafted silica complex containing
palladium nanoparticles as a new heterogeneous catalyst for Heck coupling reactions
8) 44th IUPAC Macro 2012 World polymer Congress, 24-29 June 2012, Virginia Tech, USA
PCP pincer palladium nanoparticles supported on modified crosslink Merrifield resin: A novel
Heterogeneous catalyst for Heck coupling reactions
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Polymeric N-heterocyclic carbene palladium complex-grafted silica as a novel recyclable nanocatalyst for suzuki coupling reactions
9) IWA World Water conference and exhibition, 21-27 September 2014, Lisbon, Portugal
Removal of Heavy Metals From Water Using Crosslinked Polyacrylamide Anchored Schiff Base
Function
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Publications:
1) Nucleophilic Substitution Reactions Using Polyacrylamide-Based Phase Transfer Catalyst in Organic
and Aqueous Media, Bahman Tamami and Soheila Ghasemi, J. Iran. Chem. Soc. 5 (2008) S26-S32;
2) Palladium nanoparticles supported on modified crosslinked polyacrylamide containing phosphinite
ligand: a novel and efficient heterogeneous catalyst for carbon-carbon cross-coupling reactions, Bahman
Tamami and Soheila Ghasemi, Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 322 (2010) 98–105.
3) Palladium Nanoparticles Supported on Poly (N-vinylpyrrolidone)-Grafted Silica as New Recyclable
Catalyst for Heck Cross-Coupling Reactions, Bahman Tamami, Hamed Allahyari, Soheila Ghasemi and
Fatemeh Farjadian, J. Organometallic Chemistry, 696 (2011) 594-599.
4) Modified crosslinked polyacrylamide anchored Schiff base-cobalt complex: A novel nano-sized
heterogeneous catalyst for selective oxidation of olefins and alkyl halides with hydrogen peroxide in
aqueous media, Bahman Tamami and Soheila Ghasemi, Applied Catalysis A, General, 393 (2011) 242250.
5) Copper -and amine-free Sonogashira-Hagihara coupling reaction catalyzed by Pd(0) nanoparticles
supported on modified crosslinked polyacrylamide, Bahman Tamami and Soheila Ghasemi, Collection
Czech. Chem. Comm. 2011, 76 (12), 1967-1978. (Now Chem. Plus Chem.)
6) Synthesis and applications of poly(N-vinylimidazole) grafted silica-containing palladium nanoparticles
as a new re-cyclable catalyst for Heck, Sonogashira and Suzuki coupling reactions, Bahman Tamami,
Hamed Allahyari, Fatemeh Farjadian, and Soheila Ghasemi, Iranian Polymer Journal, 20 (9), 2011, 699712.
7) Synthesis and applications of polymeric N-heterocyclic carbene palladium complex-grafted silica as a
novel recyclable nano-catalyst for Heck and Sonogashira coupling reactions, Bahman Tamami, Fatemeh
Farjadian, Soheila Ghasemi and Hamed Allahyari, New Journal of Chemistry, 2013, 37, 2011-2018.
8) PCP-pincer palladium nanoparticles supported on modified Merrifield resin: a novel and efficient
heterogeneous catalyst for carbon-carbon cross-coupling reactions, Bahman Tamami, Molki Mohaghegh
Nezhad, Soheila Ghasemi and Fatemeh Farjadian, J. Organometallic Chemistry, 2013, 743, 10-16.
9) Catalytic activity of transition metal complexes of Schiff-bases supported on crosslinked
polyacrylamides in hydrogen peroxide decomposition, Bahman Tamami and Soheila Ghasemi, Polymer
Journal, Submitted.
10) Modified Merrifield resin-supported PCP pincer palladium nanoparticles as a new polymeric catalyst
for cyanation of aryl iodides, Bahman Tamami, Molki Mohaghegh Nezhad, Soheila Ghasemi and
Fatemeh Farjadian, Synthetic communication, Submitted.
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11) Palladium nanoparticles supported on modified polystyrene resin as a polymeric catalyst for
Sonogashira coupling reactions, Bahman Tamami, Soheila Ghasemi and Fatemeh Nowroozi Dodeji,
Turkish Journal of Chemistry, Submitted.
12) Palladium nanoparticles supported on poly (N-vinylpyrrolidone)-grafted silica as an efficient catalyst
for copper-free Sonogashira and Suzuki cross-coupling reactions, Bahman Tamami, Fatemeh Farjadian,
Soheila Ghasemi, Hamed Allahyari and Motahareh Mirzadeh, Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society,
Submitted.
13) Poly (vinylpyrrolidone)-grafted silica as a new polymeric cosolvent catalyst for organic
transformations in organic and aqueous media, Bahman Tamami, Soheila Ghasemi, Reyhaneh Teymoori
and Hamed Allahyari, Journal of the Chilean Chemical Society, Submitted.
14) Novel poly (N-Heterocyclic Carbene) palladium and nickel nanoparticles grafted silica: application as
an efficient and recyclable catalyst in coupling reactions, In preparation.
15) Phosphinite-Functionalized Silica and Hexagonal Mesoporous Silica Containing Palladium
Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization and Catalytic Activity in Heck Coupling Reaction, Bahman
Tamami, Fatemeh Farjadian and Soheila Ghasemi, In preparation.
16) Polyacrylamide supported catalyst and reagent in organic synthesis: A review, In preparation.
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