Abdolmajid LABABPOUR                                      

             

Tel:                       +82-32-865-7518            

Mail address:       253 Younghyun-dong, Nam-gu, Incheon, 402-751   

E-mail:                 [email protected], [email protected]      

 

 

 

EDUCATION HISTORY

April 2005 ~ continuous

·         Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University, Incheon, Korea

Research Professor

 Research theme: Process Development for Astaxanthin production by photosynthetic

 microalgae,Haematococcus pluvialis

 

April 2002 - March 2005

·         Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Doctor of philosophy

Major: Molecular Science and Process Engineering

Research theme: Photobioreactor design using LEDs and production of carotenoid with microalga

 

October 2001 - March 2002

·         Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Graduate research student

Research theme: Photobioreactor design using LEDs and production of carotenoid with microalga

 

September 1992 - August 1996

·         Faculty of Engineering, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Master of Science

Major: Chemical Engineering – Biotechnology

Research theme: Ethanol Production from Substandard Fruits by Fermentation

 

September 1988 - August 1992

·         Faculty of Science, Shahid Chamran University, Ahwaz, Iran

Bachelor of Science

Major: Chemistry

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

 

September 1984 - August 1986

·         Department of Chemical Industries, Shadid Rajaei University, Tehran, Iran

Part time University lecturer,

Duties included lectures in the following courses to undergraduate classes:

·           Applied Thermodynamic

·           Process Control

·           Mass and Energy Balances

·           Fundamentals of Unit Operations

·           Petroleum Refinery Basis

·           Chemical Industries Equipments

·           Physical Chemistry

 

September 1984 - August 1986

·         Scientific and Applied University, Tehran, Iran

Part time University lecturer

Duties included lectures in the general chemistry and laboratory for undergraduate students.

 

OTHER EXPERIENCES

 

November 1996 - April 2001

·         Expert in Chemical Industries, Technical and Vocational Education Bureau, Tehran, Iran

Duties included responsibility for all national educational affairs of the Chemical Industries at the high schools such as curriculum design, planning for equipments, and so on.

 

September 1993 - September 1996

·         Part-time Expert in the Education of Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Research and Curriculum Organization, Tehran, Iran.

Duties included preparing Chemistry textbooks for high school level and Journal of Growth in the Education of Chemistry.

 

September 1998 - October 1999

·         High School Teacher, Education Office, Tehran, Iran.

Duties included teaching chemistry in a high school.

 

1990~1991

·         High school Teacher and head of Chemistry Education Group, Education Office, Gotvand City, Khoozestan, Iran

Duties included teaching Chemistry for the first, second, third and fourth level of high school in different fields. (70 hours per week).

 

1987-1990

·         Middle school Teacher, Education Office, Ahwaz city, Iran

Duties included teaching in the three middle school levels in the following subjects:

Experimental Sciences, Technique and Vocation, Geography, History, Social Science, Orthography (Persian).

 

·         The head and teacher of Primary School, Education Office, Shush City, Iran

Duties included managing and teaching in five levels of primary school in two shifts.

 

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

Journal papers

2006

l       Abdolmajid Lababpour and Choul-Gyun Lee, Simultaneous Measurement of Chlorophyll and Astaxanthin in Haematococcus pluvialis Cells by First-Order Derivative Ultraviolet-Visible Spectrophotometry. J Biosci Bioeng, 101, 104-110 (2006).

l       Abdolmajid Lababpour and Choul-Gyun Lee, Haematococcus pluvialis Cell-Mass Sensing Using Ultraviolet Fluorescence Spectroscopy, (submitted, Biochem. Eng. J.).

l       Abdolmajid Lababpour and Choul-Gyun Lee, Non-Invasive Determination of Astaxanthin and Chlorophyll in Haematococcus pluvialis by Ultraviolet Fluorescence Spectroscopy, (Manuscript prepared for Biotech. Bioeng).

l       Abdolmajid Lababpour and Choul-Gyun Lee, Optimization of astaxanthin production in Haematococcus pluvialis under metal elicitors using response surface methodology, (Manuscript prepared for Proc. Biochem).

