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Professional Preparation
 Ph.D. (2000) Analytical Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
 M.Sc. (1987) Chemistry, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
 B.Sc. (1984) Chemistry, Ferdowsi University of Mashad, Mashad, Iran
B.
Appointments
 (2012-current) Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran
 Associate Professor (Tenured, 2010-2012) Department of Chemistry, California State Polytechnic
University, Pomona, CA, USA
 Assistant Professor (2005-2010) Department of Chemistry, California State Polytechnic University,
Pomona, CA, USA
 Research Associate (2002-2005) Department of Chemistry, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,
MN, USA
 Postdoctoral fellow (2001-2002) Department of Chemistry, York University, Toronto, Canada
 Scientist Researcher (2000-2001) Target Discovery Inc., CA, USA
 Postdoctoral Fellow (1999-2000) Departments of Chemistry and Pharmacy, University of Alberta, AB,
Canada
C. Courses taught: General Chemistry (CHM 121, CHM 122, CHM 121L, CHM 122L), Quantitative
Chemical Analysis (CHM 221, CHM 221L), Separation Science (CHM 343, CHM 343L), Electrochemistry
(CHM 342L), Analytical Spectroscopy (CHM 411), Senior Research Projects for undergraduates (CHM
400, CHM 491, CHM 492), Advances in Analytical Chemistry (CHM 513, graduate course), Bioanalytical
Chemistry (CHM 581, graduate course), Independent Study in Chemistry (CHM 691, graduate course),
MSc Thesis Research (CHM 694, CHM 696, CHM 699), Regenerative Studies courses (RS 501, Green
Chemistry and Sustainability), Bioremediation (RS 488), Environmental Effects of BP Oil Spills in Gulf of
Mexico (RS 520L), Protein Engineering for Biology Students (Graduate Course in Biology), Non-aquous
Chemistry, General Biochemistry for Engineering, Advance Topics in Analytical Chemistry (Ph.D.
course)
D. Students supervision: Since 2005, I have supervised more than 50 undergraduate and graduate
students. The abstracts and/or complete reports of these projects and the name of the students who
were supervised will be provided upon request. The following is a partial list of the projects:
1. Air Pollution Bioremediation
2. Nitrate removal from wastewaters using algae
3. Heavy metal Bioremediation using algae
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4. Supercritical Fluid CO2 Extraction of lipids for Biofuel Production
5. Agricultural waste Bioremediation using algae
6. Desalination of waters using algae
7. Microscopy Guided Single Cell Sampling for Single Algal Strain Isolation and Biofuel Production.
8. Instrumentation for single Cell Analysis
9. Labeling Chemistry and Capillary Coating for CELIF analysis of proteins and nucleic acids
10. Custom-built capillary electrophoresis with laser induced fluorescence detection of tau proteins
11. Comparison of Mechanical Disruption Techniques for Cell Lysis In Mixed strains of Chlorella-like
Microalgae
12. Elucidation of molecular composition (Analytical Chemistry) and physical properties (Engineering)
of spider glue.
13. Interfacing Capillary Electrophoresis to supercontinum laser for CELIF analysis of mitochondria
14. Optimization of an immunoassay experiment to measure a newly synthesized liquid crystal
molecule
15. Fatty Acid Profiling of Biodiesel Using Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry
16. Determination of the Fatty Acid Methyl Esters (FAMEs) in algae using Gas Chromatography with
Flame Ionization Detector (GCFID).
17. Profiling of Fatty Acid Methyl Esters in Biofuel Produced from Sunflower Oil
18. A Custom-Built Capillary Electrophoresis Instrument with Sheath-Flow Cuvette Laser-Induced
Fluorescence Detection for the Analysis of Single Cells.
19. Using Capillary Electrophoresis to quantify Shiga Toxin produced by e-coli bacteria.
20. Analysis of e-coli Bacteria Using Capillary Electrophoresis.
21. Scale up algae growth on wastewaters.
22. Analysis of water treatment performed by selected strains of microalgae with characterization of
oils yielded from the resulted biomass.
E. Analytical and Bioanalytical Skills: During the past 20 years, I have been teaching and doing
research using the following techniques: Capillary Electrophoresis (CE) with UV, fluorescence and MS
detectors, GC with TCD, FID and MS detectors, HPLC, IC (Ion Chromatography), IR, FTIR, ICP, AA,
GFAA, ICP, ICPMS, Immunoassay techniques such as RIA, fluorescence Immunoassay, Displacement
Immunoassay, ELISA, and surface characterization techniques such as AFM.
F.
