Modern Chemistry & Applications

Majid Heravi

Biography

Majid M. Heravi was born in 1952 in Mashhad, Iran. He received his B.S. degree from the National University of Iran (Shahid Beheshti University) in 1975 and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from University of Salford, England, in 1977 and 1980. He completed his doctoral thesis under the supervision of the late J. Clarck in Salford University. He started his career as a Research Fellow in Daroupakksh (a pharmaceutical company) in 1981 Tehran, Iran and joined as an Assistant Professor the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Iran. In 1999, he moved to Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran as a Professor of chemistry where he is still working. He has previously been a Visiting Professor at UC Riverside, Calif., USA and Hamburg University, Hamburg, Germany. His research interests focus on heterocyclic chemistry, catalysis, and organic methodology.

Research Interest

Heterocyclic chemistry, catalysis, and organic methodology.