 

2005

l       Abdolmajid Lababpour, Kazumichi Shimahara, Keishi Hada, Yoshiaki Kyoui, Tomohisa Katsuda and Shigeo Katoh, Fed-batch culture under illumination with blue light emitting diodes (LEDs) for astaxanthin production by Haematococcus pluvialis. J Biosci Bioeng, 100, 339-342 (2005).

 

2004

·         Abdolmajid Lababpour, Keishi Hada, Kazumichi Shimahara, Tomohisa Katsuda and Shigeo Katoh, Effects of nutrient supply methods and illumination with blue LEDs on astaxanthin production by Haematococcus pluvialis J Biosci Bioeng 98, 452-456 (2004).

 

l       Tomohisa Katsuda, Abdolmajid Lababpour, Kazumichi Shimahara and Shigeo Katoh, Astaxanthin production by Haematococcus pluvialis under illumination with LEDs. Enzyme and Microbial Technology, 35, 81-86 (2004).

 

Conferences and proceedings

2006

·         Abdolmajid Lababpour and Choul-Gyun Lee, AIChE 2006.

·         Abdolmajid Lababpour and Choul-Gyun Lee, AIChE 2006.

·         Abdolmajid Lababpour and Choul-Gyun Lee, Astaxanthin biosynthesis in Haematococcus pluvialis as a function of pH and zinc, copper and iron concentrations. 6th APCAB, Philippine, 2006.

 

2005

l       Katsuda T., Lababpour A., Shimahara K., Katoh S., Astaxanthin production by H. pluvialis. SCEJ, Japan, 2005.

l       Katsuda T., Lababpour A., Shimahara K., Katoh S., Effects of feeding method on astaxanthin production by H. pluvialis. APBioCHEC, Korea, 2005.

l       Abdolmajid Lababpour, Shigeo Katoh, Fed-batch cultivation of Haematococcus pluvialis uner illumination with LEDs for production of astaxanthin,12th European Congress on Biotechnology, Denmark, 2005. 

l       Abdolmajid Lababpour and Choul-Gyun Lee, Astaxanthin Production with Haematococcus pluvialis by Switching Medium Supply and Lighting by LEDs, 55th Canadian Chemical Engineering Conference, Canada, 2005.

2004

l         Abdolmajid Lababpour, Tomohisa Katsuda, Shigeo Katoh, Astaxanthin Production by H. Pluvialis in Sequential Batch-Fed Batch Culture Illuminated by LED Lamps, Annual Meeting of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers ( AIChE), USA, 2004.

l         Abdolmajid Lababpour, Keishi Hada, Kazumichi Shimahara, Tomohisa Katsuda, Shigeo Katoh Induction of astaxanthin accumulation in H. pluvialis by illumination with LED lamps and fed batch addition of nutrients. Young Asian Biochemical Engineer’s Community Symposium (YABEC), Japan, 2004.

l         Abdolmajid Lababpour, Keishi Hada, Kazumichi Shimahara, Tomohisa Katsuda, Shigeo Katoh Effects of medium replacement on H. pluvialis cultures illuminated with LED lamps. The 10th Asian Pacific Confederation of Chemical Engineering (APCChE) Congress, Japan, 2004.

l         Kazumichi Shimahara, Abdolmajid Lababpour, Keishi Hada, Shigeo Katoh Astaxanthin production with Haematococcus pluvialis by using LED. Second Seminar of Frontiers in Biotechnology, Japan, 2004.

l         Abdolmajid Lababpour, Keishi Hada, Kazumichi Shimahara, Tomohisa Katsuda, Shigeo Katoh Growth and astaxanthin accumulation in H.pluvialis cultures illuminated by LED lamps. The 37th Annual Meeting of the Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan (SCEJ), Japan, 2004.

