The Environment and Biotechnology research center has been established since 2007 by Professor Dariush Mowla. The most important goal of this center is to investigate the environmental issues and pollution problems resulted from oil, gas and petrochemical industry and to propose novel methods to remove pollution from industrial wastes, exhaust gases and soil. Considering the problems caused by drought and shortage of drinking and industrial water in recent years, the main research investigation is focused on designing and application of new waste water treatment methods. The other research scope of this center is to transform greenhouse gases especially carbon dioxide to valuable chemicals like methane, formic acid and formaldehyde, biodiesel production from wastes, synthesis of new photocatalysts for waste water treatment, elimination of microplastics and micropollutants from industrial wastes etc.