Morteza Chehel Amirani

Mitacs Postdoctoral Researcher

Ph.D

Contact information

Location

: BI555

Research and teaching

Research areas

  • DFT
  • Classical force field
  • DFTB
  • Multi-scale modellings

Biography

Morteza joined Dr. Salahub's lab in 2016 and he has been an industrial postdoc since 2018 working with Katal Energy Inc. on water, fuel emulsion and clean fuel technologies. Morteza is currently involved in lab experiments and characterisation of fuel emulsions. Morteza's research interests and expertise include:

  • Multi-scale molecular modeling (DFT, DFTB, Classical force field)
  • vdW interactions
  • Water in fuel emulsions
  • Design of experiment and data analysis
  • Characterization methods (GC-MS, TGA, NMR, FTIR, Raman, FTMS, etc)
  • Studying nano-emulsions using force-field and first-principles atomistic simulations
  • Mechanics of nano-structured materials
  • Numerical programming using Fortran and Python
  • Heterogeneous catalytic reactions using molecular modelings

Publications

Google Scholar

Awards

  • Recipient of Mitacs industrial postdoctoral fellowship, Winter 2019.
  • Teaching assistantship Award, University of Alberta, Fall 2014.
  • Mary Louise Imrie Graduate Award, University of Alberta, 2014.
  • GSA Professional Development Award, University of Alberta, 2014.
  • Sadler Graduate Scholarship, University of Alberta, 2013.
  • Ranked 93 rd among about 400,000 participants in the nation-wide university entrance exam for the B.Sc. Degree, 2001.