Education

Amirhossein received his B.Sc. in Polymer Engineering from the Department of Polymer Engineering at Sahand University of Technology (SUT) in August 2020. His bachelor's project was synthesis of ultraviolet (UV) curable bio-resins and bio-inks. After that, he immediately continued his M.Sc. in Polymer Engineering-Processing through Graduates Talent Award of the Ministry of Science and successfully defended it in May 2022 under the supervision of Prof. Behzad Pourabbas. The master's project focused on investigation of photopolymerization properties of new poly epoxy-acrylate monomers for 3D printing application. He also joined the research group of Prof. Mehdi Salami-Kalajahi until 2024 and worked on UV-curable polymer electrolytes for Li-ion battery.
In addition to his academic projects, he was appointed Head of Research, Development and Technology (CTO) in the plastics industry which manufactures extrusion, injection molding and thermoforming-based packaging products until November 2024. His other industrial experience and contributions include serving as Quality Control Specialist in the polymeric pipe industry in 2019, membership and founding of start-up for the production of vat photopolymerization-based 3D printing inks, and photo-curable coatings, resins and paints in 2020 and 2022, respectively.

Research

He also worked on synthesis of stimuli-responsive nanoparticles via emulsion polymerization, synthesis of bioplastics based on polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs), 3D printing of composites, and synthesis of a fluorescent magnetic nanosensor. His research interests include polymer chemistry, photopolymerization (3D printing/4D printing), emulsion polymerization, polymer electrolytes, batteries, and polymer recycling.
He joined University of Basque Country (UPV/EHU) in December 2024 as PhD student. Currently, he is doing his PhD under the supervision of Dr. Aitor Barquero at POLYMAT. His research project is part of the Industrial Liaison Program (ILP), which deals with the development and designing of bonding/debonding chemistry to improve the recycling of coatings and adhesives from substrates.

Fundamentals

Reactor Engineering

Biobased and Degradable Polymer Dispersions

Novel Applications

Publications