Ali Reza Ashrafi

Education:

• 1996 PhD                Pure Mathematics

                          University of Tehran, Iran

 Thesis Topic:   The Irreducible Character Table of the Group Aut(PSL(5,3))

• 1991 MSc                Pure Mathematics

                          Shahid Beheshti University, Iran

Project Topic:  Monoidal Categories

• 1989 BSc                Pure Mathematics

                          Teacher Training  University of Tehran

Awards and Honors:

• 2015 Distinctive Researcher: University of Kashan


• 2014 Distinctive Researcher: University of Kashan


• 2013 Distinctive Researcher: University of Kashan


• 2012 Distinctive Researcher: University of Kashan


• 2011 Distinctive Researcher: Isfahan Province


• 2010 Distinctive Researcher: University of Kashan


• 2010 Member of International Academy of Mathematical Chemistry


• 2010 The Third Iranian Scientist in Nanotechnology in the fifth Top 10 Festival of Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council


• 2009 Distinctive Researcher in Basic Sciences of the Country


• 2009 Distinctive Researcher: University of Kashan


• 2009 The Second Iranian Scientist in Nanotechnology in the fourth Top 10 Festival of Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council


• 2008 Distinctive Researcher: University of Kashan


• 2008 The Second Iranian Scientist in Nanotechnology in the third Top 10 Festival of Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council


• 2007 Distinctive Researcher: University of Kashan


• 2007 The First Iranian Scientist in Nanotechnology in the second Top 10 Festival of Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council


• 2006 Distinctive Researcher: University of Kashan


• 2006 The 8^th Iranian Scientist in Nanotechnology in the first Top 10 Festival of Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council


• 2005 Distinctive Researcher: University of Kashan


• 2004 Distinctive Researcher: University of Kashan


• 2004 Distinctive Researcher: Isfahan Province


• 2003 Distinctive Researcher: University of Kashan


• 2002 Distinctive Researcher: University of Kashan


• 2001 Distinctive Researcher: University of Kashan


• 1995 Top Student in PhD Class, University of Tehran, Iran.

Major Editorial Experiences:

• Editorial Board Member (2016 - present)

                Fullerenes, Nanotubes and Carbon Nanostructures (Taylor & Francis, UK)

• Editorial Board Member (2014 - present)


•                 Bulletin of the Iranian Mathematical Society  (Iranian Mathematical Society)


• Editor-in-Chief (2012-2013)


•                 Bulletin of the Iranian Mathematical Society  (Iranian Mathematical Society)


• Editorial Board Member (2012 - present)


•                 International Journal of Group Theory (University of Isfahan)


• Editorial Board Member (2012 - present)


•                Transaction on Combinatorics  (University of Isfahan)


• Managing Editor (2011)


•                 Bulletin of the Iranian Mathematical Society  (Iranian Mathematical Society)


• Editor-in-Chief (2010-present)


•            Iranian Journal of Mathematical Chemistry (University of Kashan)


• Editorial Board Member (2008 - 2012)


•            Journal of Advanced Mathematical Studies


• Editorial Board Member (2007 - present)


•           Fuzzy Sets, Rough Sets and Multivalued Operations and Applications


• Editorial Board Member (2005 - present)


•          MATCH Communications in Mathematical and in Computer Chemistry


•          (University of Kragujevac, Serbia)


• Editor-in-Chief (2004 - 2007)


•           International Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematical Sciences(IJPAMS(


• Editorial Board Member (2004 - 2006)


•           Journal of Applied Algebra and Discrete Structures (JAADS)


• Editor-in-Chief (2000 - 2003)


•           International Journal of Science and Technology of the University of Kashan

Membership in Societies:

• 1998-present Member of the American Mathematical Society


• 1991-present Member of the Iranian Mathematical Society

Academic Employment:

• 2014-present Vice-Dean in Research, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences, University of Kashan, Kashan, I R Iran.


• 2011-2015 Head of the Department of Nanocomputing, Institute for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, University of Kashan, Kashan, I R Iran.


• 2008-2009 Head of the Department of Mathematics, University of Kashan, Kashan, I R Iran.


• 2005-present Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, University of Kashan, Kashan, I R Iran.


• 2001-2005 Associate Professor of Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, University of Kashan, Kashan, I R Iran.


• 2000-2001 Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Kashan, Kashan, I R Iran.


• 1999 Vice Dean of the Faculty of Science, University of Kashan, Kashan, I R Iran.


• 1996-2000  Assistant Professor of Mathematics,Department of Mathematics, University of Kashan, Kashan, I R Iran.

Subject Taught:

• Undergraduate Level: Projective Geometry, Algebraic Topology, History of Mathematics, Philosophy of Mathematics, Number Theory, Algebra I, Algebra II, Algebra III, Linear Algebra, Graph Theory, Ordinary Differential Equation, Calculus I, Calculus II, Calculus III.


• Postgraduate Level: Category Theory, Lattice Theory, Finite Group Theory, Character Theory of Finite Groups, Advanced Algebra, Advances Linear Algebra, Linear Groups, Permutation Groups, Lie Algebras, Computational Group Theory, Applications of Group Theory in Physics, Graph Theory, Algebraic Graph Theory, Distance in Graphs, Cage Graphs, Combinatorics.

Present Research Works:

Finite Groups, Subgroup Lattices, Partition Theory, Theory of Hyperstructures, Character Theory of Finite Groups, Mathematical Chemistry, Mathematical Physics, Mathematical Biology, Mathematical Nanoscience.