Biography is quoted in Marquis' Who's Who in science and engineering 1998-99.

Education    

High School Certificate                                                                Jun 67    
School of Pharmacy, Univ. Tehran (Iran)                                    Sep 67 - Jun 72    
Doctorate in Pharmacy (Univ. of Tehran)                                    Jun 73    
National Service                                                                          Dec 72 - Jun 74    
Dept. Pharm. Chem., Univ. of Strathclyde(Glasgow, U.K.)          Apr 75 - Sep 78
Ph. D. (Univ. of Strathclyde )                                                       Sep 78 

Awards           

Bronze  medal for science; High Schools National Competition (Ramsar, Iran)       July  1967    
University of Tehran Scholarship to study for Ph. D. abroad                                      1973
Distinguish Academic Staff (UMSI)                                                                           Dec. 1993
Wellcome travel grant  for scientific visit to Oxford University                                     1993
Wellcome travel grant for scientific visit to Oxford University                                      1996
Buali (Avasina) Award , Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education               May 1999
Wellcome travel grant for scientific visit to Oxford University                                      1999
Razi Award,  Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education                                Oct. 1999

Position Held;

Pharmacy Officer at Bandar Abbas Naval Hosptial   (Bandar Abbas, Iran);                      Feb 73 - Jun 74
Pharmacist in charge of quality control lab., Pharmax Pharm. Co. (Tehran, Iran);            Jul 74  - Mar 75
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology, Sch. Med., Univ. Med. Sci. Iran (Tehran, Iran);     Mar 79 - Feb 89
Associate Prof. of Pharmacology, Sch. Medicine,  Univ. Med. Sci. Iran (Tehran, Iran);     Feb 89 - Jan 94
Professor  of Pharmacology, Sch. Medicine, Univ. Med. Sci. Iran (Tehran, Iran);            Jan 94 - Present
Associate member, Academy of Medical Sciences of Iran                                                Jun.96 - Present

General Secretary of Iranian Society of Physiol. & Pharmacol.;                                        Sep 80 - Sep 83
Scientific advisor to Pharm. Res. Ctr.,     Darou-Pakhsh Co. (Tehran, Iran);                     Jan 83 - 98
Member of National Examination Board of Pharmacology     (Iran)                                   Feb.89-Present
Member of National Committee for Research in Pharmaceutical  Sciences.                     Dec. 89-Dec 91
Secretary of 12th Iranian Cong. Physiol. & Pharmacol.                                                     Feb. 95
Visiting Scientist, Physical Chem. Lab.,     Oxford University (Oxford, U.K.);                    Feb 85 - Feb 86
Visiting Scientist, Dept. Biochemistry, Texas A & M  University, College Station, Texas   Sep.90 - Oct. 90
Visiting Scientist, Physical Chem. Lab.,     Oxford University (Oxford, U.K.);                    Aug 92 - Sep 92
Visiting Scientist, Physical Chem. Lab.,     Oxford University (Oxford, U.K.);                    Jul 93 - Sep 93
Visiting Scientist, Physical Chem. Lab.,     Oxford University (Oxford, U.K.);                    Jul 96 - Sep 96 

Founder and scientific manager  of  Pars Biopharmacy Research Co. Ltd. (Tehran - Iran).

Member of Editorial Board of Acta Physiologica Hungarica ;                                            Jan. 99
Member of Council International Society for Pathphysiology                                            July 02
Head Razi Int. Drug Research (Iran Univ. Med. Sci.)                                                        Feb. 2002- now
Chief editor Iranian J. Pharmacol. & Ther.  (RIDR, Iran Univ. Med. Sci.)                           Feb. 2002 - now 

                                                                     
Membership in scientific societies;

Iranian Society of physiology and pharmacology (Member of board)
AAAS
New York Academy of Sciences
Science Group of British Pharmaceutical Society
International Society for Pathophysiology