2003

l         A. Lababpour, K. Hada, K. Shimahara, T. Katsuda, S. Katoh Increasing cell density and astaxanthin accumulation in H.pluvialis culture illuminated by LED lamps. Young Asian Biochemical Engineer’s Community Symposium (YABEC), Sough Korea, 2003.

l         T. Katsuda, A. Lababpour, K. Shimahara, K. Hada, S. Katoh Production of astaxanthin by Haematococcus under pulse illumination. The 36th Annual Meeting of the Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan, 2003.

l         K. Shimahara, A. Lababpour,T. Katsuda, K. Hada, S. Katoh Effects of pulse irradiation with blue LED on astaxanthin production by the green algae Haematococcus pluvialis. The Annual Meeting of the Society of Biotechnology, Japan, 2003.

l         S. Katoh, A. Lababpour, T. Katsuda Cultivation of microalga in photobioreactors illuminated with LED’s. The Sixth Italian Conference on Chemical and Process Engineering, Italy, 2003.

l         T. Katsuda, A. Lababpour, K. Shimahara, K. Hada, S. Katoh Production of Astaxanthin by Haematococcus Under pulse illumination. The 35th Annual Meeting of the Society of Chemical Engineers, Japan, 2003.

2002

·         A. Lababpour, K. Shimahara, T. Katsuda, S. Katoh Effects of light on the production of astaxanthin by green algae Haematococcus pluvialis. The 35th Autumn Meeting of Society of Chemical Engineer’s Japan, Japan, 2002.

·         T. Katsuda, A. Lababpour, K. Shimahara, S. Katoh Astaxanthin production by using LED lamps. Asian Biochemical Engineer’s Community Symposium (YABEC), Taiwan, 2002.

·         Tomohisa Katsuda, Abdolmajid Lababpour, Kazumichi Shimahara and Shigeo Katoh Using light emitting diodes (LED’s) for production of astaxanthin by Haematococcus pluvialis. The “35th Autumn Meeting of Society of Chemical Engineer’s Japan, Japan, 2002.

 

Up to 2002

·         Abdolmajid Lababpour Studies on the behavior and modeling of ethanol formation from substandard fruits and wastes by fermentation. IUPAC Degradation Process in the Environment Conference, Croatia, 1998.

·         Morteza Noori, Abdolmajid Lababpour Design, construction and study of the condensers based on the conducting polyaniline films. IUPAC International Symposium on Ionic Polymerization, Japan, 1999.

 

Others

·         A. Lababpour An educational multimedia package for integration of photobioprocesses and photobioreactors into the biotechnology education curriculum. 2004 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference Exhibition, USA, 2004.

·         Abdolmajid Lababpour A glances on technical and vocational education in the ministry of education of Iran. International Symposium on Educational Cooperation for "Industrial Technology Education, Japan, 2003.

·         Abdolmajid Lababpour A survey on biotechnology education in schools of Iran. The 2003 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference Exhibition, USA, 2003.

 

Magazine paper

l         Abdolmajid Lababpour Biotechnology. Journal of Roshde Amuzeshe Shimi, winter 1993, p. 45-53.

l         Abdolmajid Lababpour From sun light until production of electricity: photovoltaic cells. Fonoon.

 

Book

·         Abdolmajid Lababpour Chemistry of ceramics. Textbook for High School Students, Ministry of Education, Iran, 2001.

 

PhD thesis

·         Lababpour Abdolmajid, Katoh Shigeo, Photobioreactor design using LEDs and production of carotenoid with microalga, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan (2005).

 

Master thesis

·         Lababpour Abdolmajid., S. A. Shoja Sadati, Ethanol Production from Substandard Fruits by Fermentation, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran (1996)

 

Other educational courses and workshops

 

April 2001 - October 2001

·         Kobe International Student Center(KISC), Kobe University, Kobe, Japan

Course title: Intensive Japanese language course

 

September 1984 - August 1986

·         Shahid Bahonar Teacher Training Center, Dezfool, Iran.

