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Maedeh Hassanvand

Los Angeles, CA 479-***-**** adobyy@r.postjobfree.com linkedin.com/in/maedeh-hassanvand US permanent resident (in progress)

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• +10 years of extensive experience in evaluation of surface and groundwater quality for various purposes (drinking water, irrigations, industrial and etc), published papers and oral presentations 2008- 2021

• Geochemistry and water-rocks interaction; study of geological formations geochemistry and solubility of their elements and heavy metals in different temperature and pH and Eh at the experimental scale to determine their environmental impacts on water chemistry, my master thesis 2011, journal paper 2014, academic works 2019-2020

• Nitrate contamination in groundwater and using stable isotopes for finding nitrate sources, paper submitted 2020

• +2 years of experience in Python programming and utilize it for analysis, plotting and interpretation of data, academic projects 2019-2021

• Skill in GIS for drawing geological, hydrological, land-use maps and samples locations, master thesis and conference papers 2011-2019

COMPUTER TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Team work skills, creating job aid for peers to use, and creating an automated daily report for the team for easy data visualization

• Software: Microsoft Office™ tools, GIS

• Operating Systems: Windows

• Coding: Python

• Languages: Native – Persian, Proficient - English WORK EXPERIENCE

University of Arkansas, USA:

• Evaluation of Nitrate pollution in Lake Fayetteville and identify the main sources of contamination in the lake, Arkansas, 2019

• Isotopic composition of nitrogen species in groundwater and the soil of agricultural areas in north west of Arkansas to determine the possibility of nitrate fertilizers effect on groundwater quality, 2019

• Assessment of groundwater quality in San Joaquin valley-California for drinking and agricultural purposes, 2020

• Evaluation of groundwater quality in the Mojave basin shallow aquifer-California for drinking and agricultural purposes and the assessment of nitrate concentration in the groundwater, 2021 University of Payamenoor Alashtar, Iran:

• University lecturer, teaching Medical geology and Geochemistry Raataa Company-Tehran, Iran: 2014 to 2015

2019-2022

2015 to 2017

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• The evaluation of heavy metal contamination in the groundwater of Gonde Polo Village in Semnam province, Iran, 2014

• Investigation of environmental effects of Ahrar Zagros fish farming dam on water quality of Kahman River -Lorestan Province-Iran, 2014

• The data analyst of water quality assessment by computer simulator and compare the results with physico-chemical properties of water evaluated in laboratory project, 2015 Zist Ab Pajohan Consulting Engineers (University of Shahid Chamran) – Ahvaz, Iran: The hydrologist in the national project of "environmental effects of Irrigation and Drainage Network of Kheirabad, Khuzestan and its effect on the quality of Zohre River" and hading cooperation with the researchers in the following processes:

• Taking water samples from the upstream, middle, and downstream of the river seasonally and monthly for one year

• Interpretation of the data including anions, cations, and heavy metals concentration

• Identify the highest values based on WHO and EPA standards

• Evaluation of geological formations, hydrogeology, land uses, waste waters produced from the agricultural lands and urban areas and find a correlation between high concentration of elements and these parameters

• Identify the water type (Piper diagram), salinity for agricultural purposes (Wilcox diagram), and nitrate sources (using isotopes O18 and H)

• Proposing strategies to mitigate the pollutions and present it as presentation and report EDUCATION

University of Arkansas, Arkansas, USA

• Ph.D. Student in Environmental Dynamics

Thesis: Evaluation of groundwater quality in south part of California Shahrood University of Technology, Shahrood, Iran

• Master of Environmental geology

Thesis: Assessment of water pollution in Gotvand Oila Dam with respect to the geological characteristics of the dam reservoir.

University of Shahid Chamran Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran

• Bachelor of Geology

Thesis: Geological evaluation of Aghajari Anticline in Khuzestan Province, Iran ACHIEVEMENT/AWARDS

• Awarded for the University of Arkansas NSF PAAD student cohort 3, 2020 (University of Arkansas)

• Teacher assistantship in Environmental Dynamics, 2019 (University of Arkansas)

• Top 12 percent of 8000 participants in the nationwide graduate school entrance exam in the field of Environmental Dynamics, Iran, 2007

PUBLICATIONS

Journal Articles

2008 to 2011

2003 to 2007

2019 to 2022

2011 to 2013

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• Maedeh Hassanvand, Mohammad Yazdi, Ramin Karami. “Environmental effects of irrigation and drainage network of Kheirabad area, SW of Iran” Environmental earth science journal, DOI 10.1007/s12665-016-6291-0 (2016)

• Mohammad Yazdi, Maedeh Hassanvand, Oshin Tamasian, Pedram Navi. “Hydrogeochemical characteristics of Mahallat hot springs, central Iran” Journal of Tethys, 2016,Vol. 4, No. 2, 169–179

• Behnaz Dahrazma, Naser Hafezi Moghadas, Maedeh Hassanvand, Ramin Karami. "Investigation on the geochemistry of formations of Gotvand-Olya Dam reservoir and its influence on the quality of water in the reservoir” Journal of Iranian Association of engineering Geology, Iran, University of Tarbiat Modares, Tehra, Iran Engineering Geology Journal 2014, Volume 7, Number 1-2; Page(s) 29 To 40

Conference papers

• Maedeh Hassanvand, Phillip Hays, Erik D Pollock” Evaluation of Nitrate pollution sources in Lake Fayetteville using stable isotopes. 5th Geosciences Department Student Research Conference, November 16, 2019, University of Arkansas (Lecture)

• Ramin Karami, Maedeh Hassanvand “Pollution assessment of Zohre River, Khuzestan province-Iran, and Identification of its pollution sources” Thirty-second meeting and the first International Congress of the Earth Science, Shiraz university-Iran, February 2013

• Ramin Karami, Maedeh Hassanvand “The evaluation of groundwater quality in Sardasht Zeydoon- Khuzestan province” Thirty-second meeting and the first International Congress of the Earth Science, Shiraz university-Iran, February 2013

• Maedeh Hassanvand, Behnaz Dahrazma, Hafez Naseri Moghadas” The calculation of Gotvand Dam reservoir formations area and their effect on water quality in different levels” Engineering Geology and Environmental Conference, Iran, Shahrood University of Technology, December 2012 (Lecture)

• Maedeh Hassanvand, Behnaz Dahrazma, Naser Hafezi Moghadas. “ The effect of Shurandika, Shoor Lali, and Morghab rivers on water quality of Gotvand Dam” Fourteenth Congress of the Geological Society of Iran, university of Urmia-Iran, December 2010

• Maedeh Hassanvand, Behnaz Dahrazma, Naser Hafezi Moghadas.” Assessment of cofferdam water quality of Gotvand Dam before filling” The Fourteenth Conference and Exhibition of Environmental Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran, October 2010 Submitted articles

• Maedeh Hassanvand, Phillip Hays, Erik Pollock1, Ken Steele1, Renee Vardy1, Joshua M. Blackstock.

“Evaluation of nitrate pollution in north west of Arkansas and identify its sources by stable isotopes” Environmental Earth Science, 2020

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