Background
Zakeri was born in Urmia, the capital of West Azerbaijan Province.
Zakeri was born in Urmia, the capital of West Azerbaijan Province.
He was accepted in Sharif University of Technology as one of the top students and studied Electrical Engineering there for a few months, but then resigned considering family"s financial situation. He worked as a schoolteacher for 3 years until he chose mathematics as his major and did his Bachelor of Surgery in University of Tabriz (1968 to 1972). He then studied for his Master of Science
(1979 to 1980), and a Doctor of Philosophy degree (1980 to 1982) under supervision of Professor
R. Y. Sharp in University of Sheffield, England.
He, along with Professor R. Y. Sharp, are the founders of generalized fractions, a branch in theory of commutative algebra which expands the concept of fractions in commutative rings by introducing the modules of generalized fractions. This topic later found applications in local cohomology, in the monomial conjecture, and other branches of commutative algebra. in the Institute of Mathematics of Kharazmi University in Teheran which was directed by Professor Gholamhossein Mosaheb (1972 to 1974).
He then did his Master of Science
His thesis title was "Modules of Generalized Fractions and Their Applications in Commutative Algebra" which is the first published paper on the topic. Zakeri is currently retired and works part-time.
Zakeri was the head of department of mathematics of Tarbiat Modares University (1988 to 1990), head of the Institute of Mathematics of Kharazmi University (1991 to 1994), head of mathematics section of Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (1994 to 1996), and head of the commutative algebra research team in that institute (1994 to 1999). Zakeri was named the father of commutative algebra of Iran in 2012, for his efforts and contributions in Commutative Algebra to Iranian mathematical community.
Zakeri has supervised 81 Master of Science students, and 22 Doctor of Philosophy students until now.
He has 34 published papers, many of which related to Generalized Fractions. In general there are more than 120 published articles (by him or others) which cite Generalized Fractions in their content. R. Y. R. Y. J.
The 10th seminar of "Commutative Algebra and Related Topics" of Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (December 2013), and the 24th Iranian Algebra Seminar (November 2014), were held in honour of him, with many of his former students and outstanding members of universities participating in lieutenant