Author Biography

Author of Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology is a distinguished professor in chemical engineering and the chairman of
Biotechnology Research Center, Babol Noshirvani University
of Technology, Iran. He is an educated scholar from University
of Arkansas, United States with strong background in biological processes. He is deeply involved in research and
teaching in biochemical engineering subjects and has conducted many practical researches in the elds of biofuel and
biochemical engineering.
He has served as academic member of University of
Mazandaran, visiting professor at University of Waterloo,
Canada and University of Arkansas, United States, University
Science Malaysia (USM, Penang), and Babol Noshirvani University of Technology. He also
spent his sabbatical leave at University of Arkansas, United States (1992e1993). He has
expanded his scientic research activities on single cell protein, microbial fuel cells, renewable energy, and synthetic fuels. Since 2005, he was qualied and appointed as professor in
the faculty of chemical engineering at Babol Noshirvani University of Technology, Iran.
Currently, Prof. Najafpour is serving as editor-in chief in some international journals
including: International Journal of Engineering, World Applied Sciences Journal, Middle East
Journal of Scientic Research, and Iranica Journal of Energy and Environment since 2006. In
addition, he is the editor of Journal of Environmental Chemistry and Ecotoxicology, academic
journals, since 2007. He is an active member of numerous international institutes, editor and
reviewer of number of international journals, and many scientic societies. He is often invited
to many international conferences as keynote speaker. In the past decades, he has supervised
more than 145 post graduate and 28 Ph.D. students. He has published more than 350 research
papers in international journals and has written eight books in the eld of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology. In year 2006, he has published the rst edition of his book with
Elsevier entitled Biochemical Engineering & Biotechnology. He has won number of awards for
research achievements and was the winner of gold medal for the Invention/Innovation
Exhibition sponsored by Ministry of Science, Technology Malaysia (2004). His researches for
formulation of transparent soap and natural biodegradable liquid detergent from palm oils
fatty acids, was patented with SIRIM Berhad, Malaysia (2003). Currently, he is supervising
number of Ph.D. scholars and conducting top research projects on microbial fuel cells, biodiesel, biohydrogen, biofuel from algae, bioethanol from agro-wastes, enzyme technology,
renewable energy, heterogeneous catalytic processes, wastewater engineering, and biological
treatment processes.

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