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Dr Salman Masoudi Soltani
Reader in Chemical Engineering
Quad North 047
- Email: salman.masoudisoltani@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 265884
- Chemical Engineering
Research supervision
Supervision of Post-doctoral Researchers:
- Dr Mike Gorbounov (January 2024 - present) - Research Grant: (UK's Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
- Dr Shervan Babamohammadi (January 2022 - January 2024) - Research Grant:
- Dr Soraya Hosseini (January 2021 - December 2021) - Research Grant:
Supervision of Doctoral Research Students:
- Kofoworola Bolajoko Awodun (October 2023 - present); Waste-derived sorbents for high-temperature carbon capture; Principal Supervisor (PhD)
- Hassan Chamas (October 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)
- Jessica Taylor (October 2020 - present); Removal of micropollutants from marine environment with novel adsorbents (EPSRC DTP Scholarship); Principal Supervisor (PhD)
- Mike Gorbounov (March 2020 - January 2024); Development of a cost-effective yet efficient adsorbent from waste for CO2 capture; Principal Supervisor (PhD)
- Ben Petrovic (Oct 2019 - Present); (EPSRC DTP Scholarship); Principal Supervisor (PhD)
- Darragh Doyle (October 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)
Supervision of MEng/MSc Research Projects/Students:
- Anila Islami (2022/23): Synthesis and Application of Aerogels in Post-combustion Carbon Capture
Supervision of Visiting Research Fellows:
- Dr Hosein Ghaedi (June 2024 - present) - Visiting Research Fellow (PhD in Environmental Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University)
- Dr Louis Vasanthakumar (April 2024 - present) - Visiting Research Fellow (KBR Group).
- 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).
Supervision of Overseas UG Research Interns:
- 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)
Supervision of UG Research Interns:
- 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.