Quality Assurance Manufacturing Engineer

Mohammad Mohammadi

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering with extensive experience in Process Design Engineer, Scale-Up, R&D, Food, Essential oil & Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, Biosensor, Quality Assurance & QC. Salt Lake City, UT, USA : 385-***-**** : *.***********@*****.*** LinkedIn Google Scholar Industry Experiences ..

Quality Assurance Expert (Full-time) @ Mahyadarou Pharmaceutical Co. 2020-21 - Tehran, Iran Strategic Planning Unit: Developed and documented ~200 work instructions, standard operating procedures, and company regulatory records, adhering to ISO standards and GMP guidelines (USP, WHO, PIC/S).

Manufacturing Engineer (Night shift) @ Farabiotic Pharmaceutical Co. Summer 2019 - Tehran, Iran Production Unit: Produced probiotic pharmaceuticals (sachets and drops) via fermentation to enhance infants' gastrointestinal health; operated bioreactors, centrifuges, mixers, and lyophilizers.

Quality Assurance Intern @ KZP Pharmaceutical Co. Summer 2018 - Tehran, Iran Documentation Unit: Authored ~50 Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for the KZP company warehouse, adhering to WHO, PIC/S, USP, EUP, and FDA guidelines.

Process / Manufacturing Engineer @ Pars Kimia Nosh Beverage Co. 2017 - Tehran, Iran Production & Cultivation of Kombucha: Fermented Kombucha scoby and traditional beverages; operated mixers, pH meters, packaging, and labeling equipment.

Process Design Intern @ Tofighdarou Pharmaceutical Co. 2016 - Tehran, Iran Pharmaceutical Process Design Internship: Trained on different pharmaceutical industry equipment, HSE, and lab safety; completed technical inspections and earned OSHA certification. Technical skills ..

Programming: MATLAB, Python Simulation: Aspen Plus, HYSYS, Simulink, AutoCAD, COMSOL Laboratory and Research tools: Lab Spec, Spectrometers, SEM tools, Design Expert, SPSS

Fabrication Process; Metal Deposition, Spin Coating

TiO2 Photocatalytic activity; Plasmonic nanostructures

Fluorescence Measurement; UV and Raman

spectroscopy, Optical alignment.

Reactive-Ion Etching (RIE); Sputtering and Deposition

Scanning electron microscope (SEM); STEM, TEM

PDMS, Microfluidics channel.

Plasma Cleaning and Sonication;

Analyzer such as GC, GC/MS, XRD, and XRF;

Quality Control of Water used for Pharmaceuticals

(WFI, PW)

Extraction of essential oil from plants with Modern methods such as RDC & Pulsed, Ultrasound,

Supercritical CO2, Distillation, and Soxhlet.

Measurement of nanofilm thickness using

Profilometer & Ellipsometer

Education .

Level Major University City/Country Year GPA

PhD Chemical Engineering University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT, USA 2022 - 2025 3.65/4 MSc Chemical - Pharmaceutical Eng. University of Tehran Tehran, Iran 2016 - 2018 3.77/4 BSc Chemical Eng. Semnan University Semnan, Iran 2011 - 2015 3.35/4 Research Experiences .

Research Assistant (RA) @ University of Utah 2022-25 - Salt Lake City, UT, USA PhD Thesis: Detection of Neurotransmitters through UV Plasmonic-Engineered Native Fluorescence and Enhanced Sensitivity and Specificity in a Label-Free Biosensor. (Advisor: Professor Yunshan Wang)

Research Assistant (RA) @ University of Tehran 2017-18 - Tehran, Iran MSc Thesis: Extraction of essential oil and active pharmaceutical ingredients of fennel seeds by the organic solvent in a new modified RDC column. (Advisor: Professor Hossein Bahmanyar)

BSc Project @ Semnan University 2013-14 - Semnan, Iran BSc project: Modeling and Optimization of Activity Coefficient of Water in ternary solutions through NRTL-NRF Thermodynamic Model by MATLAB software. (Advisor: Professor Kiana Peyvandi) Personal Qualities ..

Organized, optimistic, detail-oriented, respectful, appreciative, compassionate, engaging communicator. Teaching Experiences at the University of Utah .

