Mohammad Ali Zolfigol
Mohammad Ali Zolfigol | |
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محمدعلی زلفیگل | |
Zolfigol in 2022 | |
| Minister of Science, Research and Technology | |
| In office 25 August 2021 – 21 August 2024 | |
| President | Ebrahim Raisi Mohammad Mokhber (acting) |
| Preceded by | Mansour Gholami |
| Succeeded by | Hossein Simaee Sarraf |
| President of Bu-Ali Sina University | |
| In office 2 August 2008 – 8 June 2014 | |
| President | Mahmoud Ahmadinejad |
| Preceded by | Ardeshir Khazaei |
| Succeeded by | Mansour Gholami |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 February 1966 Ashtian, Imperial State of Iran |
Mohammad Ali Zolfigol (Persian: محمدعلی زلفیگل; born February 2, 1966) is an Iranian professor of chemistry and former Minister of Science, Research and Technology from 2021 to 2024. He was the President of Bu-Ali Sina University from August 2, 2008 to June 8, 2014. He is also a permanent member of the Academy of Sciences of Iran. In 2022 Zolfigol had four of his research publications retracted by the Royal Society of Chemistry because of concerns regarding the authenticity of chemicals used in the published studies and the reproducibility of the experiments.