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Dr Salman Masoudi Soltani
Reader in Chemical Engineering

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PhD projects for research students

Research supervision

Key Alumni:

  1. Dr William (Billy) George Davies - Postdoctoral Researcher; Brunel University of London, UK
  2. Dr Mike Gorbounov - Senior Scientist; Merck; Rahway, New Jersey, USA
  3. Dr Ben Petrovic - Direct Air Capture Lead; Rivan Industries, UK
  4. Dr Jessica Taylor - Scientific Technologist; Syngenta, UK
  5. Dr Shervan Babamohammadi - Postdoctoral Researcher; University of Wolverhampton, UK
  6. Mr Callum Kenny - Senior Engineer; Epredia, UK

Supervision of Post-doctoral Researchers:

  1. Dr Muhan Wang (10/24 - present); Nano-engineering of Alkali-activated Cementitious Materials towards Carbon Neutrality (Newton International Fellowship); Co-supervisor 
  2. Dr Mike Gorbounov (January 2024 - January 2025) - Research Grant: SeaCURE (UK's Department for Energy Security and Net Zero)
  3. Dr Shervan Babamohammadi (January 2022 - January 2024) - Research Grant: EP/T033940/1
  4. Dr Soraya Hosseini (January 2021 - December 2021) - Research Grant: EP/T033940/1

Supervision of Doctoral Research Students:

  1. Kofoworola Bolajoko Awodun (Oct 2023 - present); Waste-derived sorbents for carbon capture; 1st Supervisor (PhD)
  2. Hassan Chamas (Oct 2022 - present); Waste-derived adsorbents for carbon capture; 1st Supervisor (PhD)
  3. Darragh Doyle (Oct 2023 - present); Phytomining of nanoparticles PHYONA (EPSRC DTP Scholarship); 2nd Supervisor (PhD)
  4. William Davies (April 2022 - Nov 2025); Machine learning in modelling and optimisation of SE-SMR processes (EPSRC DTP Scholarship); 1st Supervisor (PhD)
  5. Callum Kenny (Oct 2019 - April 2025); Adsorption-based portable oxygen concentrator for medical applications (industry-funded); 2nd Supervisor (MPhil - main route)
  6. Ben Petrovic (Oct 2019 - Jan 2025); Biomass combustion ash in in-situ CO2 capture (EPSRC DTP Scholarship); 1st Supervisor (PhD)
  7. Jessica Taylor (Oct 2020 - Nov 2024); Removal of micropollutants from marine environment with novel adsorbents (EPSRC DTP Scholarship); 1st Supervisor (PhD)
  8. Mike Gorbounov (March 2020 - Jan 2024); Waste-derived adsorbents for carbon capture; 1st Supervisor (PhD)

Supervision of MEng/MSc Research Projects/Students:

  1. James McCabe (2024/25): Activation of nitrogen-doped commercial graphene for CO2 adsorption
  2. Shangaran Aingaran (2024/25): Thermal conversion of commercial lignin into porous carbon for CO2 adsorption
  3. Anila Islami (2022/23): Synthesis and Application of Aerogels in Post-combustion Carbon Capture

Supervision of Visiting Research Fellows:

  1. Dr Mayra Anabel Lara Angulo (15/09/2025 - 15/12/2025) – Visiting Professor (Associate Prof, Universidad Loyola, Spain)
  2. Prof Chinedum Oronna Mgbemena (May 2025 - June 2025) - Visiting Professor (Professor, Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Nigeria)
  3. Dr Husain Bahzad (Oct 2024 - present) - Visiting Research Fellow (Assistant Prof, College of Technological Studies, Kuwait)
  4. Dr Hosein Ghaedi (June 2024 - December 2024) - Visiting Research Fellow (PhD, Tsinghua University)
  5. Dr Louis Vasanthakumar (April 2024 - December 2024) - Visiting Research Fellow (KBR Group, UK)
  6. Dr Roohollah Babaei Mahani (January 2022 - August 2024) - Visiting Research Fellow (Belmore Energy, UK)
  7. Prof Chinedum Ogonna Mgbemena (July 2023 – September 2023) - Visiting Research Fellow (Professor, Federal University of Petroleum Resources, Nigeria)
  8. Dr Agnieszka Adamczuk (April 2023 - April 2024) - Visiting Research Fellow (Assistant Prof, Polish Academy of Sciences)
  9. Dr Kamil Skic (October 2022) - Visiting Research Fellow (Researcher, Polish Academy of Sciences)
  10. Dr Agnieszka Adamczuk (October 2022 - November 2022) - Visiting Research Fellow (Assistant Prof, Polish Academy of Sciences)

Supervision of Overseas UG Research Interns:

  1. Clément Chapel (Summer 2025, from IUT A Paul-Sabatier, Toulouse, France)
  2. Guilhem Demarest (Summer 2024, from IUT A Paul-Sabatier, Toulouse, France)
  3. Ilies Gallaro (Summer 2024, from IUT A Paul-Sabatier, Toulouse, France)
  4. Alban Bernhard (Summer 2023, from IUT A Paul-Sabatier, Toulouse, France)
  5. Ludivine Hecquet-Perrot (Summer 2023, from IUT A Paul-Sabatier, Toulouse, France)
  6. Marwan Azzouz (Summer 2023, from IUT A Paul-Sabatier, Toulouse, France)

Supervision of UG Research Interns:

  1. Subashini Samraj (July 2025 - present) - Undergraduate Research Assistant. 
  2. Dakshan Krishnakumar (May 2025 - present) - Undergraduate Research Assistant. 
  3. Mahshid Ghazajoo (Jan 2025 - present) - Undergraduate Research Assistant. 
  4. Jeremy Bride (November 2023 - June 2024) - Undergraduate Research Assistant. 
  5. Yahya Omar (July 2023 - August 2023) - Undergraduate Research Assistant.
  6. Anila Islami (August 2022 - May 2023) - MEng Research Assistant.
  7. Emilie Diaz (June 2022 - July 2023) - Undergraduate Research Assistant.
  8. Jodie Baker (June 2022 - August 2022) - Undergraduate Research Assistant.
  9. Dilyara Bekmuratova (January 2022 - May 2022) - Visiting Student/Research Assistant (University of Southern California, USA).
  10. Anila Islami (September 2021 - December 2021) - Undergraduate Research Assistant.