Iranian Grain Corporation
 

 

CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Name:                                                             Hossein Yazdjerdi, Ph.D.

Date of Birth:                                                October 7, 1950

Place of Birth&Current Residence:       Tehran, Iran

Telephone:                                                     (9821)6669-1155 or (9821) 8804-6675

Fax:                                                                  (9821) 6669-1157 or (9821) 8804-7511

E-mail:                                                             yazdjerdi@iranflour.com
 

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & EMPLOYMENT (1979 – Present)

(Almost all positions held simultaneously in Tehran, Iran unless otherwise indicated)

 

1979 - Present            Member of the Board of Directors and Vice President of Taban Flour Mills Company

 

 1988 - Present           Advisor to the Self Sufficiency and Research Center for Flour Milling, Baking and Related Industries

 1988 - 1990                Co-Founder and Member of the Board of Directors of the Industrial Research Complex of Iran

1987 - 1989                 Co-Founder of the Association of Scientific and Industrial Research Centers of Iran; also served as Member of the Leadership council and Member of the Board of Directors for this association in 1989

 1990 - Present             Member of the Board of Directors and President of Iran Ardin Company  

  

2000 - Present            Deputy General Secretary for the Federation of Iranian Associations of Flour Milling Industry

 

2000 - Present            Member of the Board of Trustees and Member of the Board of Directors of the Food Science and Technology School of Higher Education (Hashtgerd, Iran); the institute offers an Associate of Science degree training program for undergraduate students interested in food science and technology

 2001 - 2003                 Member of the Social Security High Council of Iran

 

2001 - Present            Managing Director of Research and Engineering Services, Inc. Flour Milling,  Baking & Related Industries

2002 - Present            Member of the International Association of Operative Millers (IAOM), Lea wood, Kansas

2006 -  Present            Member of MEA Education Committee, IAOM, Leawood, Kansas

NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION & LEADERSHIP POSITIONS (1990 – Present)

 

2006, 2004, 2003 & 2002       Attended the IGC Conferences held in London, England

 

2005                            Participated in the 16th Annual National Congress on Food Industries, Tehran Iran.  Note I have attended nearly all of the conferences and have served either as a member of the Scientific Board or Executive Panel for those meetings.

 

2004                            Served as a Member of the Executive Committee, IAOM Middle East & Africa (MEA) Division conference held in Tehran.

 

     2003                           Participated in the IAOM MEA Division meeting held in Dubai,United Arab Emirates (UAE)

 

1990                            Acted as Conference Secretary for the First Self-Sufficiency & Research Center for Milling, Baking & Related Industries meeting

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS & LEADERSHIP OR EMPLOYMENT POSITIONS HELD PRIOR TO 1979 (All positions held in Tehran, Iran)

 

1978            Manager of the Quality Control Laboratory for Pars Pharmaceutical Factory

 

1978            Manager of the Quality Control Laboratory for the Minoo

                  Industrial Group

 

1979            Manager of the Research & Development Department for the Minoo Industrial Group

 

PUBLICATIONS (ORIGINAL & TRANSLATED BOOKS)

 

(Note all publications listed below were published by the Self Sufficiency & Research Center for Milling Baking & Related Industries sponsored by the Federation of Iranian Associations of Flour Milling Industry headquartered in Tehran, Iran)

(Original Farsi Language Publications)

 

Izadyar, J., Yazdjerdi, H. & Samii, MWheat, Flour & Bread, 1995.

 

Yazdjerdi, H.  Proceedings of the First Self-Sufficiency & Research Center for Milling, Baking & Related Industries Conference, 1991.

 

(Translations of English Language Texts to Farsi)

 

Yazdjerdi, H. & Samii, M.  Wheat Impurities and Their Effect on Cleaning Processes During Flour Milling, 1991.

 

Ahmadzadeh, K. & Yazdjerdi, H.  Nutritional Value of Wheat Flour as Affected by the Rate of Extraction, 1989.

 

Yazdjerdi, H. Desirable Factors in Production of Macaroni, 1988.

 

Yazdjerdi, M. & Yazdjerdi, H.  Trying to Reach a Common Approach in the Self- Sufficiency & Research Center for Milling, Baking & Related Industries Center, 1988.

 

(Original English Language Publications)

 Yazdjerdi, H.  National Plan on Flour Fortification,

 Assessment of Milling Industry and Cost Analysis, Dec. 2005

 

 EDUCATIONAL TRAINING

 

1972                       Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.)degree in Chemistry awarded by

                               National University of Iran, now known as Shahid Beheshti

                               University (Tehran ,Iran)                 

 

1978                       Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree in Chemistry awarded by                                  

                               the Victoria University Faculty of Technology (Manchester, England) 

Ph.D. DISSERTATION

 

Advisor:                  R. Thompson, Ph.D.

 

Title:                       Spectroscopic Methods for Identification of Chemicals

 

 LANGUAGE SKILLS

 Native proficiency in Farsi (Persian)

Advanced user of English (Second Language)