Reza Yousefi
Shiraz University
Iran
Biography
Reza Yousefi is associated professor of Biochemistry in Biology Department of Shiraz University. He received his PhD by the end of 2004 in Biochemistry from the institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB) of the University of Tehran. In 2004 he has joined Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry of Bern University as a visiting scholar. During 2005-2008, he has participated in two post doctorate research programmers in Tehran University and in the National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA) of Nantes, France. In 2009 he joined Shiraz University as assistant professor and established Protein Chemistry Laboratory (PCL) in the Biology Department. In 2014, he was appointed as the chair of scientific committee of the national conference on protein and peptide sciences in Iran. His research interest focuses on structure and function of proteins and peptides, as well as biological activity of organometallic complexes and nanomaterials.