Abbas Shafiee Explained

Abbas Shafiee (September 25, 1937 – June 15, 2016)^[1] was an Iranian pharmaceutical chemist. He was the president of faculty of pharmacy at Tehran University.^[2] He published more than 350 scientific articles in peer-reviewed international journals.^[3]

Shafiee received his degree in Pharmacy from Tehran University in 1962, later earning a master's from Columbia University's College of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 1965, and a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the same institution in 1968.

Selected honoraria

• National Winner of Merit, Lunsford Richardson Award for graduate research (USA), 1968
• Research Award, Tehran University, 1972
• Ministry of Higher Education award for Research, 1974
• First Degree Kharazmi Award, 1987
• Permanent Member of Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences 1990.
• Member of Iranian Academy of Science, Tehran 1991.
• Tehran University's Highest Honorary Award, 1994
• Iranian Chemical Society Year's Chemist, 1995
• His book, Chromatography and spectroscopy, was named best book of the year and received the corresponding award from the Interior Ministry in 1996 and the Ministry of Health in 1995
• Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1998
• First degree Razi Award, 1998
• Second degree National Award for Research, 1999
• Best National Book of the Year, 2000^[4]

Books

• Chromatography and Spectroscopy, Tehran University Publications, 1373.
• Antibiotics, Tehran University Press, 1371.
• Asm, Academic Publishing Center, 2013.
• An introduction to the mechanism of organic chemistry reactions, Tehran University Press, 1354.
• Jahangiri's Guide to Good Psychopharmacology Prescribing: A Practical Manual English - Persian Edition; Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany (2018-05-04). Hamideh Jahangiri, Alireza Norouzi, Abbass Shafiee. ISBN 978-613-8-38586-8.
• Jahangiri's Medical Dictionary, English-Persian Volume 4 (Pharmacotherapy), Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, Germany (2018-02-16). Hamideh Jahangiri, Alireza Norouzi, Abbass Shafiee. ISBN 978-613-7-38206-6.

See also

• Hassan Farsam
• Ahmad Reza Dehpour
• Iranian science
• Intellectual movements in Iran

Notes and References

1. Web site: Homage to Prof. Abbas Shafiee. targan.ir . Faculty of Pharmacy - Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
2. Book: Katritzky, Alan R.. Advances in heterocyclic chemistry. Alan R. Katritzky. Academic Press. 1979. illustrated. 24. 109–150. 0-12-020624-2. Selenium-Nitrogen Heterocycles . 31 December 2009 . 10.1016/S0065-2725(08)60509-7 .
3. Web site: CV: Abbas Shafiee . . 31 December 2009 . Tehran . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110716064136/http://www.tums.ac.ir/english/faculties/cv.asp?facultyID=1444 . 16 July 2011 .
4. Web site: Abbas Shafiee . Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics . 31 December 2009 . Tehran . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101025025947/http://www.ibb.ut.ac.ir/adjps/shafiee_en.htm . 25 October 2010 .