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Vahid Razaviarani

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 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9092-4965

  • Riccarton, David Brewster Building

    EH14 4AS Edinburgh

    United Kingdom

Accepting PhD Students

20192026

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Biography

Dr Vahid Razaviarani is an Assistant Professor for the Chemical Engineering Department at Heriot-Watt University, and the global programm director for the MSc global sustainability engineering program. He is the coordinator of the Chemical Engineering Laboratory.

Dr Razaviarani has served about two years as a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at Princeton University. Prior to joining Princeton University, he has worked as a research associate at the Edmonton Waste Management Center of Excellence, Alberta, Canada.

Research interests

His areas of interest include:

  • Sustainability and Waste-to-Energy processes 
  • Algae-based cultivation, CO2 capture and phycoremediation 
  • Carbon sequestration and reclamation of organic waste 
  • Desalination, microbial desalination cell and membrane technologies 
  • Chemical, physical and microbial contaminant fate and transformation of organic compounds 
  • Water/wastewater reused and reclamation 
  • Microbial Electrochemical Systems and Technologies

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energy
    SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
  2. SDG 8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
    SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
  3. SDG 11 - Sustainable Cities and Communities
    SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
  4. SDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Production
    SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production
  5. SDG 13 - Climate Action
    SDG 13 Climate Action

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