Dr Salman Masoudi Soltani
Reader in Chemical Engineering
Quad North 047
- Email: salman.masoudisoltani@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 265884
- Chemical Engineering
- College of Engineering, Design and Physical Sciences
Summary
Dr Salman Masoudi Soltani is a Reader (Associate Professor) in Chemical Engineering at Brunel University of London. He joined the university in May 2017 as a founding member of the newly established Department of Chemical Engineering, contributing to the design and development of its academic programs. A Chartered Engineer (CEng, MIChemE), Dr Masoudi Soltani has a strong background in both industrial and academic research within chemical and process engineering. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA), UK. In his current role, he serves as the Director of Research for the Department of Chemical Engineering.
Dr Masoudi Soltani's primary research focuses on Separation Processes, particularly in adsorption technologies. He has led several high-profile research projects in carbon capture and blue hydrogen production, funded by the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the UK Carbon Capture and Storage Research Centre (UKCCSRC), and the UK's Department for Energy Security & Net Zero (DESNZ). In addition, he has undertaken numerous industrial consultancy projects, details of which are available under the "Research" section of his profile. His DESNZ-funded pilot plant scale SeaCURE project was featured in The Chemical Engineer, the flagship publication of the Institution of Chemical Engineers (IChemE), in 2022 (read the article here) and in 2025 (read the article here), as well as on BBC News UK. Dr Masoudi Soltani also serves as a technical advisor for JET Engineering (Anionix).
Before joining Brunel University of London, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Clean Fossil & Bioenergy Research Group at Imperial College London, UK (2015–2017). There, he contributed to multiple EPSRC, EU, and OECD-funded projects, including Opening New Fuels for UK Generation, Gas-FACTS, and CO2QUEST. His research focused on biomass combustion, CO₂ capture, utilisation, and process optimisation, working under the supervision of Professor Paul Fennell and in collaboration with Professor Niall Mac Dowell and Professor Nilay Shah. Prior to that, he worked as a Postdoctoral Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) Research Associate at the University of Nottingham, UK (2013–2015) in collaboration with A-Gas International Ltd. In this industry-based role, he served as a Project/Process Engineer, leading the research, front-end engineering design (FEED), and development of a bespoke industrial-scale gas separation process, while being fully based at the commercial plant's site.
Dr Masoudi Soltani earned his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University of Nottingham in 2014, having been awarded the university’s scholarship. His doctoral research, conducted at the University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus, focused on the synthesis and characterisation of porous carbonaceous adsorbents from recycled waste materials and their application in heavy metal removal from aqueous media.
Responsibility
Director of Research (June 2024 - Present)
Postgraduate Research Director (September 2021 - June 2024)
Undergraduate Programme Director (January 2019 - September 2021)
Member on the team responsible for the development, design and launch of the new Chemical Engineering Program/Department at Brunel University London.
Newest selected publications
Taylor, J. and Masoudi Soltani, S. (2025) 'Optimisation of Surface Modification of Industrial Recycled Carbon Fibres for the Adsorption of Antibiotics from Aquaculture'. Separation Science and Technology, 0 (accepted, in press). pp. 1 - 42. ISSN: 0149-6395 Open Access Link
Davies, WG., Quintanilla, P., Yang, Y. and Masoudi Soltani, S. (2025) 'Global sensitivity analysis of blue hydrogen production: a comparative study using machine learning'. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 190. pp. 1 - 35. ISSN: 0360-3199 Open Access Link
Bahzad, H., Leonzio, G., Masoudi Soltani, S., Al Jasmi, A., George Davies, W., Fennell, P. and et al. (2025) 'Techno-economic analyses of a novel hydrogen production process via chemical looping water splitting, integrated with sorption enhanced water gas shift'. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, 188 (13). pp. 1 - 14. ISSN: 0360-3199
Princewill Odeh, C., Ogonna Mgbemena, C., Ufuoma Oreko, B. and Masoudi Soltani, S. (2025) 'Optimisation of Hydrochar Production Using Native African Elemi Shell'. Journal of King Saud University: Engineering Sciences, 37 (6). ISSN: 1018-3639
Meka, W., Rachmaniah, O., Al-Mauhub, RM., Widiraga, NA., Afida, RST., Toqueville Purba, PE., et al. (2025) 'Production of liquid smoke by consecutive electroporation and microwave-assisted pyrolysis of empty fruit bunches'. Green Processing and Synthesis, 14 (1). pp. 1 - 20. ISSN: 2191-9542 Open Access Link