Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nahid Ghasemi | Bio materials | Editorial Board Member
Associate Professor at Islamic Azad University Arak Branch | Iran
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nahid Ghasemi is an accomplished Associate Professor of Applied Chemistry whose academic career spans extensive teaching, research, and scientific supervision across undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels at the Islamic Azad University, Arak Branch. With foundational training from the University of Tehran and advanced degrees in Applied Chemistry from the Islamic Azad University system, she has built deep expertise in analytical chemistry, environmental chemistry, nanomaterials, chemical modeling, and reactor systems. Her scholarly work reflects a sustained commitment to innovative methods in adsorption, biosynthesis of nanoparticles, membrane technology, environmental remediation, microextraction techniques, neural-network-based modeling, and green chemistry. She has contributed significantly to research through projects on simultaneous spectrophotometric determination of uranium and thorium using genetic algorithm–PLS regression, CFD simulation of impinging reactors, QSAR-based prediction of non-peptidic inhibitors of human neutrophil elastase, and extensive studies on sorption kinetics, thermodynamics, and micromixer design. Her publication record is equally strong, including research on kinetic and thermodynamic studies of methylene blue adsorption by MIL-101(Cr)@ZnO nanostructure, electricity generation enhancement using SPEEK-based proton exchange membranes modified with goethite nanoparticles, adsorption behavior of Pb(II) on pumpkin-derived adsorbents, biosynthesis and catalytic activity of silver nanoparticles produced from various plant extracts, optimization of antifouling nanofiltration PES membranes, heat transfer prediction in helically coiled tubes with nano-fluids, trace analysis of pharmaceutical compounds using solvent bar microextraction, green synthesis of nanoparticles from diverse botanical sources, modeling of nanofluid viscosity using ANN and SOM systems, optimization of cyanide removal using ZnO-MOF/Cu nano-adsorbents, development of graphene oxide–based nanocomposites, and innovative methods combining perceptron and self-organizing neural networks for heat transfer prediction. Through extensive supervision of Ph.D. and M.Sc. students and a prolific record of multidisciplinary research, she has established herself as a respected scientist whose contributions continue to advance applied chemistry, environmental technologies, and nano-enabled analytical methodologies.
Featured Publications:
Ghasemi, M., Naushad, M., Ghasemi, N., & Khosravi-Fard, Y. (2014). Adsorption of Pb (II) from aqueous solution using new adsorbents prepared from agricultural waste: Adsorption isotherm and kinetic studies. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 20(4), 2193–2199.
Khodaie, M., Ghasemi, N., Moradi, B., & Rahimi, M. (2013). Removal of methylene blue from wastewater by adsorption onto ZnCl₂ activated corn husk carbon: Equilibrium studies. Journal of Chemistry, 2013(1), Article 383985.
Ghasemi, M., Naushad, M., Ghasemi, N., & Khosravi-Fard, Y. (2014). A novel agricultural waste-based adsorbent for the removal of Pb (II) from aqueous solution: Kinetics, equilibrium and thermodynamic studies. Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 20(2), 454–461.
Abbaszadeh, S., Alwi, S. R. W., Webb, C., Ghasemi, N., & Muhamad, I. I. (2016). Treatment of lead-contaminated water using activated carbon adsorbent from locally available papaya peel biowaste. Journal of Cleaner Production, 118, 210–222.
Mohammadi, F. M., & Ghasemi, N. (2018). Influence of temperature and concentration on biosynthesis and characterization of zinc oxide nanoparticles using cherry extract. Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry, 8(1), 93–102.