Samira Siahrostami
| Samira Siahrostami | |
|---|---|
| Born | |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Isfahan University Shiraz University |
| 💼 Occupation | |
Samira Siahrostami (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.) is an Iranian computational chemist who is an associate professor and Canada Research Chair at Simon Fraser University.[1] She designs new materials for catalysis, and develops computer simulations to understand electrochemical reactions. She was awarded the 2023 Canadian Society for Chemistry Tom Zeigler Award.
Early life and education
Siahrostami grew up in Iran, where she completed her undergraduate and graduate degree in physical chemistry. She moved to the Technical University of Denmark for a postdoctoral position at the Center for Atomic-scale Material Design. After two years in Denmark, she joined Stanford University, where she worked with Jens Nørskov and started working on computational catalysis.
Research and career
Siahrostami joined the University of Calgary as an assistant professor in 2018, and was promoted to associate professor in 2022.[citation needed] Her research involves computational chemistry for the design of new catalyst materials. Specifically, she studies the oxygen reduction reaction and the carbon dioxide reduction reaction. The oxygen reduction reaction limits the efficiency of fuel cells. Siahrostami hopes that her simulations can provide insight about the active sites for oxygen reduction, helping to develop new, more efficient cathode materials.[2] The carbon dioxide reduction reaction offers hope for carbon dioxide mitigation, as well as providing a new strategy to produce chemicals and fuels.[3] Siahrostami makes use of carbon-based nanomaterials for carbon dioxide reduction reaction catalysis.[4] Some of the catalysts that she has predicted computationally have since been commercialised.[5]
Alongside reduction reactions, Siahrostami is interested in hydrogen: both the synthesis of hydrogen peroxide for water purification and the production of clean hydrogen.[citation needed]
Awards and honours
- 2021 Royal Society of Chemistry John Jeyes Award[6]
- 2023 Canadian Society for Chemistry Tom Ziegler Award[7]
- 2023 ACS Energy Letters Women at the Forefront of Energy[8]
Selected publications
- Lua error in Module:Citeq at line 53: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value)., Wikidata Q48098693
- Lua error in Module:Citeq at line 53: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value)., Wikidata Q39313675
- Lua error in Module:Citeq at line 53: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value)., Wikidata Q63973894
References
- ↑ "Samira Siahrostami". Chemistry faculty. Simon Fraser University. Retrieved 2026-02-28.
- ↑ "ORR". COMCAT. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ↑ "Converting CO2 into usable energy: Scientists show that single nickel atoms are an efficient, cost-effective catalyst for converting carbon dioxide into useful chemicals". ScienceDaily. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ↑ "CO2RR". COMCAT. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ↑ "Novel catalyst at core of new technology aimed at increasing access to potable water". News. 2021-06-25. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ↑ "Power-to-peroxide: HPNow and friends | 2021 Environment, Sustainability and Energy Division Horizon Prize: John Jeyes Award winner". Royal Society of Chemistry. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ↑ "Tom Ziegler Award". The Chemical Institute of Canada. Retrieved 2023-02-14.
- ↑ Keller, Virginia H.; Shmakov, Sergey; Kamat, Prashant V., eds. (2023-01-13). "Women Scientists at the Forefront of Energy Research: A Virtual Issue, Part 5". ACS Energy Letters. 8 (1): 853–868. doi:10.1021/acsenergylett.2c02727. ISSN 2380-8195.
This article "Samira Siahrostami" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Samira Siahrostami. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