Publications
33- M. Zarei, H. Ahmadzadeh and E. K Goharshad, 2015, “Embedded ceria nanoparticle in gel improves
electrophoretic separation: a preliminary demonstration” Analyst, In Press, DOI: 10.1039/C5AN00272A.
32- M. J. Raeesossadati, H. Ahmadzadeh, 2014, “algae for energy and high value production”, In:
McHenry, M.P., Moheimani, N.R., (eds), “CO2 environmental bioremediation by microalgae”. John Wiley
Publication, USA.
31- M. J. Raeesossadati, H. Ahmadzadeh, M. P. McHenry, N. R. Moheimani, 2014, “CO2 bioremediation
by microalgae in photobioreactors: impacts of biomass and CO2 concentrations, light, and temperature”.
Review article, Algal Research Journal, In press.
30- M. J. Raeesossadati, H. Ahmadzadeh, M. P. McHenry, N. R. Moheimani, 2014, “Pilot-scale carbon
dioxide bioremediation in a flat plate photobioreactor by Chlorella vulgaris” submitted to Journal of
Applied Phycology.
29- H. Ahmadzadeh,, A. Stoyonov, M. Prescott, N. Muster, 2008, Revisiting Electroosmotic Flow: A
Fundamental Parameter Affecting Separation in Capillary and Microchip Electrophoresis, Chem. Eng.
Comm, 195: 129 -146.
28- R. D. Johnson; M. Navratil; B. G. Poe; G. Xiong; K. J. Olson; H. Ahmadzadeh; D. Andreyev; C. F.
Duffy; E. A., 2007, Analysis of mitochondria isolated from single cells. Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 387(1),
107-118.
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27- H. Ahmadzadeh; D. Andreyev; E. A. Arriaga; L. V., 2006, Capillary electrophoresis reveals changes
in individual mitochondrial particles associated with skeletal muscle fiber type and age. The journals of
gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences, 61A(12), 1211-8.
26- H. Ahmadzadeh, L. Thompson, E. Arriaga, 2006, On-column labeling for capillary electrophoretic
analysis of individual mitochondria directly sampled from tissue cross sections, Anal. Bioanal. Chem.
384, 169-174.
25- Stayonov, A. V., Z. H. Fan, C. Das, H. Ahmadzadeh, Q. Mei, S. Mohammad, 2006, On the possibility
of applying noncovalent dyes for protein labeling in isoelectric, Analytical Biochemistry, 350(2), 263267.
24- K. Olson, H. Ahmadzadeh, E. Arriaga, 2005, Within the cell: analytical techniques for subcellular
analysis, Analytical and Bioanalytical Chemistry, 382(4), 906-917.
23- B. M. Peterson; C. Whiting; H. Ahmadzadeh; A. E., 2005, Detection of superoxide using a
microfluidic station with laser-induced fluorescence detection. Abstracts of Papers, 229th ACS National
Meeting, San Diego, CA, United States, March 13-17.
22- H. Ahmadzadeh, R. Dua, E. Arriaga, 2005, Automating individual particle analysis by capillary
electrophoresis, J. Chromatogr. A, 1064, 107-114.
21- H. Ahmadzadeh, R. Johnson, L. Thompson, E. Arriaga, 2004, Direct Sampling from Muscle CrossSections for Electrophoretic Analysis of Individual Mitochondria, Anal. Chem., 76(2), 315-321.
20- K. Hu, A. Zarrine-Afsar. H. Ahmadzadeh, S. Krylov, 2004, Single-Cell Analysis by Chemical
Cytometry Combined with Fluorescence Microscopy, Instrumentation Science & Technology, 32(1), 3141.
19- K. Hu, H. Ahmadzadeh, S. Krylov, 2004, Asymmetry between Sister Cells in a Cancer Cell Line
Revealed by Chemical Cytometry, Anal. Chem., 76(13), 3864-3866.
18- H. Ahmadzadeh, E. Arriaga, 2004, From Cells to Instrumental Analysis, in Sample Preparation for
Hyphenated Techniques. Jack Rosenfeld, editor. Blacwell Publishing, CRC Press, pp. 173-188. ISBN 14051-1106-2
17- H. Ahmadzadeh, S. Krylov, 2004, On-column Labeling Reaction for the Analysis of Protein Contents
of a Single Cell Using Capillary Electrophoresis with Laser Induced Fluorescence Detection, in Methods
in Molecular Biology Series “Capillary Electrophoresis of Proteins and Peptides” M.. Strege, A. Lagu,
editors. Humana Press, Scientific and Medical Publishers, pp. 29-38, ISBN 1-58829-017-4.
