2019-2021, Former Postdoctoral Researcher, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia.

2018-2019, Former Researcher, Department of Chemistry, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran. 

2012-2017, Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran. 

2009-2011, M.Sc. in Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran.

2005-2009, B.Sc. in Applied chemistry, Faculty of Science, University of Mohaghegh Ardabili, Ardabil, Iran. 

2019-2021, Postdoctoral project, Title: Nano-sized Solar-active Catalysts for Environmental Technologies (NaSCEnT), Funding source: Ministry of Science and Technology of Croatia.

2019-2020, International Scientific Collaboration, Title: Photoelectrochemical water splitting using modified TiO₂ nanotubes, Funding source: Research Council of the Isfahan University of Technology (Iran) and Croatian Government and the European Union through the European Regional Development Fund.

2018-2019, International Scientific Collaboration, Title: Photocathodic protection properties of semiconductors, Funding source: Research Council of the Isfahan University of Technology (Iran) and Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (China).

2017-2018, International Scientific Collaboration, Title: Antiproliferative activity of morpholine-based compounds on MCF-7 breast cancer and study of their binding affinity to calf thymus-DNA and bovine serum albumin, Funding source: Iran University of Science and Technology (Iran) and Université de Montréal (Canada). 

2015-2017, PhD Thesis (second project), Title: Fabrication and investigation of photocatalysts based on Cr-TiO₂ nanotubes for photoelectrochemical water splitting. Funding source: Research Council of the Isfahan University of Technology (Iran). 

2012-2015, PhD Thesis (first project), Title: The study of the HSA and PPAR gamma interactions with pesticides by molecular dynamics simulation, QM/MM, and spectroscopic methods. Funding source: Research Council of the Isfahan University of Technology (Iran).

2009-2011, MSc Thesis, Title: Measurement density and viscosity and calculation thermodynamic properties of binary and ternary mixtures of 1-hexyl-3-methyl-imidazolium tetra fluoro borate, 1-propanol, and 2-propanol in atmospheric pressure and in the temperature range of 293.15 K to 333.15 K, Funding source: Research consul of the Bu-Ali Sina University (Iran).

Ranked 1^st in the Ph.D. with GPA 4 of 4.

Ranked 1^st in the M.Sc. with GPA 4 of 4.

Distinguished Student among M.Sc. physical chemistry students, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamadan, Iran.

Graduate: Surface Chemistry, Statistical Thermodynamics (I), and Quantum Chemistry

Undergraduate: General Chemistry, Physical Chemistry (I and II), and Molecular Spectroscopy

Scientific articles

2021   T. Sharifi, D. Jozić, M. Kovacic, A. Lončarić Božić, and H. Kusic, "In-situ high temperature XRD study on thermally induced phase changes of BiVO₄: The formation of an iso-type heterojunction", Materials Letters, 305, DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2021.130816

2021   T. Sharifi, D. Crmaric, M. Kovacic, M. Kraljic Rokovic, H. Kusic, D. Jozić, G. Ambrožić, D. Kralj, J. Kontrec, B. Zener, U. Lavrencic Stangar, D. D. Dionysiou, and A. Loncaric Bozic "Tailored BiVO₄ for enhanced visible-light photocatalytic performance", Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering 9, 106025, DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2021.106025

2021   T. Sharifi, T. Mohammadi, M. M. Momeni, H. Kusic, M. Kraljić Roković, A. Lončarić Božić, and Y. Ghayeb, "Influence of photo-deposited Pt and Pd onto chromium doped TiO₂ nanotubes in photo-electrochemical water splitting for hydrogen generation", catalysts, 11, 212, DOI: 10.3390/catal11020212

2021   T. Sharifi, Y. Ghayeb, T. Mohammadi, and M. M. Momeni, R. Bagheri, Z. Song, "Surface treatment of titanium by in-situ anodizination and NiO photodeposition: enhancement of photoelectrochemical properties for water splitting and photocathodic protection of stainless steel", Applied physics A, 128, 1-12, DOI: 10.1007/s00339-020-03901-y

