Abbas Shafiee
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Abbas Shafiee (September 25, 1937 – June 15, 2016)[1] was an Iranian pharmaceutical chemist. He was the president of faculty of pharmacy at Tehran University.[2] He published more than 350 scientific articles in peer-reviewed international journals.[3]
Shafiee received his degree in Pharmacy from Tehran University in 1962, later earning a master's from Columbia University's College of Pharmaceutical Sciences in 1965, and a Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Chemistry from the same institution in 1968.
- National Winner of Merit, Lunsford Richardson Award for graduate research (USA), 1968
- Research Award, Tehran University, 1972
- Ministry of Higher Education award for Research, 1974
- First Degree Kharazmi Award, 1987
- Permanent Member of Iranian Academy of Medical Sciences 1990.
- Member of Iranian Academy of Science, Tehran 1991.
- Tehran University's Highest Honorary Award, 1994
- Iranian Chemical Society Year's Chemist, 1995
- His book, Chromatography and spectroscopy, was named best book of the year and received the corresponding award from the Interior Ministry in 1996 and the Ministry of Health in 1995 [citation needed]
- Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa), University of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1998
- First degree Razi Award, 1998
- Second degree National Award for Research, 1999
- Best National Book of the Year, 2000[4]