Group Members

We are looking for enthusiastic new PhD and MSc students and visiting researchers to join the team (see openings) !

Principal Investigator

Dr. Yahya Palizdar

Associate Professor
Materials & Energy Research Center (MERC)
Email: y.palizdar@merc.ac.ir
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  • PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Leeds, 2010
  • Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Leeds, 2011

Research Staff

Dr. Hadi Torkamani

Research Associate
Joined the group in Spring 2018
Email: Hadi.torkamani@ltu.se
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  • Postdoctoral Researcher, Luleå University of Technology, 2021
  • PhD, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tehran, 2018

Dr. Vahdat Zahedi Asl

Research Associate
Joined the group in Summer 2018
Email: vahdat_zahedi@yahoo.com
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  • PhD, Materials Sciences, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, 2022

Soroush Najafi

Graduate Research Assistant
Joined the group in Fall 2019
Email: soroush.najafiran@gmail.com
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  • MSc, Materials Science and Engineering, University of Tehran, 2018

Mahta Shariat Razavi

Graduate Research Assistant
Joined the group in Winter 2020
Email: Shariat245@gmail.com
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  • PhD student, Materials Engineering, University of Windsor, 2024

Masih Banijamali

Graduate Research Assistant
Joined the group in Spring 2021
Email: masihbanijamali@email.kntu.ac.ir
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  • MSc, Mechanical Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, 2019

Alumni

Doctoral students

Mahsa Gholambargani, MERC, 2020

Yaser Emamian, MERC, 2019

Master students

Maryam Ahmadi-Nouri, MERC-IUST, 2024

Arsalan Karazma, MERC-IUST, 2023

Mehrad Roshani, MERC-IUST, 2023

Amir Masoud Rajabi, MERC-IUST, 2021

Alireza Kheradmand, MERC, 2020

Mohammad-Hosein Gourkani-Zarandi, MERC, 2020

Ahmadreza Akbari-pour, MERC-UT, 2020

Pardis Biabani, MERC, 2019

Nirvan Hemati, MERC, 2019

Faeze Jabari, MERC, 2018

Alireza Rezazadeh-Mafi, MERC, 2017

Mina Saeednia, MERC, 2017

Zahra Jahangiri, MERC, 2016

Meysam Pourshadlo, MERC, 2016

Omid Mohammad-Taheri, MERC, 2016

Farshad Moradi, MERC, 2015

Vahdat Zahedi Asl, MERC, 2015

Milad Hosseini, MERC, 2015

Visitors

Fateme Abdiyan, UT, 2020-2021

Alireza Sheikhani, UT, 2018-2021

Seyed Masih Banijamali, KNTU, 2019-2020

Soroush Najafi, UT, 2018-2019