EDUCATION:

1994:  Doctorat of Philosophy, Biology
  (Toxicology: Bioremediation of TNT-Contaminated Soils by Higher Plants)
  New Mexico State University
  Las Cruces, NM

1993:  Recieved the first award in the 3rd Annual Waste-Management Education and Research Consortium (WERC) Technology Development Conference, Las Cruces New Mexico

1990:  Master of Science, Biology
  (Endocrinology)
  New Mexico State University
  Las Cruces, NM

1978:  Bachelor of Science, Medical Technology
  University of Texas at El Paso
  El Paso, TX
 

 
FLUENT LANGUAGES:
 
  English and Farsi
 

WORK EXPERIENCE:

JULY 1994 - Present  Specialist Chemist
    Soil, Water and Air Testing Lab
    New Mexico State University
    Las Cruces, NM

Pestiside and herbicide analyses of drinking water by High Performance Liquid Chromatoghraghy (HPLC). Responsible for developing and optimizing EPA Methods for the analyses of pesticides and herbicides in drinking samples. Procedures include disk extraction of pesticides from drinking water, performance of HPLC, instrument maintenance, QC compliance, data entry and generation of data reports. Also have training and performed gas chromatoghraghy (GC)/ electron capture detector (ECD) and mass spectroscopy (MS).

April 1997 - present  Medical Technologist
    Providence Memorial Hospital in El Paso Texas
    Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces New Mexico

I have been relief charge supervisor of the lab on weekdays and weekends. I have worked in all departments such as Blood Bank, Haematology, Chemistry, Bacteriology, Coagulation and Urinalysis. I have experience with a variety of instruments such as Coulter, Synchron CX7, IMX, TDX, Mira, Fara, IRX, Spectrum, Kodac 700x.

1991 - 1993   Research Assistant
    Chemistry Department
    New Mexico State University
    Las Cruces, NM

Worked in the Tissue Culture Laboratory and obtained experience in media preparation, cell suspension cultures, regeneration of whole plants from cell cultures, and researched in TNT uptake and bioremediation by cell suspensions and plants. In the course of research used HPLC, Radiodetector-HPLC, GC-MS, Scintillation counter, purge and trap, and GC.

1989 - 1990   Graduate Teaching Assistant
    Biology Department
    New Mexico State University
    Las Cruces, NM

Established the Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory. As an instructor, I had the responsibilities of teaching two classes of human anatomy, dissecting cats, and working with human and animal models.
 

May 1994 - July 1994 Jornada Experimental Science Range

Developed a method for Polyamines on High performance Liquid Chromotography (HPLC).
 
 
 

PAPERS:

 Saeed Shojaee, Wolfgang Mueller, Hassan Koc, and John Hubstenberger 1998. Bioremediation of TNT by Cell Suspensions. International Journal of Environmentally Conscious Design & Manufacturing, Vol 7, No. 1,1998.
 
 

AWARDS:
 
 Recieved the first place for the presentation and paper on the TNT uptake and bioremediation by higher plants at the Southwestern New Mexico Regional 1992 Science and Engineering Fair.
 

 Recieved the Certificate of Achievement on the Normal and Reversed Phase HPLC course completion in 1997.