Neda Nazemifard
Chemical and Materials Engineering
University of Alberta
Canada
Biography
Biography Dr. Neda Nazemifard joined the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering at the University of Alberta in January 2011 as an Assistant Professor. She is the principal investigator in the Transport and Electrokinetics Laboratory (TEKLab). She received her BSc degree in Mechanical Engineering from Tehran University and her MSc and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from University of Alberta in 2006 and 2010, respectively. Her PhD project involved developing a microfluidic device for fractionation of DNA molecules. She was the recipient of a number of scholarships for her PhD work including NSERC Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships (CGSD).
Research Interest
Research Interests Transport phenomena in micro/nano scale environment Electrokinetics and colloidal interactions Design and fabrication of micro/nanofluidic reactors with energy and petroleum applications Polymer dynamics in porous structures.
Publications
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Thermal graphene metamaterials and epsilon-near-zero high temperature plasmonics.
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Three-dimensional optical tomography of bitumen and clay association in oil sands tailings.
