Abbas Shafiee

Career

He is president of faculty of pharmacy at Tehran University. He has published more than 350 scientific articles in peer reviewed international journals. He received his degree in Pharmacy from Tehran University in 1962, later earning a master"s from Columbia University"s College of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 1965, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from Columbia University"s College of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 1968.

Research Award, Tehran University, 1972

Ministry of Higher Education award for Research, 1974

First Degree Kharazmi Award, 1987

Tehran University"s Highest Honorary Award, 1994

Iranian Chemical Society Year"s Chemist, 1995

Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1998

First degree Razi Award, 1998

Second degree National Award for Research, 1999

Best National Book of the Year, 2000.

Achievements

• National Winner of Merit, Lunsford Richardson Award for graduate research (United States of America), 1968 His book, Chromatography and spectroscopy, was named best book of the year and received the corresponding award from the Interior Ministry in 1996 and the Ministry of Health in 1995.

Membership

Permanent Member of Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences 1990. Member of Iranian Academy of Science, Tehran 1991.