Curriculum Vitae

Personal Information:

Name: Mohammad Ali Asadollahi

Address: Biotechnology Department, Faculty of Advanced Sciences and Technologies, University of Isfahan, Hezar Jareeb St., Isfahan 81746-73441, Iran.

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., Tarbiat Modarres University Press, Tehran (in Persian).

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. Iran J. Chem. Chem. Eng. 31:21-28.

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. Eng. 11:328-334.

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. Eng. Biotechnol. 100:19-51. 

Haghtalab A, Asadollahi, MA. 2000. An excess Gibbs energy model to study the phase behavior of aqueous two-phase systems of polyethylene glycol + dextran. Fluid Phase Equilibria 171:77-90.

 

Awards and Honors:

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, Isfahan, Iran (1996)