Associate Professor of the Department of Chemistry wins IUPAC Award

Dr. Ali Maleki, associate professor of the Department of Chemistry wins the 2016 IUPAC- CHMERAWN VII for Green Chemistry in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the field of green chemistry.

This prize is awarded every two years at the IUPAC International Conference of Green Chemistry to a young investigator from an emerging region who is actively contributing to research in Green Chemistry.

The prize will be presented to Dr. Maleki in the 6^th IUPAC Conference on Green chemistry to be held in Venice on September 2016.

IUPAC –International ::union:: of Pure and Applied Chemistry- was established first in 1919 and its activities in the fields of pure and applied chemistry includes holding conferences and events, offering databases, publishing journals, reports and books, presenting awards, and undertaking of projects. The ::union:: is the universally-recognized authority on chemical nomenclature and terminology.