WORK EXPERIENCE

• 1981-Present Research Associate/ Senior chemist, Drinking Water Research Center, Florida International University
• 1972-1979- Assistant Professor,Tehran University,Tehran,Iran
• 1972-1973- Visiting Professor: Post-Doctorate Fellow, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
• 1974-1977- Visiting Professor: Post-Doctorate Fellow, University of California at Davis

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

RESEARCH SPONSORS

• U.S. EPA Aeration stripping: media comparison for the removal of volatile halogenated organic compounds, applied to ground water, and treated drinking water $155,000, 1988-1992
• U.S. EPA Development of rapid method for determining the hydrolysis rates of halogenated organic in water, $176,799, 1984-1987
• FAU Reverse osmosis membrane filtration: water quality evaluation, $16,000 1986
• Laboratory and analytical requirement for Pinellas County, $500,000, 1988-94
• HVEA Chloroform removal from aqueous solution using the electron beam process, $73,500, 1996

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

PUBLICATIONS

• Mehran, M.F., Golkar, N. and Cooper, W.J. Headspace Analysis of Some Typical Organic Pollutant in Drinking Water Using Differential Detectors: Effects of columns and operational parameters. J. of Chromatographic Science, 34: 122-129. 1996
• Jennings, W., Mehran, M.F. The "Priority Pollutant" Analysis of Water. J. of Chromatographia. 34:331-334.1994.
• Mehran, M.F., Cooper, W.J., Golkar, N., Nickelsen, M.G., Mittlefehldt, E.R., Guthrie, E. and Jennings, W. Elution Order in Gas Chromatography. J. of High Resolution Chromatography. 14: 745-750. 1991.
• Mehran, M.F., Nickelsen, M.G., Golkar, N. and Cooper, W. J. Improvement of the purge-and-trap technique for the rapid analysis of volatile organic pollutants in water. J. High Resolution Chromatography and Chromatography Communications, 6:429-433. 1990.
• Mehran, M.F., Cooper, W.J. Mehran, M. and Golkar, N. Hydrolysis of 1,1,1Trichloroethane: Gas chromatographic determination of acetic acid by direct aqueous injection. J. High Resolution Chromatography and Chromatography Communications 8:550-553. 1988.
• Mehran, M.F. and Cooper, W.J. Observation on the GC/MS analysis of active Solutes: acetylonic thiophenes. J. High Resolution Chromatography and Chromatography Communications 10: 676-677. 1987.
• Mehran, M.F. and Cooper, W.J. Application of Capillary Gas Chromatography for Water Pollution Analysis in Chemistry of Protection of Environment, eds. L. Pawlowski, G. Alaerts and W.J. Lacey, Elsevier N.Y., 723-743. 1986.
• Mehran, M.F. Large Diameter Open Tubular Column in Gas Chromatographic Analysis. J. High Resolution Chromatography and Chromatography Communications, 9: 236-241. 1986.
• Jennings,W. and Mehran, M.F. Sample Injection in Gas Chromatography. J.Chromatographic Science, 24: 34-40.1986.
• Mehran, M.F., Cooper, W.J. and Jennings, W. Comparison of Direct Headspace and Aqueous Injection Techniques for Halogenated Hydrocarbons in Water. J. Chromatographic Science, 24: 142-146. 1986.
• Mehran, M.F., Cooper, W.J. Freeman, R.R. and Jennings, W. A New Bonded Stationary Phase for the Gas Chromatographic Separation of Volatile PriorityPollutants. J. High Resolution Chromatography and Chromatography Communications 8: 715-717. 1985.
• Mehran, M.F., Slifker, R.A. and Cooper, W.J. A Simplified Liquid-Liquid Extraction Method for analysis of Trihalomethanes in Drinking Water. J. Chromatographic Science, 22: 241-243. 1984.
• Mehran, M.F. Cooper, W.J. and Jennings, W. The Use of Coupled Columns for the Capillary Gas Chromatographic Separation of Water Pollutants. J. High Resolution Chromatography and Chromatography Communications. 7: 215-217. 1984.
• Mehran, M.F., Cooper, W.J., and Diaz, R. Effluent Stream Splitting to Two Detectors. J. High Resolution Chromatography and Chromatography Communications. 7: 639-640. 1984.