08/2026 – Present
Postdoctoral Researcher - Institute of Geological Sciences, Freie Universität Berlin

10/2024 – 07/2026
Alexander von Humboldt Postdoctoral Fellow - Hamburg University of Technology

10/2022 – 10/2023
Postdoctoral Researcher - Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

09/2020 – 09/2021
Junior Researcher - Iran’s National Elites Foundation, Tehran, Iran

Education

2018 – 2022
Ph.D., Chemical Engineering - Biotechnology, Tarbiat Modares University. Thesis: Bio- and hydrometallurgical recovery of valuable metals from spent lithium-ion batteries.

2015 – 2017
M.Sc., Chemical Engineering - Biotechnology, Tarbiat Modares University. Thesis: Recovery of Li, Mn, and Co from spent batteries.

2011 – 2015
B.Sc., Chemical Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology.

My research is centered on sustainable metal recovery and recycling, with a particular focus on critical and valuable metals from batteries, electronic waste, and other secondary resources. I work on the development and optimization of hydrometallurgical and biohydrometallurgical processes, including leaching, metal separation, precipitation, solvent extraction, and electrowinning. An important part of my research is understanding how operating conditions and material properties affect recovery efficiency, selectivity, and product quality. I am also interested in developing recycling processes that are not only efficient at laboratory scale but can be transferred to larger and more practical applications. At Freie Universität Berlin, I am currently working on ionic-liquid-based processes for the recovery of critical raw materials from different waste streams, followed by the development of selective separation processes to recover precious and critical metals individually from the resulting leachates.

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3840e1AAAAAJ&hl=en