1. Education and Professional Employment

1998-Present:  Professor of Analytical Chemistry,
                       Department of Chemistry, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville

1992-1998:     Associate Professor of Analytical Chemistry,
                       Department of Chemistry, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville

1986-1992:     Assistant Professor of Analytical Chemistry,
                       Department of Chemistry, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville

1984-1986:     Visiting Assistant professor,
                       Department of Chemistry, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville

1982-1984:     Postdoctoral Fellow,
                       Department of Chemistry, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville
                       Supported by the National Institute of Health,

1977-1982:     Ph.D. in Analytical Physical Chmistry (1982),
                       Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

1975-1977:     M.S. in Physical Chemistry (1977), Tehran
                       University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

1973-1975:     M.S. Program in Analytical Chemistry,
                       Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

1967-1972:     B.S. in Chemistry (1972), Shiraz University,
                       Shiraz, Iran

Awards:        Union Carbide Fellowship, 1982

                      NIH Fellowship, 1982-1984