Curriculum Vitae


Name: Hamid Reza Mohammadi Khalesifard


Date of Birth: 9/Jun/1965

Place of Birth: Shiraz/Iran

Nationality: Iranian


Address: Institute for Advanced Studies in

Basic Sciences (IASBS),

Physics Department,

P.O. Box 45195-1159,

Zanjan,

Iran.

Phone: (98) 241-4152123 office,

(98) 241-4212558 home

Fax: (98) 241-4152104,

(98) 241-4214949

Email: khalesi@iasbs.ac.ir


Education:


PhD in Physics (Oct 1990 to March 1996)

Shiraz University, Shiraz/Iran.

Thesis: Two wave mixing as a new method for measurement of nonlinear refractive

index.


MSc in physics (Jan 1989 to Sep 1990)

Shiraz University, Shiraz/Iran.

Thesis: Symmetries of the Liouville equation for simple harmonic potentials.


BSc in Physics (Jan 1984 to Jan 1989)

Shiraz University, Shiraz/Iran









Experiences:


Physics Department


Professor of Physics, Since April 2016

Associate Professor of Physics Dec 2006 to April 2016

Assistant Professor of Physics April 1996 to Dec 2006



Institute for Atmospheric Physics (IPA)

Lidar Department


Visiting Scientist Jun 2013 to Sept 2013

Visiting Scientist Jun 2010 to Sept 2010

Visiting Scientist Jul 2008 to Sept 2008

Visiting Scientist Jun 2006 to Mar 2007




Positions:


  • Member of chair council of the optics and photonics society of Iran

Nov 2016 to present

  • President, IASBS

Feb 2014 to Jul 2016

  • Member of chair council of the optics and photonics society of Iran

Jul 2007 to Jul 2010

  • Vice president, IASBS

Jan 2008 to Dec 2012

  • Head of Physics Department, IASBS

Aug 2005 to Jun 2006

  • Head of Physics Department, IASBS

Aug 2000 to Aug 2003

  • Head of Optics Laboratories, IASBS

Oct 1997 to present





Teaching:


  • General Physics Labs

  • Advanced Optics

  • Optics Laboratory

  • Nonlinear Optics

  • Advanced Quantum Mechanics

  • Nonlinear Optics of Organic Materials

  • Quantum Physics

  • Light Scattering from Small Objects

  • Optical remote sensing

  • Atmospheric Physics

  • Laser Physics

  • Optical fibers



Supervising PhD Thesis:


  1. F. Bayat, Monitoring the dust events in the Persion Gulf and Aman Sea by using the CALIPSO Measurments, in progress,


  1. F. Ghomashi, Monitoring the atmospheric aerosols in the region of Urmia lake by using the CALIPSO measurements, in progress.


  1. H. Pnaahifar, Monitoring the particulate matter pollutants in Tehran’s atmosphere by synergy of Lidar measurements, satellite data, in situ recorded data and atmospheric Models, in progress


  1. A. Ahangari, Monitoring the transferred orbital angular momentum to a light beam passing over the silver clusters doped inside a glass matrix. In progress

  1. A. Bayat, Monitoring the atmospheric aerosol properties in Zanajan area using a Polar Sunphotometer, 2013,


  1. H. Borzuie, Design and construction of a Raman LiDAR for monitoring the atmospheric aerosols, Nov. 2014,


  1. R. Moradhaseli, Design and construction of a scanning depolarized backscatter LiDARr for monitoring the urban pollution. Oct. 2013.


  1. A. Masoumi, Monitoring the Aerosol distribution in Tehran atmosphere by use of a sunphotometer, Oct 2012,


  1. J. M. Amjad, Interaction of Ar+ laser beam and silver clusters embedded in a glass matrix- Construction of Micro-channels over the glass surface, May 2012,


  1. F. Abdi, Characterization of atmospheric aerosols and their transport in the arid areas of the Iran plateaue , Feb. 2011,


  1. M. Charsooghi, 3D Tracking of a Diffusing Single Colloidal Particle, Apr 2011,



  1. S. N. Reihani. Enhanced optical tweezer in depth and lateral dimensions, Dec 2005.






Supervising MSc Thesis:




  1. M. Aliabadi, Bessel beams and dynamic light scattering from colloidal particles, In progress


  1. M. J. Khodam, Installing a backscatter lidar in Shiraz for monitoring atmospheric particulate matter in the region, In progress


  1. M. Gholami, Long range dust transport into the Iran Plateau, in progress


  1. S. Tavari, Monitoring the formation of silver clusters inside a glass matrix during interaction with an intense Ar+ laser beam by DLS technique, May 2015.


