Description: Optical value portrait built from 560 pieces of electron microscopic images of the porous materials. Charcoal on paper. [Drawn by Fahimeh Foudazi]
Academic Positions
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma, 2021 – Now.
Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Mexico State University, 2019 – 2021.
Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, New Mexico State University, 2013 – 2019.
Research Associate, Department of Macromolecular Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2011 – 2013.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Material Science and Technology Group, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010 – 2011.
Degrees
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010.
M.Sc. Polymer Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, 2004.
B.Sc. Polymer Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, 2002.
Research Interest
Porous polymers for membrane applications, environmental challenges, energy storage, stimuli responsive applications, drug delivery, tissue engineering, etc.
Rheology of complex fluids: lyotropic liquid crystals, suspensions, emulsions, polymer blends and polymer nanocomposites
Synthesis and characterization of soft matter
Colloid and interface science
Professional Organizations
American Chemical Society (ACS)
American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
North American Membrane Society (NAMS)
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)
Society of Rheology (SoR)
Reviewer for Journals
ACS Macro Letters, Macromolecules, Biomacromolecules, Langmuir, Journal of Rheology, Rheologica Acta, Applied Rheology, Polymer, Polymer International, etc.
