US Permanent Resident Work Experience Harvard University, Postdoctoral Associate June 2013present o Investigation of the Moons origin and evolution, and early solar system processes by isotopic analysis of lunar samples and meteorites using ICPMass Spectrometer ICPMS and Thermal IonizationMass Spectrometer TIMS. o Repairing and troubleshooting of the ICPMS with the help of GV service. o Trace and ultratrace elemental analysis using different types of ICPMS. University of Arkansas, PhD student Research Assistant in Isotopic Laboratory March 2009May 2013 o Gained experience column chromatography for sample purification and operation of ICPMS to collect magnesium isotope data to study the Moons origin and evolution. o Mentored and trained undergraduategraduate students and international visiting scholars for chemical experiments in a cleanroom, and isotopic and elemental analysis. Research Assistant in TL Laboratory August 2006January 2009 o Developed Thermoluminescence TL technique for analysis of small particles which resulted in receiving a threeyear grant from NASA to work on stardust samples. o Applied developed TL technique to study micrometeorites MMs from Antarctica to investigate the history of heating, cooling and crystallization of materials in these samples. o Utilized SEMEDX for prechemical analysis of MMs. Teaching Assistant August 2007 May 2008 June 2011May 2013 Taught general chemistry lab, fundamentals of chemistry and principles of biology lab to 24 classes with 20 to 30 students every week. University of Manchester, UK Intern in Cosmochemistry Group FebruaryMarch 2009 Collaborated with isotope group and learned iron isotopic analysis using ICPMS. Shiraz University, Iran UndergraduateGraduate Student September 1998August 2005 Research Assistant in Analytical Chemistry Lab o Applied Artificial Neural Network ANN system for multivariate analysis of a big data matrix collected by CCD camera and electroanalyzer and utilized this technique to analyze pharmaceutical and environmental systems. o Modified of carbon based potentiometric sensors by using ionic liquids to simplify themeasurement and reduce the cost. o Applied Hpoint standard addition method in simultaneous analysis to simplify the measurement. Chemistry Instructor 20042005 In Sama University, Fazl Institution, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran Taught agricultural analytical chemistry, industrial chemistry and analytical Chemistry I II to 1070 students prepared the syllables, lecture notes, quizzes and exams. Education PhD in Space and Planetary Sciences University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, May 2013. Thesis Magnesium isotopic compositions of the Moon and achondrites Implication for their origin and evolution. M.S. in Analytical Chemistry Chemistry Department, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, July 2003. Thesis Application of chemometric methods in simultaneous determination of some species by using spectrophotometer, CCD camera and electroanalyzer as detection systems. B.S. in Chemistry Chemistry Department, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, June 1999. Technical Skills Expert in ICPMS, MCICPMS, and TIMS techniques. Expert on TL Instrument, UVVIS Spectrometer, Scanning Electron Microscope SEMEDX. Familiar with analytical and characterization methods including Electrochemistry, SIMS, GC and HPLC, GCMS, LCMS, IC, and FTIR. Familiar with Intact Protein Analysis 3day workshop certificate from NEU and Waters Corporation. Expert in Microsoft Office and familiar with Matlab, Adobe Illustrator and some Chemometrics Toolbox. Project management experience. PeerReviewed Publications Magnesium isotopic compositions of achondrites 2015. F. Sedaghatpour and F.Z. Teng. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. doi10.1016j.gca.2015.11.016. The Earliest Lunar Magma Ocean Differentiation Recorded in Fe Isotopes. K. Wang, S. B. Jacobsen, F. Sedaghatpour, H. Chen, and R.L. Korotev 2015. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 430, 202208. Interlaboratory composition of magnesium isotopic compositions of twelve felsic to ultramafic igneous rock standards analyzed by MCICPMS. F.Z. Teng et al. and F. Sedaghatpour 2015 Geochem. Geophys. Geosyst. 16, 31973209 Magnesium isotopic compositions of international geostandards 2015. F.Z. Teng, W.Y. Li, S. Ke, W. Yang, S.A. Liu, F. Sedaghatpour, S.J. Wang, K.J. Huang, Y. Hu, MX. Ling, Y. Xiao, X.M. Liu, H.O. Gu, C. K. Sio, D. A. Wallace, B.X. Su, L. Zhao, J. Chamberlin, M. Harrington, and A. Brewer,Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research. 39, 329339. Magnesium isotopic composition of the Moon. 2013 F. Sedaghatpour, F.Z. Teng, and D. W. G. Sears, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 120, 116. Homogeneous magnesium isotopic composition of seawater an excellent geostandard for Mg isotope analysis. M.X. Ling, F. Sedaghatpour, F.Z. Teng, P. Hays, J. Strauss and W. Sun 2011 Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 25, 28282836. Characterization of Antarctic Micrometeorites by Thermoluminescence. 