Arghavani, Payam

Assistant Professor of Biophysics

E-mail: payam.arghavani@ut.ac.ir   Tel: +98-21 66956983

 

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Personal Records                                              

Education

Name: Payam Arghavani         

Date of Birth: 3 May 1988              

Place of Birth: Sanandaj, Iran             

Marital Status: Married, 1 Children

Appointment: Assistant Professor 

Office Address: Room 412, 3rd Floor,Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics,  

University of Tehran P.O.Box 13145-1384 Tehran, Iran  

Telephone: 0098 21 66956983

E-Mail: payam.arghavani@ut.ac.ir

        

Degree

Institution

Field

Years

Postdoctoral

University of Tehran, Tehran

Biophysics

2022–2026

Ph.D.

University of Tehran, Tehran

Biophysics

2016–2022

M.Sc.

National Institute of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (NIGEB), Tehran

Biology – Cell and Molecular Biology

2011–2014

B.Sc.

University of Isfahan, Isfahan

Biology – Plant Sciences

2006–2010

Diploma

Shahid Beheshti High School (SAMPAD), Sanandaj

Experimental Sciences

2003–2006

 

Research Interests

  • Protein folding and aggregation
  • Hierarchical protein-based biomaterials
  • Protein–nanoparticle (NP) interfaces

Publications

ISI Journal Articles

#

Title

Journal

Year

IF

1

Recent advances in triplet-state materials: A perspective towards bioimaging and biosensing

Coordination Chemistry Reviews

2026

25.6

2

Photochemically Synthesized Gold Nanoparticles Conjugated with Boswellic Acid Inhibit Alpha Synuclein Aggregation and Delay Fibrillation Kinetics

Scientific Reports

2025

4.9

3

Monitoring the Time-Dependency of Multi-Stage Events in Thermal BSA Aggregation-Fibrillation: Electrochemical Admittance Approach

Journal of The Electrochemical Society

2025

3.8

4

Modeling the navigating forces behind BSA aggregation in a microfluidic chip

Soft Matter

2025

2.9

5

Porous Materials for Early Diagnosis of Neurodegenerative Diseases

Advanced Healthcare Materials

2025

11

6

Recent Advances in Microfluidic Technologies for Stimuli-Sensitive Alginate Particles: Applications in Biosensing and Drug Delivery

TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry

2024

13.5

7

Curcumin-loaded Pickering Emulsions Based on Soy Protein Isolate Aggregates Enhance Diabetic Wound Healing

Journal of Drug Delivery Science and Technology

2024

5.2

8

Hyperglycemia-driven signaling bridges between diabetes and cancer

Biochemical Pharmacology

2024

6.5

9

Inhibiting insulin aggregation by chaperone-like green cholinium-based DESs as additives

Journal of Molecular Liquids

2024

—

10

In Situ Nanoencapsulation of Curcumin in Soy Protein Isolate Amyloid-like Aggregates for Enhanced Wound Healing

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

2024

8

11

Cell-penetrating peptides: Promising therapeutics and drug-delivery systems for neurodegenerative diseases

Molecular Pharmaceutics

2024

4.9

12

Exploring the significance of potassium homeostasis in copper ion binding to human αB-Crystallin

International Journal of Biological Macromolecules

2024

8.7

13

Doxorubicin bioavailability to human hemoglobin and cancer cells via MOF-A520

Journal of Molecular Liquids

2024

—

14

Amyloid Management by Chaperones: The Mystery Underlying Protein Oligomers' Dual Functions

Current Research in Structural Biology

2022

4.2

15

Inhibiting mTTR Aggregation/Fibrillation by a Chaperone-like Hydrophobic Amino Acid-Conjugated SPION

The Journal of Physical Chemistry B

2022

3.2

16

Enhancement of Shikalkin Production in Arnebia euchroma Callus by a Fungal Elicitor, Rhizoctonia solani

Iranian Journal of Biotechnology

2015

1.8

 

Book Chapters

#

Title

Book

Publisher

Year

1

Green Nanomaterials for Biosensor Applications

Green Nanomaterials: Sustainable Innovations and Diverse Applications

ACS Books

2025

Heading Example

Conference Presentations

Research Projects

Peer Reviea Activities

Activities in Scientific Societies

Conference Presentations

#  

Title

Conference

Year

1

Encapsulation of doxorubicin in soy protein isolate nanofibrils

Iran's 5th Conference on Protein and Peptide Science, University of Tehran

2024

2

Thermal stability investigation of albumin droplets through liquid-liquid phase separation

Iran's 5th Conference on Protein and Peptide Science, University of Tehran

2024

3

Investigation of liquid-liquid phase separation of bovine serum albumin in the presence of quercetin

Iran's 5th Conference on Protein and Peptide Science, University of Tehran

2024

4

The alkaline prepared soy protein isolate particles as the Pickering emulsions stabilizer

Iran's 5th Conference on Protein and Peptide Science, University of Tehran

2024

5

Kinetic study of early stages of bovine serum albumin thermal fibrillation using fast Fourier transform admittance (FFTA)

Iran's 5th Conference on Protein and Peptide Science, University of Tehran

2024

6

Leucine conjugated SPIONs inhibit mTTR aggregation by impacting the unfolding mechanism

17th National and 2nd International Conference of Iranian Biophysical Chemistry, University of Guilan

2022

7

The Physico-Chemical Study on Hemoglobin upon Interaction with 2-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone

6th IASBS Symposium in Biological Sciences and 16th Conference of Iran Society of Biophysical Chemistry (ISOBC), Zanjan

2021

8

A Designed and Synthesized Hydrophobic Nano-Inhibitors for Transthyretin Aggregation

6th IASBS Symposium in Biological Sciences and 16th Conference of Iran Society of Biophysical Chemistry (ISOBC), Zanjan

2021

9

Shikalkin Production Enhancement by Fungal Elicitor in Iranian Arnebia euchroma Callus Culture

1st Comprehensive Novel Findings in National Congress Biology, NIGEB, Tehran

2015

Research Projects

#

Title  

  Role

    Start

     End

1     

Iran-China Joint Research  

  Collaborator

     2022

     2025

Peer Review Activities 

# Jurnal Publisher Period
1 Bioorganic Chemistry Elsevier 2025–present
2    ACS Books American Chemical        Society 2024–present 
3     Journal of the Iranian Chemical Society Springer 2023–present


 

Activity in Scientific Societies

  • Member of Iran Society of Biophysical Chemistry (ISOBC)

 

Coordinating Workshop /Training Course  

  • Specialized Workshop on FTIR and Raman Spectral Analysis in Biosciences, May 2025, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

 

Honors and Awards

  • Winner of the Program for Recruiting Highly Qualified Faculty Members (JAHAT), Iran's National Elites Foundation (INEF)
  • Support of Iran National Science Foundation (INSF), Two one-year postdoctoral research grants (No. 4024305 and 4042555)
  • Support of Iran’s National Elites Foundation (INEF), One-year postdoctoral research grant
  • Approved Cover Art, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Support of Iran National Science Foundation (INSF), Ph.D. thesis grant (No. 98002821)

 

Course

  • Molecular Biophysics
  • Seminar