Management
Dr. Hojabr Dezfulian
Dr. Dezfulian earned his Ph.D. from faculty of medicine, University of
Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the field of Microbiology and Immunology.
His major interest is in molecular diagnostic tests (for bacteria as
well as viruses).
He joined IEH-EEL in January 2007. Dr. Dezfulian built the microbiology
lab at IEH-EEL with different areas such as PCR detection unit, Water
and Waste Water Microbiology, Food Microbiology, Microbiology of the
Biosolids, Environmental Microbiology, and Virology.
He is also a quality manager and helped the laboratory acquire its
Shellfish sanitation certification from ELAP as well as ISO 17025
accreditation from A2LA. He is working as managing director and
microbiology lab director.
Dr. Michael E. Harris
Dr. Harris received his Ph. D. from the University of California at San
Diego and San Diego State University for Chemistry in 1992. From 1991 to
2004 he worked as a Senior Chemist at Environmental Engineering
Laboratory. As of 2004, Dr. Harris is serving as the Director of
Chemistry for IEH-EEL Laboratory and Consulting Group.
Xzayla Zabiti
Xzayla Zabiti earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Cell & Molecular Biology
from San Diego State University in 2005. She joined IEH-EEL in February
of 2007 as a microbiologist. She is QA/QC Officer of the laboratory and
she is actively involved in the development of new molecular detection
methods. Xzayla’s contributions to development and running the
microbiology lab are extraordinary.