  1. M. Khalili, Using Laguerre-Gaussian beams as stirrers in micro-channels, March 2015

  1. A. Nasr, Monitoring precipitation rate, soil moisture and their evolution in Tigris and Euphrates basin during 2000 to 2013 by using MODIS data base, in progress.


  1. S. Shams, Monitoring dust activities and their evolution in Tigris and Euphrates basin during 2000 to 2013 by using MODIS data base, in progress.

  1. T. Naderi, Interaction of intense Ar+ laser with Cu+ebeded inside BK7 glass matrix, in progress

  1. H. Panahifar, Design and construction of a device to determine the failure status of power transformer oils based on the optical spectroscopy, Oct 2012


  1. F. Hazeghi, Investigating effects of surface winds on the atmospheric optical density of Zanjan area, Jan 2012


  1. F. Mortazavi, Characterizing the resources and types of aerosols in the Zanjan atmosphere using the data recorded by a sun-photometer, HYSPLIT4 Model and Giovanni tools, IASBS, Sept 2009.


  1. A. Bayat, Monitoring the aerosol distribution in Zanjan atmosphere using a sunphotometer, IASBS, Oct 2008


  1. A. Masoumi, Fabrication of gratings under the surface of Na-Ag ion-exchanged glasses , IASBS, Sept 2006


  1. R. Moradhaseli, CALIPSO data validation using an elastic backscatter lidar, IASBS, Nov. 2007


  1. F. Abdi, Determining the cloud velocity profile by using a backscatter LiDAR and digital photography, IASBS, Sept 2005



  1. S. Fazli, Determining the longitudinal modes of a laser by using Fabri-Perot ethalon, IASBS, April 2005


  1. S. Randjbar, Measuring the refractive index profile of optical fibers by Moire technique, IASBS, Sept 2005


  1. A. Ghasempoor, Effect of pump wavelength on fragmentation of silver clusters in a glass matrix, IASBS, April 2005


  1. R. Nowroozi, 2nd order nonlinear optical properties of some organic molecules, IASBS, Nov 2003


  1. S. Mobarak Abadi, Measurement of third order nonlinearity of 2-methyl amino antraquinon by degenerate four-wave mixing, IASBS, Jun 2001


  1. A. Agha Mohammadi, Formation and evolution of metallic copper clusters during the ion-exchange process in a glass matrix. IASBS, Feb 2001



  1. A. Sabatian, Formation and evolution of metallic silver clusters during the ion-exchangeprocess in a glass matrix, IASBS, Dec 1999



Research Projects:


  1. Installing a Backscatter lidar in Shiraz for monitoring atmospheric particles (2015-present)

  2. Monitoring particulate matter in Tehran’s atmosphere (2014-present)

  3. Monitoring the aerosols in Zanjan atmospheric boundary layer (2006- to 2008)

  4. Monitoring the Zanjan atmosphere, using a backscatter Lidar (2003- 2005)

  5. Motion of silver clusters inside the glass matrix during the interaction with Ar+ laser beam. (2001-2003) supported by IASBS

  6. Nonlinear Optical properties of some novel organic compounds, (2000-2001) supported by IASBS

  7. Using dichromated amunium gelatin as a sensitive medium in holography, (1998-1999) supported by IASBS

  8. Study of changes in optical parameters of soda-lime glass due to ion-exchange process (1997-1999) supported by IASBS & National Research Center of Iran (NRCI)

  9. Nonlinear optical properties of some types of semiconductor doped glasses, (1996-1997) supported by IASBS



Other Activities:


  1. Organizing and establishment of IASBS Lidar stations including construction and design of :


  1. Design and constructing the cooling system for a 7watts ion-argon laser

  1. Organizing and establishment of machine shop of IASBS


  1. Organizing and establishment of electronics laboratories of IASBS


  1. Organizing and establishment of general physics laboratories of IASBS


  1. Organizing and collaboration in establishing the optics laboratories of IASBS













Journal Publications:


  1. S. Zolfaghari Nikanjam, H. R. Khalesifard, and Y. Abedini, “Estimation of dust downfall time in dusty days using the correlation between PM10 and sunphotometer data” to be appear in Atm. Meas. Tech.

