Dr Salman Masoudi Soltani
Reader in Chemical Engineering

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Research supervision

Dr Muhan Wang (10/24 - present); Nano-engineering of Alkali-activated Cementitious Materials towards Carbon Neutrality (Newton International Fellowship); Co-supervisor
Dr Mike Gorbounov (January 2024 - January 2025) - Research Grant: SeaCURE (UK's Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
Dr Shervan Babamohammadi (January 2022 - January 2024) - Research Grant: EP/T033940/1
Dr Soraya Hosseini (January 2021 - December 2021) - Research Grant: EP/T033940/1

Ali Zolalemin (Jan 2025 - present); Waste-derived sorbents for carbon capture; Principal Supervisor (PhD)
Kofoworola Bolajoko Awodun (Oct 2023 - present); Waste-derived sorbents for carbon capture; Principal Supervisor (PhD)
Hassan Chamas (Oct 2022 - present); Synthesis and application of waste-derived activated carbon for carbon capture; Principal Supervisor (PhD)
William Davies (April 2022 - present); Machine learning in modelling and optimisation of SE-SMR processes (EPSRC DTP Scholarship); Principal Supervisor (PhD)
Darragh Doyle (Oct 2023 - present); Phytomining of nanoparticles PHYONA (EPSRC DTP Scholarship); Second Supervisor (PhD)
Callum Kenny (Oct 2019 - present); Adsorption-based portable oxygen concentrator for personal medical applications (industry-funded); Second Supervisor (MPhil)
Ben Petrovic (Oct 2019 - Jan 2025); Biomass combustion ash in in-situ CO2 capture (EPSRC DTP Scholarship); Principal Supervisor (PhD)
Jessica Taylor (Oct 2020 - Nov 2024); Removal of micropollutants from marine environment with novel adsorbents (EPSRC DTP Scholarship); Principal Supervisor (PhD)
Mike Gorbounov (March 2020 - Jan 2024); Development of a cost-effective yet efficient adsorbent from waste for CO2 capture; Principal Supervisor (PhD)

Anila Islami (2022/23): Synthesis and Application of Aerogels in Post-combustion Carbon Capture

Dr Husain Bahzad (Oct 2024 - present) - Visiting Research Fellow (Assistant Prof, College of Technological Studies, Kuwait)
Dr Hosein Ghaedi (June 2024 - December 2024) - Visiting Research Fellow (PhD in Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University)
Dr Louis Vasanthakumar (April 2024 - December 2024) - Visiting Research Fellow (KBR Group, UK)
Dr Roohollah Babaei Mahani (January 2022 - August 2024) - Visiting Research Fellow
Dr Chinedum Ogonna Mgbemena (July 2023 – September 2023) - Visiting Research Fellow (Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Nigeria)
Dr Agnieszka Adamczuk (April 2023 - April 2024) - Visiting Research Fellow (Department of Physical Chemistry of Porous Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences)
Dr Kamil Skic (October 2022) - Visiting Research Fellow (Department of Physical Chemistry of Porous Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences)
Dr Agnieszka Adamczuk (October 2022 - November 2022) - Visiting Research Fellow (Department of Physical Chemistry of Porous Materials, Polish Academy of Sciences)

Clément Chapel (Summer 2025, from IUT A Paul-Sabatier, Toulouse, France)
Guilhem Demarest (Summer 2024, from IUT A Paul-Sabatier, Toulouse, France)
Ilies Gallaro (Summer 2024, from IUT A Paul-Sabatier, Toulouse, France)
Alban Bernhard (Summer 2023, from IUT A Paul-Sabatier, Toulouse, France)
Ludivine Hecquet-Perrot (Summer 2023, from IUT A Paul-Sabatier, Toulouse, France)
Marwan Azzouz (Summer 2023, from IUT A Paul-Sabatier, Toulouse, France)

Jeremy Bride (November 2023 - June 2024) - Undergraduate Research Assistant.
Yahya Omar (July 2023 - August 2023) - Undergraduate Research Assistant.
Anila Islami (August 2022 - May 2023) - MEng Research Assistant.
Emilie Diaz (June 2022 - July 2023) - Undergraduate Research Assistant.
Jodie Baker (June 2022 - August 2022) - Undergraduate Research Assistant.
Dilyara Bekmuratova (January 2022 - May 2022) - Visiting Student/Research Assistant (University of Southern California, USA).
Anila Islami (September 2021 - December 2021) - Undergraduate Research Assistant.