16- H. Ahmadzadeh; N. Dovichi, S. Krylov, 2004, Capillary coating for Protein Separation based on Si-O
and Si-C Covalent bond formation for Capillary Electrophoresis with Laser Induced Fluorescence
Detection, in Methods in Molecular Biology Series “Capillary Electrophoresis of Proteins and Peptides”.
Strege, A. Lagu, editors. Humana Press, Scientific and Medical Publishers, pp. 15-29, ISBN 1-58829017-4.
15- A. Stayonov, H. Ahmadzadeh, S. Krylov, 2002, Heterogeneity of Protein Labeling with a Fluorogenic
Reagent, 3-(2-Furoyl) quinoline-2-carboxaldehyde, J. Chrom. B. Analyt Technol Biomed life Sci., 780(2),
283-7.
14- Z. Huang; J. Sanders, C. Dunsmor, H. Ahmadzadeh, J. Landers, 2001, A method for UV-bonding in
the fabrication of glass electrophoretic microchips, Electrophoresis, 22, 3924-3929.
13- B. Giordano; A. Couch; H. Ahmadzadeh; L. Jin; J. Landers, Editors: M. Ramsey; A. Van den Berg,
2001, Dynamic labeling of protein detection on microchips, Micro Total Analysis Systems, Proceedings
TAS 5th Symposium , Monterey, CA, USA, Oct. 21-25 (2001), 109-110.
12- C. Duffy, S. Gafoor, D. Richards, H. Ahmadzadeh, R. O’Kennedy, E. Arriaga, 2001, Determination of
individual liposomes by capillary electrophoresis with Post-column Laser-Induced fluorescence
detection, Anal. Chem., 73, 1855-1861.
11- H. Ahmadzadeh, 2000, Instrumentation, capillary coating, and labeling chemistry for capillary
electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection, CAN 136:318430 AN 2002:311810, Ph.D.
thesis volume 1.
10- H. Ahmadzadeh, 2000, Instrumentation, capillary coating, and labeling chemistry for capillary
electrophoresis with laser-induced fluorescence detection, CAN 136:318430 AN 2002:311810, Ph.D.
thesis volume 2.
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09- J. Zhang, K. Voss, D. Shaw, K. Roos, D. Lewis, J. Yan, R. Jiang, H. Ren, J. Hou, Y. Fang, X
Puyang, H. Ahmadzadeh, N. Dovichi, 1999, A multiple-capillary electrophoresis system for small-scale
DNA sequencing and analysis, Nucleic Acids Research, vol. 27, No. 24, e36
08- D. Richards, C. Stathakis, R. Polakowski H. Ahmadzadeh, N. Dovichi, 1999, Labeling effects on the
isoelectric point of green fluorescent protein, J. Chrom. A, 853, 21-25
07- D. Craig, R. Polakowski, E. Arriaga, J. Wong, H. Ahmadzadeh, C. Stathakis, N. Dovichi, 1998,
Sodium dodecyl sulfate-capillary electrophoresis of proteins in a sieving matrix utilizing two-spectral
channel laser-induced fluorescence detection, Electrophoresis, 19(12), 2175-2178
06- C. Gelfi, M. Curico, P. Righetti, R. Sebastiano, A. Citterio, H. Ahmadzadeh, N. Dovichi, 1998,
Surface modification based on Si-O and Si-C sub-layers and a series of N-substituted acrylamide toplayers for capillary electrophoresis, Electrophoresis, 19(10), 1677-1682
05- D. Pinto, E. Arriaga, D. Craig, J. Angelova, N. Sharma, H. Ahmadzadeh, N. Dovichi, 1998, Picomolar
assay of native proteins by capillary electrophoresis pre-column labeling, sub-micellar separation, and
laser-induced fluorescence detection, Anal. Chem., 69(15), 3015-3021
04- D Figeys, E. Arriaga, H. Ahmadzadeh, N. Dovichi, 1996, Pseudo-coulometric loading in capillary
electrophoresis DNA sequencing, J. Chrom. A, 744, 325-331
03- H. Ahmadzadeh, A. Safavi, A. Massoumi, 1990, Spectrophotometric determination of Osmium (VIII)
with 1-Hydroxy 2-Pyridine-Thione (sodium salt) as a reagent, J. Sci. I. R. Iran, 1(4), 266-26
02- H. Ahmadzadeh, 1987, the study of Thion-Osmium complex system, M.Sc. thesis, Shiraz University,
Shiraz, Iran
01- H. Ahmadzadeh, 1984, Spectrophotometer measurement of gold, B.Sc. thesis, Mashad University,
Iran.
