Hashem Rafii Tabar
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Hashem Rafii-Tabar is a British-Iranian professor and scientist within
computational physics Computational physics is the study and implementation of numerical analysis to solve problems in physics. Historically, computational physics was the first application of modern computers in science, and is now a subset of computational science ...
and
nanoscience Nanotechnology is the manipulation of matter with at least one dimension sized from 1 to 100 nanometers (nm). At this scale, commonly known as the nanoscale, surface area and quantum mechanical effects become important in describing propertie ...
. He is primarily known for his contribution to the computational physics of nanostructures with important applications such as
Carbon Nanotubes A carbon nanotube (CNT) is a tube made of carbon with a diameter in the nanometre range (nanoscale). They are one of the allotropes of carbon. Two broad classes of carbon nanotubes are recognized: * ''Single-walled carbon nanotubes'' (''SWC ...
. Rafii-Tabar's book "Computational Physics of Carbon Nanotubes" published by
Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press was the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted a letters patent by King Henry VIII in 1534, it was the oldest university press in the world. Cambridge University Press merged with Cambridge Assessme ...
was the first to cover this field and has been republished several times while gaining a text-book statue within the computational physics. In 2000 after around 40 years of living in the UK, he moved to Iran and started as the Head of The School of nanotechnology at
Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences The Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM; , ''Pazhuheshgah-e Daneshhai-ye Boniadi''), previously Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, is a public research institute in Tehran, Iran. IPM is directed by Mohamm ...
until 2015. He is now a distinguished professor of physics at Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine,
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBUMS, , ''Danushgah-e 'lum-e Pezeshki-ye vâ Xedâmat-e Behedashti - Dârmani-ye Shihid Beheshti'') is one of the three medical universities in Tehran, the capital of Iran. It began in 1961 with th ...
. In 2006 he achieved the title of
Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame or Ever-lasting Names / People (; read as ''čehre-hā-ye māndegār'') is a formal ceremony to honor influential contemporary scientific and cultural Eminents. The title is awarded to those who "will rema ...
(Ever-lasting Names) for his work in the field of nanoscience and nanotechnology. Rafii-Tabar has been also active in the research field of treatment of nonlocal elasticity theory as applied to the prediction of the mechanical characteristics of various types of biological and non-biological nanoscopic structures with different morphologies and functional behaviour, contributing to scholarly output such as "Computational Continuum Mechanics of Nanoscopic Structures". He has also worked in disease diagnosis field developing nanosensors for early detection of cancer biomarkers and also conceptual designs for nanodevices that can identify and destroy individual cancer cells. Several of his former students and supervised researchers are now university lectures in Asia and Europe


Life and education

Rafii-Tabar did a BSc., MSC. and PhD at
University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a collegiate university, federal Public university, public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The ...
and had held academic positions at
University of Greenwich The University of Greenwich is a public university located in London and Kent, United Kingdom. Previous names include Woolwich Polytechnic and Thames Polytechnic. The university's main campus is at the Old Royal Naval College, which along wi ...
and
University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ...
. He worked and lived in the UK for 40 years (and France and Japan for some years in the interim) before moving to Tehran in 2000. He has lived there since then.


Academic career and titles

* 1984
University of London The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a collegiate university, federal Public university, public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom. The ...
- PhD in Theoretical Elementary Particle Physics, dissertation entitled "A theoretical study of the low-energy K- meson-alpha particle reaction processes". * 1984-1987
Institut Henri Poincaré The Henri Poincaré Institute (or IHP for ''Institut Henri Poincaré'') is a mathematics research institute part of Sorbonne University, in association with the Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS). It is located in the 5th arrondi ...
, Visiting Research Physicist in Foundation of Quantum Mechanics * 1989-1992 South West London College, Associate Professor in Mathematics and Computer Science * 1990-1992
University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ...
, Research Fellow at Department of Materials, Computational Nano-science Research Group * 1992-1993
Tohoku University is a public research university in Sendai, Miyagi, Japan. It is colloquially referred to as or . Established in 1907 as the third of the Imperial Universities, after the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University, it initially focused on sc ...
, Invited Research Professor in Computational Nano-Science at Institute for Materials Research * 1994-2000
University of Greenwich The University of Greenwich is a public university located in London and Kent, United Kingdom. Previous names include Woolwich Polytechnic and Thames Polytechnic. The university's main campus is at the Old Royal Naval College, which along wi ...
, Head of Research, Computational Nano-Science Research Section, Centre for Numerical Modelling and Process Analysis * 2000–present Professor of Computational Nano-science and Condensed Matter Physics. Founder and Head of School of Nano-Science,
Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences The Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM; , ''Pazhuheshgah-e Daneshhai-ye Boniadi''), previously Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, is a public research institute in Tehran, Iran. IPM is directed by Mohamm ...
* 2001 Elected as number-one researcher within nanoscience and nanotechnology at First National Nantechnolofy Conference in Iran * 2001-2002
Ministry of Science, Research and Technology The Ministry of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT) is the government ministry of science, research and technology in Iran. State-run (non-medical) universities of Iran are under the direct supervision of Iran's Ministry of Science, Researc ...
, Head of Nano-Technology Committee * 2003–present National Academy of Sciences, permanent member * 2005
Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences The Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM; , ''Pazhuheshgah-e Daneshhai-ye Boniadi''), previously Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, is a public research institute in Tehran, Iran. IPM is directed by Mohamm ...
, The Elegant Work Prize for the service as the Head of the School of Nanoscience * 2015–present
Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences (SBUMS, , ''Danushgah-e 'lum-e Pezeshki-ye vâ Xedâmat-e Behedashti - Dârmani-ye Shihid Beheshti'') is one of the three medical universities in Tehran, the capital of Iran. It began in 1961 with th ...
, Professor of Computational Nano-Science and Nano-Technology, and Head of Department of Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medicine


Research

Rafii-Tabar contributed to 150 peer-reviewed papers, 6 book and book chapters and 3 review papers. The field of his research can be holistically divided into two main categories: Foundations of Quantum Theory and Computational Nano-Science and Condensed Matter Physics at the Nanoscale which in turn can be sub-categorized into: * Modelling the tribological, adhesion, fracture, friction and indentation properties of metallic and semi-conducting nano-crystals using computer-based atomistic-level simulations * Development of new inter-atomic potentials * Modelling the nucleation and growth of nano-phase films on supporting substrates * Swelling of crystals subject to thermonuclear radiation * Multi-scale modelling of crack propagation in crystalline materials * Multi-scale modelling and experimental investigation of adsorption of atomic clusters on a metallic substrate * Modelling the meso-scale diffusion processes in stochastic fluid bio-membranes


References


External links


Personal page on IPM

Google Scholar page for Prof. Rafii-Tabar
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rafii Tabar, Hashem 1948 births Living people Academics from Tehran Scientists from Tehran Alumni of the University of London Academics of the University of Greenwich Academics of the University of Oxford Iranian expatriate academics 21st-century Iranian physicists Computational physicists Iranian nanotechnologists Iranian Science and Culture Hall of Fame recipients in Mathematics and Physics