2020   T. Mohammadi, Y. Ghayeb, T. Sharifi, and M. M. Momeni, "RuO₂ Photodeposited on W-doped and Cr-doped TiO₂ Nanotubes with Enhanced Photoelectrochemical Water Splitting and Supercapacitor Properties", New Journal of Chemistry, 44, 2339-2349, DOI: 10.1039/C9NJ03322J

2018   T. Sharifi, Y. Ghayeb, T. Mohammadi, and M. M. Momeni, "Enhanced photoelectrochemical water splitting of CrTiO₂ nanotube photoanodes by decoration of their surface via photodeposition of Ag and Au", Dalton Transactions, 48, 11593-11604, DOI: 10.1039/C8DT02383B

2018   T. Sharifi, Y. Ghayeb "A computational study to identify key residues of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor gamma in interactions with its antagonists", Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 36, 1822-33, DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2017.1335618

2018   M. Hosseini-Kharat, R. Rahimi, D. Zargarian, Z. Mehri-Lighvan, A-A. Momtazi-Borojeni, T. Sharifi, E. Abdollahi, H. Tavakol, and T. Mohammadi " Antiproliferative activity of morpholine-based compounds on MCF-7 breast cancer, colon carcinoma C26, and normal fibroblast NIH-3T3 cell lines and study of their binding affinity to calf thymus-DNA and bovine serum albumin", journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics, 1-15, DOI: 10.1080/07391102.2018.1527724

2018   T. Sharifi, Y. Ghayeb "Prediction of Interaction between Magnolia Extract, herbal medicines, with Human Serum Albumin using Molecular Dynamics Simulation", Current Bioinformatics, 13, 207-215, DOI: 10.2174/1574893612666170405120551

2017   M.Hosseini-Kharat, K. Karami, M. Saeififar, C. Rizzoli, R. Zahedi-Nasab, Z. Sohrabijam, and T. Sharifi. "Novel Pd(II) CNO pincer complex of MR (methyl red): synthesis, crystal structure, interaction with human serum albumin (HSA) in vitro and molecular docking", New Journal of Chemistry, 41, 9897-9907, DOI: 10.1039/C7NJ01415E

2017   T. Mohammadi, Y. Ghayeb, T. Sharifi and T. Khayamian, "The effect of dichlorvos on structural alteration of serum albumins: A combined spectroscopic and molecular dynamic simulation approach", Monatshefe für Chemie- Chemical Monthly, 148, 1141-1151, DOI: 10.1007/s00706-016-1857-9

2017   T. Sharifi, Y. Ghayeb, and T. Mohammadi, "Study of conformational changes in Serum Albumin by Binding of Chlorfenvinphos using Multispectroscopic Techniques and Molecular Dynamic Simulation", Monatshefe für Chemie- Chemical Monthly, 148, 781-791, DOI: 10.1007/s00706-016-1814-7

2014   F. Kermanpour, and T. Sharifi, "Measurement and Correlation of the Excess Properties of Ternary Mixture of {x1[Hmim][BF4] + x21-propanol + x32-propanol} at Different Temperatures", Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 59, 1922-29, DOI: 10.1021/je401101u

2013   F. Kermanpour, H. Zaheri, and T. Sharifi, "Density and Viscosity Measurements of binary alkanol mixtures from (293.15 to 333.15) K at Atmospheric Pressure", Journal of Chemical & Engineering Data, 58, 1086–1091, DOI: 10.1021/je3011634

2012   F. Kermanpour, and T. Sharifi, "Thermodynamic study of binary mixture of x1[C6mim][BF4] + x21-propanol: Measurements and molecular modeling", Thermochimica Acta, 527, 211–18, DOI: 10.1016/j.tca.2011.10.030