AWARDS AND HONORS
2015 UNESCO Medal and Award for “Development of Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies”
2016 Research Chair award – Iran National Science Foundation
2012 Selected as one of the “TOP 100 Scientists” (International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England, UK).
2008 Selected as “2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21th Century”, (International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England, UK).
2007 Awarded as “Women Elites of Iran and All Elites around the Islamic World”.
2007 Awarded as “Distinguished Researchers of the East Azerbaijan Province”.
2003 First Rank of “9th Razi Festival” in Basic Sciences.
2003 Awarded as the “Top researcher of Research Centers of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences”.
2000 “Who’s Who in Plastics and Polymers”, First Edition, Society of Plastic Engineers, Technomic
Publishing Company Inc., Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
The principal research focusis Drug Delivery and Nanomedicine including :
Smart polymers: Synthesis and application in drug delivery systems.
Biodegradable polymeric nanoparticles: Synthesis and usesin diseases targeted drug delivery systems focus on cancer therapy and diagnosis.
Novel nanobiomaterials: synthesis and use in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
Natural hydrogels: fabrication for wound-healing applications
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Organic chemistry, polymer sciences, biomaterials, synthesis of organic compounds, nanomaterial, nanomedicine.
EDITORIAL DUTIES
Associate editor of Chemical Review & Letters
Editorial board of BioImpacts, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Editorial board of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Journal of Faculty of Pharmacy,Tabriz University of Medical Sciences
Editorial board of Controlled Release Journal, The official journal of Controlled Release Society ofIran