  2. B. Da Silva, M. Habibi, S. Ognier, G. Schelcher, J. Mostafavi-Amjad, H.R.M. Khalesifard, M. Tatoulian, D. Bonn, "Silver nano cluster catalytic micro reactors for water purification"
    Eur. Phys. J – Special Topics     225, 707-714 (2016)

  3. M. Habibi, A. Barkallah, S. Ognier, J. Mostafavi-Amjad, H.R.M. Khalesifard, M. Tatoulian, N. Shahidzadeh and D. Bonn, “Catalytic micro reactor with immobilised silver nano cluster for organic pollutant removal from water”
    Int. J. Nanotech. 13, 724-733 (2016)

  4. A. Ahangari, F. Bouchard, E Santamato, E. Karimi, and H.R. Khalesifard, “Dynamics of laser-induced radial birefringence in silver-doped glasses”
    Opt. Lett.     40,  4062-4065 (2015)

  5. H.R. Khalesifard, S. Shams, R. Moradhaseli, A. Nasrazadani, "Investigating evolution of dust events in the Mesopotamian region during 2001 to 2012 by using MODIS and GLDAS data sets", (3rd Int. Conf. Remote Sens. Geoinf. Envir.)
    Proceedings of SPIE Vol.     9535, RSCY2015, Art. No. 95350D (2015)

  6. A. Bayat, H.R. Khalesifard, and A. Masoumi, “Retrieval of aerosol single scattering albedo and polarized phase function from polarized sun-photometer measurements for Zanjan's atmosphere”
    Atmos. Meas. Tech.     6, 2659–2669 (2013)


  1. A. Masoumi, H.R. Khalesifard, A. Bayat, and R. Moradhaseli, “Retrieval of aerosol optical and physical properties from ground-based measurements for Zanjan, a city in Northwest Iran”
    Atmos. Res.     120, 343-355 (2013)


  1. M. D. Niry, J. Mostafavi-Amjad, H.R. Khalesifard, A. Ahangary, and Y. Azizian-Kalandaragh, “Formation of Silver Nanoparticles Inside a Soda-Lime Glass Matrix in the Presence of a High Intensity Ar+ Laser Beam”,
    J. Appl. Phys. 111, 033111 (2012)


  1. Jafar Mostafavi Amjad, Hamid Reza Khalesifard, Sergei Slussarenko, Ebrahim Karimi, Lorenzo Marrucci, and Enrico Santamato, “Laser-induced radial birefringence and spin-to-orbital optical angular momentum conversion in silver-doped glasses”,
    Appl. Phys. Lett     99, 011113 (2011)


  1. F. A. Vishkaee, C. Flamant, J. Cuesta, L. Oolman, P. Flamant, and H. R. Khalesifard, “Dust transport over Iraq and northwest Iran associated with winter Shamal: A case study”,
    J. Geophys. Res.- Atmos.     117, D03201 (2012)


  1. Saifollah Rasouli, H. Ghasemi, M. T. Tavassoly, and H. R. Khalesifard, “Application of “parallel” moiré deflectometry and the single beam Z-scan technique in the measurement of the nonlinear refractive index”
    Appl. Opt.     50, 2356-2360 (2011)


  1. F.A. Vishkaee, C. Flamant, J. Cuesta, P. Flamant and H.R. Khalesifard, “Multi-platform observations of dust vertical distribution during transport over northwest Iran in the summertime” J. Geophys. Res.- Atmos. 116, D05206 (2011)


  1. S. Tavaddod, M. A. Charsooghi, F. Abdi, H. R. Khalesifard, C. L. Woldringh, and R. Golestanian, “Probing passive diffusion of flagellated and de-flagellated Escherichia coli”,
    Eur. Phys. J. E     34, 16 ( 2011)


  1. Ali Bayat, Hamid R. Khalesifard, Amir Masoumi, “Retrieval of atmospheric optical parameters from ground-based sun-photometer measurements for Zanjan area” Atmos. Meas. Tech. 4, 857–863 (2011)


