Rate My Professor Morteza Khaledi

Morteza G. Khaledi serves as Dean of the College of Science and Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Texas at Arlington. He received his B.S. degree in Chemistry from the University of Shiraz in Iran in 1978 and his Ph.D. in Chemistry from the University of Florida in 1984. Following a postdoctoral associateship at the University of Florida, he began his academic career as an assistant professor at the University of New Orleans in 1985. In 1988, he joined North Carolina State University as an assistant professor, was promoted to associate professor in 1991, and to full professor in 1997. During his 27 years at NC State, he chaired the Department of Chemistry from 2005 to 2011 and again from 2014 to 2015.

In August 2015, Dr. Khaledi assumed the role of Dean at UTA, where he has spearheaded the development of a comprehensive Strategic Plan for the College of Science. Under his leadership, the college has prioritized the recruitment of exceptional research and teaching faculty across all departments, introduced innovative degree programs including a bachelor's in Data Science and a master's in Learning Analytics, and cultivated an open, collaborative environment that supports faculty, staff, and provides students with ample opportunities for success. Renowned for his expertise in separations science, Dr. Khaledi's research encompasses mechanistic studies and bioanalytical applications of high-performance capillary electrophoresis and high-performance liquid chromatography. His current projects involve novel coacervates for extracting and enriching analytes from biological and environmental samples to facilitate protein characterization in drug discovery, biology, and biomedicine, as well as protein identification, portable biosensing, and electrokinetic chromatography. Supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation, he has authored or co-authored over 100 publications in leading scientific journals and mentored 28 Ph.D. students and 9 master's students since 1988.