Zahra Mohammadi
Postdoctoral Fellow
Bureau of Economic Geology
The University of Texas at Austin University Station, Box X Austin, Texas 78713-8924 E-mail: zahra.mohammadi@beg.utexas.edu Telephone: 512-471-2907 Fax: 512-471-0140
Research Interests
Polymer design, ligand grafting and conjugation reactions
Particle engineering and colloidal stability Particle interactions/adsorption/transport phenomena Bulk and water-in-oil microemulsion polymerization Enhanced oil recovery through wettability alteration Designing and synthesizing novel nanoparticles as scale inhibitors Application of magnetic nanoparticles in reservoir characterization Designing and optimizing biomimetic functional polymers as metal chelators.
Education
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran, June 2002
M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, July 2008 Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, April 2011
Professional History
Research Scientist - Center for Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, University of Texas at Austin (March 2011-June-2011)
Process Engineer, Process Engineering Development, 2004-2005, Research Institute of Petroleum Industry Intern — Iranian offshore Oil Company, 2003—Tehran Oil Refinery
Patents
Mohammadi, Z., Berkland, C., "Polyamine-Dihydroxybenzoic Acid Conjugate Hydrogels as Iron Chelators," USA.
Journal Publications
Mohammadi, Z., Cole, A., Berkland, C., "In-situ Synthesis of Iron Oxide within Polyvinylamine Nanoparticle Reactor," Journal of Physics and Chemistry C, 2009, 113 (18), pp 7652–7658.
Mohammadi, Z., Wang, X., Berkland, C., "Magnetic polyvinylamine nanoparticles by In-situ Precipitation Reaction," Journal of Polymer Science A, 2010, Vol. 48, 991–996. Mohammadi, Z., Gloub, A., Xie, S., Berkland, C., “Siderophore-mimetic Hydrogel for Iron Chelation Therapy,” Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 2011, Vol. 121 (3), 1384-1392. Mohammadi, Z., Xie, S., Peltier,E., Berkland, C., "Enhancing the Selectivity of an Iron Binding Hydrogel," European Polymer Journal, 2011, Vol. 47 (7), 1485-1488.
Other Publications
Gehrke, S., Mohammadi, Z., Berkland, C., et al., "Improving the mechanical performance of hydrogels by controlling the Nanostructure," 2009 AICHE Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN.
Gehrke, S., Mohammadi, Z., et al., "Poly(N-Vinyl Formamide) Hydrogels As An Alternative to Polyacrylamide", 2011 AICHE Annual Meeting, submitted. |
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