We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Massoud Kaykhaii from University of Tasmania, Faculty of Science, Engineering & Technology, Sandy Bay, Australia, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Sciences. Massoud Kaykhaii worked at the University of Sistan and Baluchestan (Zahedan, Iran) as a professor of analytical chemistry for 32 years. His research work is focused on modern sample preparation techniques, including µ-solid phase extraction, solid phase microextraction, liquid phase microextraction, and stir bar sorptive extraction. He has published 150 research articles, 3 patents, presented at ca. 150 seminars and conferences, authored three books, wrote 22 national standard procedures of analysis, and (co)supervised more than 100 MSc and PhD theses. He taught almost all courses in analytical chemistry and worked extensively on analyzing ultra-trace amounts of different analytes in various matrices, such as environmental, food, and clinical samples, by using SPME (including conducting polymers and colloidal particles), flat sheet supported membranes, and single drop microextraction, employing GC-MS, HPLC, IC, TLC scanning, and all spectroscopy instruments. He has invented two new sample preparation techniques: salt-saturated single-drop microextraction and micro-cloud point extraction. He is a member of the editorial advisory board of 98 journals and has served as secretary of three national mirror committees of ISO/TC for years. He has finished 25 industrial projects and has been a counselor for 10 companies in Iran. He was awarded the prize for best researcher at the University of Sistan and Baluchestan three times. Clarivate recognized him four times as "top 1 percent of top reviewers" in multidisciplinary, cross-field, and chemistry in 2017, 2018, and 2019, respectively. He was head of the chemistry department and chairman of the Smartphone Analytical Sensors Research Centre. After two years of research at Politechnika Gdańska, Poland, he is currently a senior researcher at the University of Tasmania (Australia), doing research on modern applications of sample preparation. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Massoud Kaykhaii for his participation and support.
August 28, 2024