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Mehrnaz Mehranian

 

Food Engineering and Biotechnology Group / Chemical Engineering Dept.

Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic),Hafez Ave, no.424

Tehran –Iran.

E-mail:  mehranian_m@yahoo.com

 

Education/Family Record/Position Obtained

  • Married/ having one daughter

  • Isfahan University, Isfahan-Iran, BS, Microbiology, 1996

  • Assistant to Laboratory Instructor, 1997-1999

  • Principal Laboratory Instructor: Food Microbiology, Fermentation Processes and Biotechnology/Assistant to the instructor(Food Quality Control), 1999-present.

  • Appointed as deputy for the above laboratories, 2000-present.

 

Experiences

  • Principal assistant in preparing laboratory manual for the above laboratories.

  • Preparing the handy manuals for the laboratory instruments.

  • Teaching co-assistant to Data Analysis and Experimental Design class (second semester,2006).

  • Skills of working with laboratory instruments and ability to train students to use them properly.

 

Research Interests

  • Biotechnology and Food Science and Technology

  • Research assistant in graduate studies program based on the supervisor’s request.

  • Research assistant in several independent academic and industrial research project:

- Bioleaching/ Refractory Ores(copper, gold)

- Decolorization/Biodegradation of Recalcitrant Compounds in Wastes Materials/

Agricultural Residues/Industrial Wastewater and Waste Solid, Application of Central                

Composite Design in Wastewater Treatment

- Fungal Cells Immobilization, Use of Different Natural Supports (i.e. Loofa)/Fungal          Peroxidases ( LiP,MnP)/Wastewater Treatments/Agriculture Residues.

            - Citric Acid Production/Grape Pomace

- Polyphenolics/Antioxidant /Pistachio Hulls

- Polyphenolics/Antioxidant/Brown Algae, Persian Gulf

- Black Tea Fermentation/Assessing Tea Quality Parameters

- Microencapsulation/Starch Modification

 

Honor and award

  • Distinguished personal in the chemical engineering dept. / 2003

 

 

List of published papers:

  • Decolorization of molasses waste - water from an alcoholic fermentation processtry

with Phanerochaete chrysosporium - involvement of ligninase., Iranian J. Chemis & Chemical Engineering (published by Jahad-Daneshgahi Tehran) 21(2): 119. 2002, F. Vahabzadeh, A. Mogharei, and M. Mehranian.

  • Antioxidant activity of polyphenols in pistachio hulls, Amirkabir Scientific J.     (Published by Amirkabir University of Technology) 15(58C):132- Spring, 2004.

  • F. Vahabzadeh, M. Mehranian, and E. Mofarrah.

  • Antioxidant activity in pistachio hulls, F. Vahabzadeh, M. Mehranian and E. Mofarrah, JAOCS 81(6)621, 2004.  

  • Color removal ability of Phanerochaete chrysosporium in relation to lignin peroxidase and manganese peroxidase produced in molasses waste water, World J. Microbiol. & Biotechnology 20:859(2004), F. Vahabzadeh, M. Mehranian and A. Saatari.

  • Production of citric acid from grape pomace by Aspergillus niger in a solid-state fermentation system, J. Basic Sciences -Alzahra University – Tehran, 17(1):51, 2004, F. Vahabzadeh, F. Toussi and M. Mehranian.

  • Application of the central composite design and response surface methodology to the advanced treatment of olive oil processing wastewater using Fenton’s peroxidation, M. Ahmadi, F. Vahabzadeh, B. Bonakdarpour, E. Mofarrah, M. Mehranian J. Hazardous Materials 123/(1-3):187-195(2005).

  • Phenolic removal in olive oil mill wastewater using loofah-immobilized Phanerochaete chrysosporium, Ahmadi, M., F. Vahabzadeh, B. Bonakdarpour, M. Mehranian and E. Mofarrah, World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology- 22(9):119-127(2006).

  • Emprical modeling of olive oil mill wastewater treatment using loofa-immobilized Phanerochaete chrysosporium, M. Ahmadi, F. Vahabzadeh, B. Bonakdarpour and M. Mehranian, Process Biochemistry 41:1148-1154(2006).

  • Antioxidant activity of brown algae Sargassum vulgar and Sargassum angustrifolum, Z. Rastian, M. Mehranian, F. Vahabzadeh, K. Sartavi, J. Aquatic Food Product Technology – the Haworth Press Inc, Binghamton, NY (accepted for publication, Aug, 2006).

 

Participation scientific conferences

  • Use of fungal degradation in olive pomace delignification- H. A. Mohseni, M. Mehranian, F. Vahabzadeh, 17th  International Congress of Chemical and Process Engineering (CHISA)- Aug, 2006- Prague Czech Republic.

  • Use of lignin biodegradation process in pollutant removal of pomace produced in olive oil extraction- Aghamohseni, H., F. Vahabzadeh, M. Mehranian, LCM International Food Congress the Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark, March, 2006.

  • 9th National Congress of Chemical Engineering-2004,Science and Technology University, Tehran, Iran.

  • 4th National Congress of Biotechnology-2005,Kerman University, Tehran, Iran.

  • 10th National Congress of Chemical Engineering-2005, Sistan and Baluchestan University, Tehran, Iran.

  • 16th National Congress of Food Industrials-2006,Gorgan University, Tehran, Iran.

 

 

 

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