Associate Diploma

Major: Primary Education

 

In service workshops:

 

l       Dec 5, 2005Dec 9, 2005

Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea

Title of the course: Systems Biology & Bioengineering

 

Oct 20 1997 - Oct 31 1997

·         Colombo Plan Stuff College For Technician Education (CPSC), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Title of the course: Entrepreneurship Training For Community Based Development Through TVET.

 

Oct 31 1998 - Nov 12 1998

·         The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), Tehran, Iran.

Title of the course: Use of Renewable Sources of Energy

 

Aug 2 1997 - Aug 4 1997

·         The Ministry of Education, Tehran, Iran

Title of the course: Methods in Text book Content Compiling

 

Aug 9 1997 - Aug 15 1997

·         The Ministry of Education, Tehran, Iran

Title of the course: Educational Planning Skills and Strategies

 

June 1 1997 - July 1 1997

·         The Ministry of Education, Tehran, Iran

Title of the course: Orientation to How to Evaluate Tests Details

 

2000 (60 Hours)

·         The Ministry of Education, Tehran, Iran

Title of the course: Action Research

 

 

Fellowships, scholarships, awards and honors

 

April 2002 - March 2005

·         Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship, Japan

Subject: Study in PhD course in Kobe University

 

October 2001 - March 2002

·         Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship, Japan

Subject: Research student course in Kobe University

 

April 2001 - October 2001

·         Japanese Government (Monbukagakusho) Scholarship, Japan

Subject: Study Intensive Japanese Language Course, Kobe University

 

September 1992 - August 1996

·         Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

Subject: Study in Master course in Trbiat Modares University

 

September 1988 - August 1992

·         Shahid Chamran University, Ahwaz, Iran

Subject: Study in Bachelor course in Shahid Chamran University

 

September 1984 - August 1986

·         Shahid Bahonar Teacher Training Center, Dezfool, Iran.

Subject: Study in Associate course in Shahid Bahonar Teacher Training Center

 

Oct 20 1997 - Oct 31 1997 (2 weeks)

·         Colombo Plan Staff College For Technician Education (CPSC), Dhaka, Bangladesh

Subject: Participate in sub-regional course on Entrepreneurship Training For Community Based Development Through TVET.

 

Oct 31 1998 - Nov 12 1998

l       The Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ISESCO), Tehran, Iran.

Subject: Participate in the course on Use of Renewable Sources of Energy

 

Aug 2 1997 - Aug 4 1997

l       Technical and Vocational Education Bureau, Tehran, Iran

Subject: Participate in the course on Methods in Text book Content Compiling

 

Aug 9 1997 - Aug 15 1997

l       Technical and Vocational Education Bureau, Tehran, Iran

Subject: Participate in the course on Educational Planning Skills and Strategies

 

June 1 1997 - July 1 1997

l       Technical and Vocational Education, Tehran, Iran

Subject: Participate in the course on Orientation to How to Evaluate Tests Details

 

2000

l       Technical and Vocational Education Bureau,Tehran, Iran

Subject: Participate in the course on Action Research

 

l         Japanese financial support for attending the conference, USA, 2004

l         Laboratory financial support for attending the conference, South Korea, 2003

l         Laboratory financial support for attending the conference, Osaka, Japan, 2004

l         Laboratory financial support for attending the conference, Kita Kyushu, Japan, 2004

l         Laboratory financial support for attending the conference, Osaka, Japan, 2004

 

 

LANGUAGE PROFECIENCY

 

English: Very good in writing, speaking, listening and reading

Japanese: Good in writing, speaking, listening and reading

Arabic: Good in writing, speaking, listening and reading

Persian: Native

 

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