Curriculum
Vitae
Personal Information:
Name: Mohammad Ali Asadollahi
Address: Biotechnology Department, Faculty of Advanced Sciences and
Technologies,
Tel (Office): +98-31-37934263
Fax: +98-31-37932342
E-mail: ma.asadollahi@ast.ui.ac.ir ,
masadollahi@yahoo.com
Education:
Ph.D., 2008, Chemical
Engineering-Biotechnology, Center for Microbial Biotechnology (CMB), Department
of Systems Biology, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Denmark [Thesis: Establishment
of Yeast Platform for Isoprenoid Production]
M.Sc.,
1999, Chemical Engineering- Biotechnology, Tarbiat Modarres University (TMU),
Tehran [Thesis: A Novel Thermodynamic Model to Study the Phase
Behavior of Aqueous Two-Phase Polymer-Polymer Systems Applicable in Protein
Separation]
B.Sc., 1996, Chemical Engineering, Isfahan
University of Technology, Isfahan. [Thesis: Study of Different Methods for Synthesis of Ion
Exchange Resins]
Work experiences:
Assistant
Professor, Biotechnology Department, Faculty of Advanced Sciences and
Technologies, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran, September 2008-present
Postdoc
fellow, Center for Microbial Biotechnology (CMB), Department of Systems
Biology, Technical University of Denmark (DTU), Copenhagen, Denmark, February
2008-September 2008.
Research Interests:
Fermentation
technology for production of value added bioproducts
Renewable
energies from industrial and agricultural wastes
Metabolic
engineering tools for enhancement of cell factories
Nanocomposites
as scaffolds for tissue engineering and drug deliver
Publications:
-Books:
1-Shojaosadati, S.A. & Asadollahi, M.A., 2016. ”Industrial
Biotechnology", 3rd Ed.,
2- Asadollahi M.A., Zarkesh-Esfahani S.H., Abbasi
Kajani A., 2016. “Molecular Biotechnology: Principles, Applications and
Techniques”, University of Isfahan Press, Isfahan (in Persian).
-Book chapters:
Maury J, Asadollahi MA, Formenti LR, Schalk M,
Nielsen J. 2013. Metabolic engineering of isoprenoid production: Reconstruction
of multiple heterologous pathways in tractable hosts. In: Bach TJ, Rohmer M
(eds). "Isoprenoid Synthesis in Plants and Microorganisms: New Concepts
and Experimental Approaches", Springer.
-Patents:
1-Clark A, Maury J, Asadollahi
MA, Møller K, Nielsen J, Schalk M. Method for producing terpenes and
MEP-transformed microorganisms therefore. US Patent
2009/0155874 A1
2-Clark A, Maury J, Asadollahi
MA, Møller K, Nielsen J, Schalk M. Method for producing terpenes and
MEP-transformed microorganisms therefore. WO/2007/093962
-Peer reviewed journals
publications:
Mehrasa M., Asadollahi M.A., Nasri-Nasrabadi B., Ghaedi K., Salehi H., Dolatshahi-Pirouz A., Arpanaei A. 2016. Incorporation of mesoporous silica nanoparticles into random electrospun PLGA and PLGA/gelatin nanofibrous scaffolds enhances mechanical and cell proliferation properties. Mater. Sci. Eng. C 66: 25-32.
Heidari F., Asadollahi
M.A., Jeihanipour A., Kheyrandish M., Rismani-Yazdi H., Karimi K. 2016.
Biobutanol production using unhydrolyzed waste acorn as a novel substrate. RSC
Adv. 6: 9254-9260.
Niknezhad S.V., Asadollahi M.A., Zamani A., Biria D. 2016. Production of xanthan gum by free and immobilized cells of Xanthomonas campestris and Xanthomonas pelargonii. Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 82: 751-756.
Amiri P., Shahpiri A., Asadollahi M.A., Momenbeik F., Partow S. 2016. Metabolic engineering of Saccharomyces cerevisiae for linalool production. Biotechnol. Lett. 38: 503-508.
Doostmohammadi
M., Asadollahi M.A., Nahvi I., Biria D., Ghezelbash G.R.,
Kheyrandish M. 2016. L-Phenylacetylcarbinol production by yeast petite mutants.
