PARISA MAHJOOR

RESEAR SCIENTIST
10438 Santa Monica Blvd, Apt # 6, Los Angeles, CA 90025
Phone number: 850-345-7184, email address:pmf785e8@westpost.net

OBJECTIVE
Independent, experienced chemist seeking a position that would utilize my broad
technical and scientific skills in the field of organic, inorganic chemistry and
materials science.

EDUCATION
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 2009
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PhD INORGANIC/MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
"Synthesis and Characterization of New Materials in Molten Salt Fluxes. "Dr. Sus
an E. Latturner
University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, 2004
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MS ORGANOMETALLICS
"Synthetic, Structural and Thermochemical Studies of N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC
) and Tertiary Phosphine Ligands in Ni(CO)2(L)x(L = PR3, NHC) Systems." Dr. Stev
en P. Nolan

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
University of California, Los Angeles, 2010-present.
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Postdoctoral Advisor: Dr. Omar M.Yaghi
* Growth of single crystals of new MOF, ZIF, COF.
* Discovering new zeolites.
* Design, synthesis and characterization of new porous materials.

Florida State University, 2004-2009.

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Graduate Advisor: Dr. Susan E. Latturner
* Synthesized and solved the crystal structure of new ionic liquids.
* Discovered new synthetic routs to produce hybrid organic/inorganic materials i
n ionic liquids.
* Synthesized new salt-inclusion solids from eutectic salt mixtures.

University of New Orleans, 2002-2004.

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Graduate Advisor: Dr. Steven P. Nolan
* Synthesized new N-heterocyclic carbenes.
* Discovered new metal-carbene catalysts.
* Performed calorimetric studies to measure Ni-L ( L = NHC, PR3) bond strengths.

SKILLS
Synthesis
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* solid state and solution
* high temperature techniques
* hydrothermal synthesis
* flux growth methods
* Schlenk line, glove box and vacuum line techniques
Instrumental
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* Absorption spectroscopy
* Fluorescence spectroscopy
* Solution and solid state Infrared spectroscopy (IR)
* Single crystal and powder X-ray diffraction
* Calorimetry
* Raman spectroscopy
* Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID)
* Solution and solid state Nuclear Magnetic Resonance(NMR);1H, 13C, 31P, 29Si, 5
1V, 19F
* Scanning Electron Microscopy-Energy Dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (SEM/EDS)
* Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR)
* Gas Chromatography Mass spectrometry( GCMS)
* High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC)
* Thin Layer Chromatography (TLC)
* BET and particle size analysis
Mechanical:
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* maintenance of glove box, vacuum and furnace;
* crucible construction and repair.

PUBLICATIONS
1) Mahjoor, P.; Latturner, S. E. "Molten-Salt Synthesis and Structural Character
ization of Novel Salt-Inclusion Vanadium (V/IV) Bronze Cs5FeV5O13Cl6". Inorg. Ch
em.2010, 49, 4486-4490.
2) Mahjoor, P.; Latturner, S. E. "Synthesis and Structural Characterization of [
bpyr]4[V4O4CL12] and [bpyr]4[B4iCl16] in Ionic Liquid [bpyr][AlCl4] (bpyr = 1-bu
tylpyridinium)" Crystal Growth & Design 2009, 9, 1385-1389.
3) Scott, N. E.; Cavier, H.; Mahjoor, P.; Stevens, E. D.; Nolan, S. P. " Synthet
ic, Structural and Thermochemical Studies of N-Heterocyclic Carbene (NHC) and Te
rtiary Phosphine Ligands in the [(L)2Ni(Co)2](L= PR3, NHC) System" Organometalli
cs 2008, 27(13), 3181-3186.
4) Navarro, O.; Kauer, H.; Mahjoor, P. "Cross-Coupling Catalyzed by (N-Heterocyc
lic Carbenes)Pd(ally)Cl complexes" J. Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 3173-3180. .
5) Mahjoor, P.; Latturner, S. E. "Salt-flux Synthesis and Characterization of Cs
FeMo2O8 and the Inverse Salt-inclusion Phase Cs2Mo0.65OCl5 ". Inorg. Chem. TBA 2
010.

PRESENTATIONS
1) Synthesis of New Oxides and Halides from Eutectic Salt Mixtures. ACS National
Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, United States, Aug.2008 (Oral).
2) Synthesis of new Hybrid Materials in Ionic Liquids. NASSC conference, Colleg
e Station, TX, United States, May 2007 (Poster).
3) Synthesis of New Hybrid Materials in Ionic Liquids 232nd ACS National Meeting
, San Francisco, CA, United States, Sept. 2006 (Oral).