G. Presentations
I have had numerous presentations in local, national and international conferences. The complete list of
presentations will be provided upon request. The name of the presenter is underlined.
1. Hossein Ahmadzadeh, Ivonne DelaTorre, an invitation to present for BIT’s W orld Conference
of Gene 2009, Friday Dec. 2009, Foshan, China.
2. Hossein Ahmadzadeh, January 16th, 2009, Histology Guided Mitochondria Sampling and
Aging Research, SW AP Conference, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA.
3. Hossein Ahmadzadeh, March 16th, 2009, Individual Mitochondria Sampling from Muscle
Tissue Cross Sections, Invited lecture, Cal Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA.
4. Hossein Ahmadzadeh, Stephen Lyon, Marcia Murry, March 5th, 2009, Conversion of Algae to
Fuel and Quality Control, SACCS Science Council Presentation, Cal Poly Pomona.
5. Hossein Ahmadzadeh, April 1st, 2009, Using Algae to Treat W astewater and Produce Oil,
MT.SAC, W alnut, CA.
6. Goh Jo Lyn, SuTing Huang, Hossein Ahmadzadeh, November 22nd 2008, Comparison of
Algae Growth Rate and Lipid Biosynthesis in Closed Bioreactors and Open Flasks, SCCUR,
Cal Poly Pomona, CA.
7. Goh Jo Lyn, May 15th 2009, Microscopy-Guide Single Cell Sampling for Algal Strain Isolation
for Biofuel Production, 4th Annual Spring Symposium, Cal Poly Pomona, CA.
8. SuTing Huang, Hossein Ahmadzadeh, April 25th 2009, Comparison of Cell Disruption
Techniques for Lipid Quantification from Mixed Strains of Microalgae, SCCUR, University of
Southern California, CA.
9. SuTing Huang, Hossein Ahmadzadeh, May 15th 2009, Cell disruption of Mixed Strains of
Microalgae, 4th Annual Spring Symposium, Cal Poly Pomona, CA.
10. SuTing Huang, Hossein Ahmadzadeh, Nov. 21st 2009, submitted to SCURR 2009,
Comparison of Mechanical Disruption Techniques for Cell Lysis in Mixed Strains of Chlorellalike Microalgae.
11. Manuel Flores, Hossein Ahmadzadeh, July 30th, 2009, Algal Cell Lysis and Biodiesel
Production, Cal Poly Pomona’s Mc Nair Symposium, California State Polytechnic University ,
Pomona, Pomona , CA .
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12. Manuel Flores, Hossein Ahmadzadeh, August 8th, 2009, Efficient Algal Cell Lysis Improves
the Efficiency of Biodiesel Production, Mc Nair Symposium, University of California ,
Berkeley, CA .
13. Manuel Flores, Hossein Ahmadzadeh, September 3rd, 2009, Using Sonication for Algal Cell
Lysis and Biodisel Production, RISE Symposium, California State Polytechnic University,
Pomona, Pomona , CA .
14. Hossein Ahmadzadeh, March 14th, 2008, Analysis of Individual Mitochondria Directly
Sampled from a Single Muscle Fiber. CSUF 50TH ANNIVERSARY RESEARCH
CELEBRATION, Fullerton, CA.
15. Victor Kim, Paul Nurre, David Still, Hossein Ahmadzadeh, March 14th, 2008, Profiling of Fatty
Acid Methyl Esters in Biofuel from Sunflower Oil, CSUF 50TH ANNIVERSARY RESEARCH
CELEBRATION, Fullerton, CA.
16. Victor Kim, Paul Nurre, David Still, Hossein Ahmadzadeh, May 23rd, 2008, Profiling of Fatty
Acid Methyl Esters Produced from Sunflower Oil, College of Science Research Symposium,
Cal Poly Pomona.
17. Jessica Zeng, Shelton Murrinda, Hossein Ahmadzadeh, May 23rd, 2008, Detection of
Individual E.coli Bacteria using Capillary Electrophoresis, College of Science Research
Symposium, Cal Poly Pomona.
18. Hossein Ahmadzadeh, May 23rd, 2008, Capillary Gel Electrophoresis and its Application in
DNA and Protein Analysis, College of Agriculture, Cal Poly Pomona.
19. Hossein Ahmadzadeh,, John T. Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies at Cal Poly Pomona
University, January 18, 2007, Faculty Fellowship Program; Developing a Method for the
Analysis of the Fatty Acid Content of Biodiesel Fuel.
