Dr Alireza Allafchian was born in Isfahan, Iran, in 1983. He received his Ph.D degree from Isfahan University of Technology (IUT) in 2012. His Ph.D thesis was devoted to the preparation of electrochemical sensor and coupling of this method with extraction method based on nanoparticles. Later on, he joined the Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Institute (RINAM), Isfahan University of Technology (IUT), Iran, as an assistance professor since 2012. He opened new fields of researches in this Institute, viz, preparation and characterization of nanocomposites and nano particles for advanced applications in the field of sensor and novel antibacterial materials. Dr Allafchian has published more than 42 journal papers, more than 65 national and international conference papers and 15 Iranian patents. Also, he has more than 8 items awards. The most important awards to him were foundation award outstanding student award in the country and IUT.