Omid Akbarzadeh Pivehzhani
PI of the graphene catalyst project at Hokkaido University in Japan .Chemical Engineering (Ph.D.)
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Biography
Dr. Omid Akbarzadeh
Pivehzhani is working with Nanotechnology and Catalysis Research Centre since
2016. His main research area is heterogeneous catalysis and catalytic reaction
engineering. He has spent 10 years in academic-industrial projects as a
research officer and post-doctoral. Dr. Omid has worked 5 years in the oil and
gas industry as a chemical engineer. He developed advanced smart catalysts,
especially for the oil and gas industries. Dr. Omid has contributed to two
PETRONAS Research Sdn Bhd industrial catalyst projects and worked on an international
Airbus R&D project in NANOCAT. Currently, he is the PI of the graphene
catalyst project at Hokkaido University in Japan, project member of FRGS grant
in UTP and assigned to the NANOCAT center project. Dr. Omid was the Chairman,
keynote speaker and organizing committee of many international conferences. He
is currently the supervisor of three Ph.D. students from different countries.
He has published many ISI papers; book chapters and has two approved and
granted patents. Also, he has hands-on experience and passed several pieces of
training on handling different types of equipment which are being widely used
for material synthesis, characterization and performance evaluation. He is in
close collaboration with other departments, government agencies and
universities around the world. He is visiting researcher of Jiangsu University
China and Hokkaido University Japan. He is a member of the society of petroleum
engineers (SPE) and Senior Member of Hong Kong
Chemical, Biological & Environmental Engineering Society. Omid
awarded a full fellowship from UTP during Ph.D. and were involved for lab
demonstrator and teaching in the different courses of chemical engineering. He
awarded Silver Medal in 27th International Invention & Innovation Exhibition
(ITEX 2016), Kuala Lumpur Convention Center in Malaysia and Silver Medal of
Post Graduate Research Project in the 35th Science & Engineering Design
Exhibition (SEDEX 35).
Research Interest
Nanotechnology and
Catalysis