DR. AKBAR MONTASER

August, 2007

 

Dr. Akbar Montaser, Ph.D., is a Distinguished Professor of Chemistry at the George Washington University (GWU). He is internationally recognized as an authority in the field of inductively coupled plasma (ICP). For over 25 years, Professor Montaser has played a leading role in the development of ICP-based techniques for the quantitative determination of the elemental composition of materials. His research addresses problems in diverse fields such as the semiconductor industry, energy generation, material science, forensic chemistry, environmental pollution, nutrition, biomedical, and pharmacology. Professor Montaser is the author of over 170 peer-reviewed articles, reviews, books, and book chapters. He has presented over 270 papers in national and international conferences. He is highly sought after as an invited/plenary speaker in major international conferences. Indeed, during 2003/2004 he was the invited lecturer or Keynote Speaker at 20 major meetings worldwide. His three comprehensive books in the field of ICP are often cited as the “ICP bible”. The first and second edition of these books became the most successful books ever published by VCH and VCH Wiley. In the words of a distinguished scholar in the field of spectroscopy "clearly, through his books, professor Montaser has played a commanding role in the education of the worldwide chemostry community". Professor Montaser's achievements have been acknowledged by a number of awards and recognitions. Professor Montaser has attracted major funding from federal and industrial sources. During the 1985-2004 period, approximately 20 of his graduate students have received several major national and international awards for their research. Professor Montaser has served as a program director in the NSF Division of Material Research for 7 years and he has been serving o the Editorial Board of several journals. Professor Montaser is a native of Isfahan, Iran and graduated from Pahlavi (now Shiraz ) University with a B.S. degree with honors in Chemistry in 1969. In 1974 he received his Ph.D. degree from Michigan State University followed by a post-doctoral fellowship at Iowa State University. From 1975 to 1979 he taught as an assistant professor at Aryamehr (now Sharif) University, Iran. In 1979 he left Iran and after two years of work as a Research Scholar at Iowa State University, joined the faculty of GWU.