2009 F. Sedaghatpour and D. W. G. Sears, Meteoritic and planetary science 44, 653664. Ionic Liquids Modify the Performance of Carbon Based Potentiometric Sensors. 2007 A. Safavi, N. Maleki, F. Honarasa, F. Tajabadi, F. Sedaghatpour, Electroanalysis 19, 582586. Tensammetric Analysis of Nonionic Surfactant Mixtures by Artificial Neural Network. 2005 A. Safavi, F. Sedaghatpour, H.R. Shahbaazi, Electroanalysis 17, 11121118. Single Step Calibration, Prediction and Real Samples Data Acquisition for Artificial Neural Network Using a CCD camera. 2004 A. Safavi, N. Maleki, F. Sedaghatpour, Talanta 64, 830835. Indirect Simultaneous Kinetic Determination of Semicarbazide and Hydrazine in Micellar media by Hpoint Standard Addition Method. 2003 A. Safavi, H. Abdollahi, F. Sedaghatpour, M.R. Hormozinezhad, Talanta 59, 147153. Kinetic spectrophotometric determination of VIV in the presence of VV by the Hpoint standard addition method. 2000 A. Safavi, H. Abdollahi, F. Sedaghatpour, Z. Zeinali, Anal. Chim. Acta. 409, 275282. With greatest contribution Most Recent Conference Papers Calcium isotopes, the Moons origin and magmatic evolution 2015. In Goldschmidt Conference. F. Sedaghatpour, C. PARENDO, and S. B. Jacobsen. HfW and the isotopic crisis for the giant impact origin of the Moon. S. B. Jacobsen, F. Sedaghatpour, M. I. Petaev, and G. Yu. . Lunar and Planetary Science XLVI 2015 2827. Lunar dunite reveals the same iron isotopic composition of the bulk silicate Earth and Moon. K. Wang, S.B. Jacobsen, F. Sedaghatpour, H. Chen, and R.L. Korotev 2015. . Lunar and Planetary Science XLVI 2015 1980. Magnesium isotopic composition of achondrites and behavior of Mg isotopes during magmatic differentiation of achondrites parent bodies. F. Sedaghatpour, and F.Z. Teng. Lunar and Planetary Science XLV 2014 2101. Behavior of magnesium isotopes during lunar magmatic differentiation. F. Sedaghatpour, F.Z. Teng, Y. Liu, D. W. G. Sears, and L. A. Taylor. Lunar and Planetary Science XLIII 2012 2884. Magnesium isotopic composition of the Moon implication for its origin and evolution. F. Sedaghatpour, and F.Z. Teng. Meteoritic and planetary science 45 2010, A186. Magnesium isotopic composition of the Moon. F. Sedaghatpour, and F.Z. Teng. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 74 2010, A929 Oral presentation. A study of the thermal history of antarctic micrometeorite by thermoluminescence A first look. F. Sedaghatpour, J. Craig, and D. W. G. Sears, Lunar and Planetary Science XXXIX 2008 1161. Thermoluminescence as a technique for determining the nature and history of small particles. D. W. G. Sears, F. Sedaghatpour, and J. Craig. 71st Annual Meteoritical Society Meeting 2008 5241. ReOs isotope dating of meteorites and early solar system chronology A review. F. Sedaghatpour and D. W. G. Sears, Workshop on Chronology of Meteorite 2007, 4012. Cathodoluminescence properties of the Semarkona chondrite An implication for mineralogy of interstellar dust particles of the stardust mission. D. Sears, A. Gucsik, J. Craig, F. Sedaghatpour, W. Graupner, Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVIII 2007 1051. Fragments of separated opaque matrix from the Semarkona unequilibrated ordinary chondrite. J. Craig, F. Sedaghatpour, A. Gucsik, D. Sears, Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVIII 2007 1095. A thermoluminesence Study of Semarkona chondrite An application on determination of metamorphic history of stardust particles. D. Sears, A. Gucsik, J. Craig, F. Sedaghatpour, W. Graupner, Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVIII 2007 1055. Professional SocietiesAwards Member of American Chemical Society, Meteoritical Society, Geochemical Society, and American Geophysical Union. Recipient of travel award for Chronology of Meteorite 2007 and Goldschmidt conference 2010. 2012 first place award for the poster competition in From Abstract to Contract Graduate Student Research Symposium and Career Networking at the University of Arkansas. Leadership and Volunteering President of Iranian Student Association at University of Arkansas Volunteer to help new international student at University of Arkansas Volunteer in Child Foundation Volunteering in Chemical Engineering Department December 2012May 2013 o Collaborated with Dr. Ranil Wickramasinghe to open a Center of Membrane Applied Science and Technology MAST Center at the University of Arkansas. o Performed literature reviews on application of membrane in water sustainability and made presentations for applications of membrane in waste water treatments for three companies to convince them to sponsor the MAST center in Arkansas.

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