Niloofar Nasirpour completed her bachelor's degree in chemical engineering at Sharif University of Technology in 2008. In the same year, she was accepted to the MSc program in chemical engineering-biotechnology at Tarbiat Modares University and graduated from this program with honors in 2010 with a thesis on improvement of Tehran Oil Refinery wastewater treatment system in cooperation with related industries. Her doctoral studies were conducted from 2011 to 2015 at Tarbiat Modares University by Dr. Seyed Mohammad Mousavi's supervision in the field of ionic liquid pretreatment of lignocellulosic materials in order to improve the enzymatic hydrolysis and fermentation processes and structural evaluations of the material completed. Her research interests are the use of lignocelluloses for the production of value-added products, wastewater treatment and removal of contaminants, synthesis and use of hydrogels in drug delivery applications.

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Education

2011-2015
Doctor of philosophy (PhD) in chemical engineering, Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Tehran, Iran. GPA:18.70 via 14 credits (Top graduate), PhD
dissertation: Ionic liquid pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass for bioethanol production, supervisor: Dr. S.M. Mousavi.

 
2008 - 2010
Master’s degree in chemical engineering, Tarbiat Modares University (TMU), Tehran, Iran. GPA:18.24: /20.00 via 32 credits (Top graduate), M.Sc. Thesis: combination of UASB and packed bed biofilm reactors for refinery wastewater treatment, supervisor: Dr. S.M. Mousavi.

 
2004 - 2008
Bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, Sharif University of technology (SUT), Tehran, Iran. GPA:16.19/20.00 via 143 credits, B.Sc. Thesis: Design of Linear Alkyl Benzene solfunation unit, Supervisor: Dr. Mehdi Borgheie

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Awards

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Memberships

 

Member of Iranian Association of Chemical Engineering 

Member of Iranian Biotechnology Society

Member of Iranian Chemical Society

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Fields of Interest

 Pretreatment of lignocelluloses for bioethanol production 

Wastewater treatment 

Bioleaching

 Biomaterial development for drug delivery applications, specifically hydrogels