Nanoscience (CH EN 6840) - Prof. Yunshan Wang ~20 students Led hands-on nanofabrication and characterization labs; developed curriculum & experiments + grading Spring

2025

UROP Mentor (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program) Mentored 2 undergrads on biosensor projects: guided research design, execution, & technical troubleshooting 2024 -

2025

Thermodynamics (CH EN 3853) - Prof. Eric Eddings ~10 students Graded coursework: held office hours for students, tutored them on Aspen thermodynamic modeling + grading Summer

2024

Capstone Project Mentor: Led a team of senior students on a photocatalyst project Guided literature review, design, testing, & perform experiments, interpret data, and prepare presentations. 2023 -

2024

Nanoscience Prof. Yunshan Wang Process Design II Prof. David Wagner ~70 students Led nanoscience labs and mentored design teams using Aspen Plus for process simulation and optimization Spring

2024

Projects Laboratory III (CH EN 4701-1&2) - Prof. Stacy Firth ~70 students TA for two lab sections; guided students on 15 control systems setups, coding, and technical troubleshooting Fall

2023

Process Design II (CH EN 5253) - Prof. Milind Deo ~50 students Mentored senior design AICHE projects; supported Aspen Plus modeling and economic analysis + grading Spring

2023

Honors and Rewards __

Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award at the University of Utah, Aug 2025

Best Poster Award at Utah AI summit conference, June 18, 2025

International Teaching Assistantship (ITA) Award, University of Utah. 2023-2024 academic year.

Top Student (#1) Award, University of Tehran, 2018.

Full Tuition Waiving Fellowship during BSc, MSc, and Ph.D. (2011-2025) Publications .

Click on the hyperlinks or visit my Google Scholar profile for the papers:

M. Mohammadi, S. Najafi, G. Vega Yon, Y. Wang, “A novel approach for classifying Monoamine Neurotransmitters by applying Machine Learning on UV plasmonic-engineered Auto Fluorescence Time Decay Series (AFTDS)”, Nanoscale Advances (RSC), July 2025.

M. Mohammadi, Y. Wang. “UV plasmonics for enhancing the sensitivity and selectivity of neurotransmitter sensor based their native fluorescence.” UV and Higher Energy Photonics: From Materials to Applications SPIE 2024, Vol. 13115, pp. 20-21. October 2024.

M. Mohammadi, Y. Wang, S, Pan, et al. “Corrosion-enabled Tryptophan biosensing enhancement on commercially available Mg alloy surface”, ChemComm, Feb 2024. (+ US PATENT)

J.Y. Lee, M. Mohammadi, Y. Wang. “Detecting and differentiating neurotransmitters using ultraviolet plasmonic engineered native fluorescence”. RSC advances, 13(46), 325**-*****. Nov 2023.

H. Moradi, H. Azizpour, M. Mohammadi, “Adsorption of Propane and Propylene on CHA Zeolite in different Si/Al ratios using Molecular Dynamics Simulation”, Powder Technology. Feb 2023.

M. Mohammadi, H. Azizpour, H. Bahmanyar, “Extraction of Fennel Essential Oil Constituents Using a New Modified Rotating Disc Contactor”, IJCCE, 42(5), 1586-1596, Sep 2023.

S.M Mirdehghan, H. Bahmanyar, H. Azizpour, M. Mohammadi, I. Najafipour, “Investigation of Operating Parameters on Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction of Anethole in Fennel Essential Oil”, JChPE, Aug 2021.

H. Moradi, H. Azizpour, H. Bahmanyar, M. Mohammadi, M. Akbari, “Prediction of Methane Diffusion Coefficient in Water using Molecular Dynamics Simulation”, Heliyon, Nov 2020.

H. Moradi, H. Azizpour, H. Bahmanyar, M. Mohammadi, “Molecular Dynamics Simulation of H2S Adsorption Behavior on surface of Activated Carbon”, Inorganic Chemistry Communications, June 2020.

M. Mohammadi, H. Bahmanyar, H. Azizpour, H. Moradi, “Modeling and Optimizing the Extraction Yields of Anethole from Fennel Essential Oil through Response Surface Methodology (RSM) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN)”, NSMSI, Aug 2020.

Conferences .

M. Mohammadi, Y. Wang. “Improve Sensitivity and Selectivity of Neurotransmitter Sensing through UV Plasmonics Enhanced Native Fluorescence”. 2023 AICHE Annual Meeting. Nov 2023.

M. Mohammadi, H. Bahmanyar, H. Azizpour, “Extraction of essential oil and active pharmaceutical ingredients in fennel seeds with solvent in a Rotating Sieved Disk Contactor (RSDC) column”, 16th Iranian National Conference of Chemical Engineering, Jan 2019.

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