Dr Vahid Razaviarani
PhD in Environmental Engineering
Vahid Razaviarani
- Job title
- Assistant Professor
- v.razaviarani@hw.ac.uk
- Role
- Assistant Professor
- Section
- School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
- v.razaviarani@hw.ac.uk
About
Dr Vahid Razaviarani is an Assistant Professor for the Chemical Engineering Department at 江南体育 University who teaches undergrad courses (BSc) in Chemical Engineering program and postgrad courses (MSc) in Global Sustainability Engineering program. He is the coordinator of the Chemical Engineering Laboratory and the EPS representative at the Sustainable & Social Impact Committee (SSIMCO).
Dr Razaviarani has served about two years as a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Princeton University. Prior to joining Princeton University, he has worked as a research associate at the Edmonton Waste Management Center of Excellence, Alberta, Canada.
Biography
Academic Leadership and Affiliations:
- Canadian professional engineering (PEng), practises as a professional engineer.
- Project Management Professional (PMP), and the PMI member.
- Fellowship of the higher education academy (FHEA).
Qualifications:
- Postdoctoral Research Associate
Princeton University (2016) - PhD, Environmental Engineering 鈥� Bioenergy
University of Alberta, Canada (2014) - MSc, Chemical Engineering 鈥� Biotechnology
Tehran Research & Sciences University (2004) - BSc, Chemical Engineering 鈥� Process Design
Tehran Research & Sciences University (2002)
Research
His areas of interest include:
- Sustainability and Waste-to-Energy processes
- Algae-based cultivation, CO2 capture and phycoremediation
- Carbon sequestration and reclamation of organic waste
- Desalination, microbial desalination cell and membrane technologies
- Chemical, physical and microbial contaminant fate and transformation of organic compounds
- Water/wastewater reused and reclamation
- Microbial Electrochemical Systems and Technologies
Publications
V *Razaviarani, A Saudagar, S Gallage, S Shrinath, G Arab (2024) 鈥樷�機omprehensive investigation on microplastics from source to sink鈥欌��, Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy, 1-28.
V Razaviarani, G Arab, N Lerdwanawattana, Y Gadia (2023) 鈥樷�橝lgal biomass dual roles in phycoremediation of wastewater and production of bioenergy and value-added products鈥欌��, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology 20 (7), 8199-8216.
G. Arab, *V. Razaviarani, D. McCartney (2022) 鈥淓ffects of digestate co-composting on curing phase of composting鈥�, Bioresource Technology Reports 19, 101121.
Shivakumar T., *Razaviarani V. (2021) 鈥淎n integrated approach to enhance the desalination process: coupling reverse osmosis process with microbial desalination cells in the UAE鈥�. IWA, Water Supply, 21 (3), 1127-1143.
Amin K. Zeraatkar, Hossein Ahmadzadeh, *Vahid Razaviarani, Ahmad F. Talebi (2021)鈥� Optimization of Pb (II) biosorption by Harvested Microalgae (Chlorella vulgaris) using response Surface Analysis鈥�. MC Agriculture & Environmental Sciences, 1, 32-43.
Fatolahi Z., Arab G., *Razaviarani V. (2020) 鈥淐alibration of the Anaerobic Digestion Model No. 1 (ADM1) for anaerobic digestion of OFMSW under mesophilic condition鈥�. Biomass and Bioenergy, 139, 105661.
*Razaviarani V., J. A Zazo, Jose A Casas, P. R Jaffé (2019) 鈥淐oupled fenton-denitrification process for the removal of organic matter and total nitrogen from coke plant wastewater鈥�. Chemosphere, 224, 653-657.