Dr. Mohammad Farahani
Bio
Dr. Farahani obtained his double-degree B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering in 2012 and 2014, respectively. He received his Ph.D. degree in Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering (Membrane Technology) in 2018 from the National University of Singapore. His Ph.D. thesis received “The Outstanding Postgraduate Research Thesis Award” from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers in 2018. He also received the prestigious award of “Innovator Under 35 by MIT Technology Review” in 2020.
His research over the past 9 years have resulted in 2 patents, more than 20 peer-reviewed articles which have been cited for almost 750 times, a book chapter, and many international presentations and talks as invited and keynote speaker. Dr. Farahani is currently the co-founder and CEO of SEPPURE. SEPPURE creates industrial-scale solvent-resistant nanofiltration membranes to sustainably separate chemical mixtures at a molecular level with minimal energy use.
