User:Azabet

Amir Zabet is a graduate student at the Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Canada. His current research involves the study of electronic properties of nanomaterials.

Education
2004-2008 PhD, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Canada (Supervisor: Al-Amin Dhirani)

2003-2004 MSc, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Canada (Supervisor: Al-Amin Dhirani)

2000-2003 BSc, Department of Chemistry, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

1996-2000 Highschool Diploma, National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents, Rasht, Iran

Honors and Awards
2008 Ontario Postdoctoral Fellowship

2008 NSERC R&D Felloship

2007 Ontario Graduate Scholarship

2007 Lachlan Gilchrist Fellowship

2006 Donald J. LeRoy Prize in Physical Chemistry

2006 Michael J. Dignam Travel Award

2005 University of Toronto Conference Travel Grant

2004-2006 University of Toronto Teaching Reduction Fellowship

2004 Distinguished Chemistry Student of the Year, National Youth Organization, Iran

2003 Gold Medal of National Chemistry Olympiad, Iran

2000 Silver Medal of International Chemistry Olympiad, Copenhagen, Denmark

1999 Gold Medal of National Chemistry Olympiad, Iran

1994 Second Place of National Scientific Contest, Iran

Publications

 * Amir Zabet-Khosousi, "Charge Transport in Self-Assembled Nanoparticle-Molecule Systems", PhD Thesis, 2008, University of Toronto.
 * Amir Zabet-Khosousi and Al-Amin Dhirani, "Charge Transport in Nanoparticle Assemblies", Chem. Rev., 2008, 108 (10), 4072-4124 DOI:10.1021/cr0680134
 * Amir Zabet-Khosousi and Al-Amin Dhirani, "Shadow Mask Fabrication of Micron-Wide Break-Junctions and Their Application in Single-Nanoparticle Devices", Nanotechnology, 2007, 18 (45), 455305-455310 DOI:10.1088/0957-4484/18/45/455305
 * Amir Zabet-Khosousi, Paul-Emile Trudeau, Yoshinori Suganuma, Al-Amin Dhirani, and Bryan Statt, "Metal to Insulator Transition in Films of Molecularly Linked Gold Nanoparticles", Phys. Rev. Lett., 2006, 96 (15), 156403-156406 DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.156403
 * Amir Zabet-Khosousi, Yoshinori Suganuma, Kenneth Lopata, Paul-Emile Trudeau, Al-Amin Dhirani, and Bryan Statt, "Influence of Linker Molecules on Charge Transport through Self-Assembled Single-Nanoparticle Devices", Phys. Rev. Lett., 2005, 94 (9), 096801-096804 DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.096801
 * Amir Zabet-Khosousi, "Influence of Linker Molecules on Charge Transport through Self-Assembled Single-Nanoparticle Devices", MSc Thesis, 2004, University of Toronto.