Zahra Sadeghian
Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, Iran
Biography
Zahra Sadeghian is Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering. She has received PhD from TU Clausal, Germany in 2005. She has done Post-doctoral Fellowship in Chemical Engineering (membrane process) at RWTH Aachen University in 2010. She is working at Research Institute of Petroleum Industry from 2005. Her expertise is in nanostructured coatings for surface modification and nanomaterial synthesis such as carbon nanotube and graphene and their composites. Also, she has been investigating on ceramic composites in adsorbent, biomaterials, catalysts and membranes applications. She has experiences in oilfield produced wastewater treatment and desalination pilot plant using ceramic membranes and their composites. She has been fabricating ceramic membranes for separation of hydrogen from syngas and other gases.