  1. M.A. Charsooghia, E.A. Akhlaghia, S. Tavaddoda, H.R. Khalesifard, “A MATLAB Program to calculate translational and rotational diffusion coefficients of a single particle”
    Comp. Phys. Commun.     182, 400-408 (2011)


  1. A. Bayat, A. Masoumi, and H. R. Khalesifard, “Retrieval of atmospheric optical parameters from ground-based sun-photometer measurements for Zanjan, Iran” Atmos. Meas. Tech., 4, 857–863 (2011)


  1. H.R. Khalesifard, A. Fix, G. Ehret, M. Schiller and V. Wulfmeyer, “Fast-Switching Injection-Seeding System for a High-Power Ti:Sapphire Laser”
    Rev. Sci. Instrum. 80, 073110 (2009)

  1. J. Mostafavi-Amjad and H.R.M. Khalesifard, “Micro-channels over the glass surface made by interaction of Ar+ laser beam and Ag+/Na+ ion-exchanged glasses”
    Int. J. Opt. Photon.     2, 39-44 (2008)


  1. A.A. Bidokhti, M. Khoshsima, S. Sabetghadam, H.R. Khalesifard,
    "Estimation of Urban Mixed Layer Height in Zanjan using LIDAR Observations and Numerical Modeling",
    J. Earth Syst. Sci. 117, 925-934 (2008)


  1. A. Nahal, H.R. Khalesifard, “Beam power-dependent laser-induced fluorescence radiation quenching of silver-ion-exchanged glasses”
    Opt. Mater. 29, 987-994 (2007)


  1. S.N.S Reihani, Mohammad A. Charsooghi, H.R. Khalesifard and R. Golestanian, “Effective in-depth trapping using an oil immersion objective lens”
    Opt. Lett.     31, 766-768 (2006)


  1. S.N.S. Reihani, H.R. Khalesifard, R. Golestanian, “Measuring lateral efficiency of optical traps: The effect of tube length”
    Opt. Commun     259, 204-211 (2006)


  1. S. Ranjbar and H.R. Khalesifard and S. Rasouli; "Non-destructive measurement of refractive index profile of optical fibre preforms using moiré technique and phase shift method",
    Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 6025, Art. No. 60250 (2006)


  1. M.T. Tavassoli, A. Amiri, E. Karimi and H.R. Khalesifard,
    “Spectral modification by Fresnel diffraction from a line singularity”
    Opt. Commun     225, 23-34 (2005)


  1. A. Nahal, H.R. Khalesifard, and J. Mostafavi-Amjad, “ Photo-thermal-induced dichorism and micro-cluster formation in Ag+-doped glasses”,
    Appl. Phys. B79, 513-518 (2004)


  1. H.R.M. Khalesifard, A. Faridian, F. Abdi, P. Flamant; "532nm elastic backscatter LIDAR station operated in Northwest Iran for environmental studies",
    ESA Special Publ. Vol. 561, 423-425 (2004)


  1. M. T. Tavassoly, H. Sahl-ol-bei, M. Salehi and H.R. Khalesifard; “Fresnel

diffraction from a step in reflection and transmission”,
Iran. J. Phys. Res. 2, 237-246 (2001)


  1. M.T. Tavassoli, A. Darudi, H.R. Khalesifard, M.R.S. Hossaini; "Applications of Fresnel diffraction from phase objects", (Opt. Meas. Syst. Industr. Insp. II)
    Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4399, 98-106 (2001)

  1. M.T. Tavassoli, H. Sahlol-bai, M. Salehi, H.R. Khalesifard; "Fresnel diffraction from a step in reflection and transmission modes", (18th Congress ICO)
    Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3749, 560-561 (1999)

  2. H.R. Khalesifard, A. Darudi, M.T. Tavassoli; "Application of two-wave mixing for interferometric nonlinear refractive index measurement", (Interferometry 99 Conf.)
    Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3745, 99-106 (1999)

  3. M.T. Tavassoly, and H.R. Khalesifard; “Nonlinear refractive index measurement in semiconductor-doped glasses”,
    Iran. J. Phys. Res. 1, 110-118 (1997)

  4. M.T. Tavassoli and H.R. Khalesifard; "Nonlinear refractive index measurement by modulation of probe beam interference pattern in a sample",
    Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 2778, 816-817 (1996)





