Personal Information	
First Name: Samira
Last name: Zareei
Data & Place of Birth: 17/06/1988- Kermanshah, Iran 
Native Language: Persian 
Second Language: English
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Education
* M.Sc. Applied Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Islamic Azad University, Shahr-e-Rey Branch, Shahr-e-Rey, Iran. GPA: 16.89/20, 2010– 2013.

Thesis Title: Preparation and Characterization of Biodegradable PCL-PEG-PCL Nanoparticles for Anticancer Drug Delivery, Supervisor: Prof. Kobra Rostamizadeh. Thesis Grade: 19.75/20

* B. S. Applied Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Islamic Azad University, Zanjan Branch, Zanjan, Iran. GPA: 16.01/20, 2006-2010.

Work Experience
* Current position: Quality control unit, Behab Palayesh System Company, Tehran, Iran, 2022-present.
Job Description: Assessment of the environmental effects of water and sewage projects, Washing and disinfection of tanks and distribution networks, Water sampling, Analysis of the results of water and sewage tests.
*R&D: Expert Research and Development, Mehrad Daroye Khavaremianeh Company, Tehran, Iran. 2015- 2020.
Job Description: To carry out purification processes, to synthesize organic chemical compounds, to search in the scientific situations for formulation of the new products and do teamwork, to work with HPLC, to draw up analytical reports.
* Research Assistant: Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran Zanjan Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology Research Center 2013-2015,    
Research Projects: Drug design including research into the field of novel drug delivery systems, synthesis of nanoparticles, characterization of Anticancer, investigation of drug release, and synthesis of nanoparticles.

Publication
1. Samira Zareei, Mehdi Adib, Mohammad Mahdavi Sulfonamide-phosphonate hybrids as new carbonic anhydrase inhibitors: in vitro enzymatic inhibition, molecular modeling, and ADMET prediction. Journal of Molecular Structure. Volume 1271, 2023, 134114. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molstruc.2022.134114 
2. Samira Zarei, Somayeh Sadighian, Kobra Rostamizadeh, Maryam Khalkhali.” Theragnostic Magnetic Core-Shell Nanoparticle as Versatile Nanoplatform for Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Drug Delivery.” Biointerface Research in Applied Chemistry. Volume 11, Issue 5, 2021, 13276- 13289. DOI: https://doi.org/10.33263/BRIAC115.1327613289 

Research Experience
Synthesis of new α-amino phosphonates derivatives by kabachnik-fields reaction and evaluation of their carbonic anhydrase inhibitory activity.
Sulfonamide-phosphonate hybrids as new enzymatic inhibitors: in vitro enzymatic inhibition, molecular modeling, and ADMET prediction. 
Synthesis of Azo Compounds
Synthesis of Esters
Synthesis of 3-ethylideneazetidine-2,4-dione Derivatives 
Theragnostic Magnetic Core-Shell Nanoparticle as Versatile Nanoplatform for Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Drug Delivery 
Preparation and Characterization of Biodegradable PCL-PEG-PCL Nanoparticles for Anticancer Drug Delivery. 
Synthesis, Characterization, and In vitro Evaluation of a novel Pectin–Adriamycin Conjugate for Anticancer Delivery.
Research Interests
Environmental chemistry
Water and wastewater treatment
Rural water management
Medicinal chemistry and Drug Discovery
Organic Synthesis
Drug Delivery 
Polymeric Nanoparticles
Nanoparticle Synthesis
Heterocyclic chemistry, Multicomponent reactions

Conference Presentations
1.The 6th Iranian Controlled Release Society Conference (ICRC2014) & 1st Middle East Controlled Release Conference (MECRC2014), Tehran, Iran, 25th-27th February, 2014.
2. The 20th Iranian Seminar of Organic Chemistry, Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran, 3-5 July, 2013.
3. The 13th Iranian Pharmaceutical Sciences Congress (IPSC 2012), Isfahan, Iran, September 3-6, 2012.

Laboratory Skills & Experience
1. Synthesis of Sulfonamide-Phosphonates as new carbonic anhydrase inhibitors.
2. Synthesis of imidazole derivatives as anticancer.
3. Synthesis of α- amino phosphonates.
4. Synthesis of Chemically Conjugated pectin- Adriamycin
5. Synthesis of biodegradable polymeric nanoparticles and In -vitro Evaluation of Nanoparticles for drug delivery
6. Working in Mass and HPLC laboratory as operator technician in the Department of Chemistry, College of Science university of Tehran.
7. Familiar with Dynamic light scattering/Zeta Potential analyzer (DLS).
8. Familiar with Spectrophotometry (UV-Vis).
9. Synthesis of magnetic nanoparticles as targeted drug carrier for Tamoxifen.
10. Teaching Assistant in Zanjan University of Medical Science, School of pharmacy.
11. Working in NMR laboratory as operator technician in the Department of Chemistry.
12. Familiar with Purification Methods (Medicinal Chemistry)
13. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR)
14. Familiar with Gas Chromatograph

Certification
1.The one-year program entitled Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the college of science at the University of Tehran, 2021.
2. MASS, School of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Tehran. July 2021 –September 2021
3. SPSS, Jahad Daneshgahi Zanjan Institute, 2017.
4. Quality assurance management based on ISO9001:2008 standard, 2014.
5. ICDL ǀ & ǁ in the Tehran Technical Complex Institute, GPA:92/100, 2008.

Hardware Skills
Infrared Spectrophotometer IR-460 (Shimadzu).
UV-Visible Spectrophotometer.
Dynamic light scattering/Zeta Potential analyzer (DLS).
GC-mass Chromatography (Agilent).
Mass spectrometry (Agilent, Bruker).
NMR (Bruker).
HPLC (Agilent).

Software Skills
MestreNova Labs (advance)
ChemDraw (advance)
ICDL (advance)
SPSS (advance)

Language Proficiency
English: IELTS, Overall:7 (Reading:6.5, Speaking:7, Listening:7, writing: 6.5)
Persian/Farsi: Native

Hobbies and Interests
Photography
Aerobic 
Swimming
Hiking

 
References

Dr. Kobra Rostamizadeh, Department of Medicinal Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, Zanjan University of Medical    Sciences, Zanjan, Iran 
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Prof. Mahdi Adib, Department of chemistry, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran.
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Dr. Mohammad Mahdavi, Associate Prof. of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
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Dr. Somayeh Sadighian, Department of Pharmaceutical Biomaterials, School of Pharmacy, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran.
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