Ann. Microbiol. 66: 1049-1055.
Bashiri R., Farhadian M., Asadollahi M.A., Jeihanipour A. 2016. Anaerobic digested sludge: a new supplementary source for ethanol production. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Technol. 13: 763-772.
Kheyrandish M., Asadollahi M.A.,
Jeihanipour A., Doostmohammadi M., Rismani-Yazdi H., Karimi K. 2015. Direct
production of acetone-butanol-ethanol from waste starch by Clostridium
acetobutylicum. Fuel 142: 129-133.
Soleymanifard I., Shahpiri A., Asadollahi M.A. 2015. Functional characterization of a type 3 metallolthionein isoform (OsMTI-3a) from rice. Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 73: 154-159.
Niknezhad S.V., Asadollahi M.A., Zamani A., Biria D., Doostmohammadi M. 2015. Optimization of xanthan gum production from cheese whey using response surface methodology. Food Sci. Biotechnol. 24: 453-460.
Doostmohammadi M., Esfandiary M., Asadollahi M.A., Kamali M., Nahvi I. 2015. Biotransformation of benzaldehyde to L-phenylacetyl carbinol using immobilized cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Minerva Biotec. 27:43-49.
Mehrasa
M., Asadollahi M.A., Ghaedi K., Salehi H., Arpanaei A. 2015.
Electrospun aligned PLGA and PLGA/gelatin nanofibers embedded with silica
nanoparticles for tissue engineering. Int. J. Biol. Macromol. 79:687-695.
Niknezhad S.V., Asadollahi M.A., Zamani A., Biria D. 2014. Production of xanthan gum by Xanthomonas species using starch as carbon source. Minerva Biotec. 26: 191-197.
Moradi H, Asadollahi MA, Nahvi I. 2013.
Improved γ-decalactone production
from castor oil by fed-batch cultivation of Yarrowia lipolytica. Biocat.
Agri. Biotechnol. 2:64-68.
Kamali M, Ghorashi SAK, Asadollahi MA.
2012. Controllable synthesis of silver nanoparticles using citrate as
complexing agent: Characterization of nanoparticles and effect of pH on size
and crystallinity.
Otero JM, Vongsangnak W, Asadollahi MA, Olivares-Hernandes R, Maury J, Farinelli L, Barlocher L, Østerås M, Schalk M , Clark A, Nielsen J. 2010. Whole genome sequencing of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: From genotype to phenotype for improved metabolic engineering applications. BMC Genomics 11:723.
Asadollahi MA, Maury J, Schalk M, Clark A, Nielsen J. 2010. Enhancement
of farnesyl diphosphate pool as direct precursor of sesquiterpenes through
metabolic engineering of the mevalonate pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 106:86-96.
Asadollahi
MA, Maury J, Patil KR, Schalk M, Clark A, Nielsen J. 2009.
Enhancing sesquiterpene production in Saccharomyces cerevisiae through in
silico driven metabolic engineering Metab.
Maury J, Asadollahi MA, Møller K, Schalk M, Clark A, Formenti LR, Nielsen J. 2008. Reconstruction
of a bacterial isoprenoid biosynthetic pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
FEBS Lett. 582:4032-4038.
Asadollahi MA, Maury J, Møller K, Nielsen KF, Schalk M, Clark A, Nielsen J. 2008. Production of plant sesquiterpenes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae: Effect of ERG9 repression on sesquiterpene biosynthesis. Biotechnol. Bioeng. 99:666-677.
Maury
J, Asadollahi MA, Møller K, Clark A, Nielsen J. 2005.
Microbial isoprenoid production: An example of green chemistry through
metabolic engineering. Adv. Biochem.
Haghtalab
A,
Outstanding project (Heterologous production of terpenoids in yeast), IranBiotech 2010, Tehran, Iran (2010).
A 4-year Ph.D. fellowship awarded by Iranian Ministry of Science,
Research and Technology (MSRT), (2003-2007)
Ranked 1st in the master program in Chemical Engineering-Biotechnology, Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran, Iran. (1998)
Ranked 2nd in the national entrance exam for master studies in
Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology (1996)
Outstanding B.Sc. student
award (Ranked 2nd) in Chemical Engineering, Isfahan University of
Technology,