Publications in Conference Proceedings:



  1. H. R. Khalesifard and F.Bayat, “CALIPSO recordings and monitoring dust storms over the open seas in south of the Iran Plateau” to be presented in ILRC 28, Bukhrest, Romania (2017),


  1. H. R. Khalesifard, H. Borzuie, and M. Gholami, “Lidar observation on Long range dust transport to Northwest Iran” to be presented in RSCy 2017, Cyprus (2017)


  1. H. R. Khalesifard, and H. Panahifar, “ Monitoring Atmospheric Particulate Matters in Tehran by Synergy of LIDAR Measurement, Atmospheric Models and Satellite Data” OSA E2 congress, Suzho, China (2015).


  1. A. Bayat, A. Masoumi, H. Khalesifard, “Retrieval of aerosol single scattering albedo and polarized phase function from polarized sun-photometer measurements”, 9th International Symposium on Tropospheric Profiling, ISTP, L'Aquila, Italy 2012


  1. R. Moradhaseli, H. Borzouei, H. R. Khalesifard, “ Seasonal evolution of cirrus clouds over northwest of Iran” 26th International Laser Radar Conference, ILRC 26, Greece 2012

  1. Amir Masoumi, Hamid R. Khalesifard, Ali Bayat, “Columnar aerosol size distribution function obtained by inversion of spectral optical depth measurements for Zanjan area” 8th International Symposium on Tropospheric Researches (ISTP), Delft the Netherlands, (2009).


  1. Ali Bayat, Hamid R. Khalesifard, Amir Masoumi, “Retrieval of atmospheric optical parameters from ground-based sun-photometer measurements for Zanjan area” 8th International Symposium on Tropospheric Researches (ISTP), Delft the Netherlands, (2009).


  1. F. Abdi, H. R. Khalesifard, P. H. Falmant, “Small scale cloud dynamics as studied by synergism of time lapsed digital camera and elastic LIDAR” Proc. ILRC23, 867, Nara, Japan (July 2006)


  1. H. R. Khalesifard, F. Abdi, P.H. Flamant, “Cloud track winds by synergism of backscatter LIDAR and digital sky pictures” SPIE 5979, symposium on remote sensing, Brugge, Belgium Sept 2005


  1. H.R Khalesifard, A. Nahal, “ Producing and splitting the nano and micro sized silver particles in glass matrix by using Ar+ laser beam” Nanomaterials and Nanomanufacturing Conf., IOM, London, Dec 2003.


  1. H.R. Khalesifard, A.Nahal “Motion of silver clusters inside a glass matrix in the presence of Ar+ laser beam” 9th IASBS Condensed Matt. Conf. (2003)


  1. H.R. Khalesifard, A.Nahal “Motion of silver clusters inside a glass matrix in the presence of Ar+ laser beam” 9th IASBS Condensed Matt. Conf. (2003)


  1. N. S. Reihani, H. R. Khalesifard, R. Golestanian, S. Emadi; “ Study of structural properties of biomolecules by using optical tweezers” the 1st conference on nanotechnology Proc, Tehran, Iran (2002).





Research areas:


  1. Atmospheric remote sensing and dust transport

For the moment, I am directing the activities of the atmospheric remote sensing laboratory of IASBS. This laboratory is equipped with:

We have focused on monitoring dust activities as well as their transport over the Iran plateau. We are also interested on monitoring atmospheric particulate matters in the large cities of Iran by optical remote sensing techniques.

During the past years, our group has participated in the data validation program of the CALISPO satellite. In addition, we joined to the AERONET by registering our sunphotometer in the network. Our remote sensing laboratory at the IASBS also is a partner of World Meteorological Organization , Sand and Dust Storm Warning Advisory and Assessment System ( WMO SDS-WAS) program. We are planning to establish a network of optical remote sensing suites in Iran to characterize dust activities in west Asia.


  1. Nucleation and growth of noble metals nano-clusters inside a glass matrix and their interaction with high power laser beams.

We are using the ion-exchange process to implant the nano sized silver clusters inside a soda-lime glass matrix. We have studied the evolution of these clusters under the influence of:

We have used the interaction of high-power CW lasers and the ion-exchanged glasses to make micro-sized channels over the glass surface. Also it has been observed that such media can work as a coupler between the spin and orbital angular momentum of light.