20. Stella Hartona, Hossein Ahmadzadeh, August 20, 2007, ACS National Meeting, Boston, MA.,
Histology-Guided Sampling and Analysis of Mitochondria Directly Sampled from Individual
Muscle Fibers using a Hyphenated Microscopy - Capillary Electrophoresis.
21. Stella Hartona, Hossein Ahmadzadeh, August 10, 2007, UC Berkeley McNair Scholars
Research Symposium, UC Berkeley, Histology-Guided sampling and Analysis of
Mitochondria from Individual Muscle Fibers using a Hyphenated Microscopy - Capillary
Electrophoresis - Laser Induced Fluorescence Detection.
22. Stella Hartona, Hossein Ahmadzadeh,, July 26, 2007, McNair Scholars Research Symposium,
Cal Poly Pomona, Analysis of Mitochondria Directly Sampled from Individual Muscle Fiber.
23. Stella Hartona, Hossein Ahmadzadeh; Science Council Undergraduate Research
Symposium, Cal Poly Pomona, May 18, 2007, Analysis of Mitochondria Distribution within a
Single Muscle Fiber.
24. HuiYing (Linda) Liang, Hossein Ahmadzadeh; Science Council Undergraduate Research
Symposium, Cal Poly Pomona, May 18, 2007, Fatty Acid Profiling of Biodiesel Using Gas
Chromatography.
25. Matthew Prescott and Hossein Ahmadzadeh, A Custom-Built Capillary Electrophoresis
Instrument with a Sheath-Flow Cuvette Laser-Induced Fluorescence Detection for the
Analysis of Single Cells, May 12, 2006, Science Council, Undergraduate Research
Symposium, California State Polytechnic University.
26. Hossein. Ahmadzadeh, L. Thompson, E. Arriaga,, 2006, MSB2006 (Micro Scale Bioseparation
2006) in Amsterdam, Netherland January 20-26. Presentation title “On-column Labeling for
Capillary Electrophoretic Analysis of Individual Mitochondria Directly Sampled from Tissue
Cross Sections”.
27. Hossein. Ahmadzadeh, William Sanow, Jennifer Hong, Chris Eddy, Erik Cressman, and
Edgar A. Arriaga,, Pittcon 2006 – Invited Talk,, Orlando, March 12-17, 2006, “Hyphenating
solid tissue sampling and capillary electrophoresis”.
28. Hossein Ahmadzadeh, April 11th 2006 – Invited Talk, Applications of Chemical Cytometry in
“Aging Research”, California State University, Los Angeles, California.
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29. Hossein. Ahmadzadeh, and Edgar A. Arriaga,, FACSS 2006 – Invited Talk,, Orlando,
September 25, 2006, “Histology-guided Sampling Hyphenated with Capillary Electrophoresis
and Laser-Induced Fluorescence Detection”.
H. Organizing a conference
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Hossein. Ahmadzadeh, FACSS 2006, Orlando, September 25, 2006, Organized a section on
“Optical Detection in Bioanalysis” by contacting several researchers in the field, read the
abstracts for their presentations and invited four speakers from different universities.
I. Editorial reviewing of scientific publications, Proposals, and Textbooks:
I. Reviewed a textbook (Artificial Neural Networks in Biological and Environmental Analysis, CRC
Press) and a chapter from a textbook in “Modern Analytical Chemistry: an Application-based
Approach to Student Learning” for ELSEVIER written by Grady Hanrahan.
II. Reviewed research Proposals for NSF and “RUI: Microfluidic/Capillary Electrophoresis Devices
for Chemical Analysis” since Oct. 2008.
III. Reviewed a proposal for publication by CRC Press/Taylor and Francis titled “Artificial Intelligence
in Biological and Environmental Analysis: A Neural Networks Approach” by Grady Hanrahan,
California Lutheran University, Oct. 2008.
IV. Member of Elsevier Editorial System for Journal of Chromatography B. (Reviewed regularly since
January 2006.), Member of Editorial System for Journal of Analytical Chemica Acta. (Reviewed
regularly since January 2006.), Member of Editorial System for Journal of Analytical and
Bioanalytical Chemistry. (Reviewed regularly since June 2006.), Member of Editorial System for
Talanta. (Reviewed regularly since June 2006.), Member of Editorial System for Journal of
Analytical Chemistry. (Reviewed regularly since June 2007.), Member of Editorial Review Board
of Scientific Journals International (SJI), since June 2007.
V. Reviewed and evaluated proposals for NSF, Major Research Instrumentation (MRI), March 2007.
VI. Reviewed the proposals for CSUPERB, May 20, 2006 in San Jose, CA.
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