I am a Research Associate Professor at Polytechnique Montréal and the Co-Founder and CTO of NeoCtech Corp. My expertise spans entrepreneurial leadership, sustainable process development, multiphase reactor engineering, clean and renewable energy systems, process heat integration (pinch technology), process electrification, waste recycling and valorization, critical minerals processing, and advanced materials for the energy transition.

I bring more than two decades of integrated Industrial–Academic–Entrepreneurship experience across the oil and gas, petrochemical, renewable energy, e-mobility, fertilizer, metals, semi conductors, and mineral processing sectors. My career has involved collaborations with industries including Tehran Oil Refinery, Behran Oil Co., IOEC, Dynamotive Energy Systems, Accordant Energy, TotalEnergies, Niobec, Johnson Matthey Battery Materials, Advanced Potash Technologies, OCP Group, Advanced Energy Minerals, Dana TM4, and national petroleum, petrochemical, and mining laboratories in Iran (PRTC, RIPI) and Canada (Canmet).

At NeoCtech, I led the creation and scale-up of patented technologies for recycling rare earth elements (REE) from NdFeB permanent magnets and for metallizing rare earth oxides to produce high-purity metals. My executive responsibilities span business development, product development, intellectual property strategy, fundraising (dilutive and non-dilutive), financial planning, and operational leadership of a deep-tech start-up.

As Director of the CRESSP Lab (Critical Resources of Energy & Environmental Sustainability via Scalable Processes) at Polytechnique Montréal, I lead innovations in CO₂ capturing and utilization, hydrogen and syngas production from waste plastics and biomass, advanced materials such as high-purity nano-alumina for batteries and aerospace applications, and the integration of artificial intelligence in critical minerals processing.

I have secured more than $14 million in research funding since 2020, hold multiple patents, and have supervised over 40 highly qualified personnel (HQP). My work bridges fundamental science, reactor engineering, extractive metallurgy, materials synthesis, energy efficiency, TEA/LCA sustainability frameworks, iterative scale-up methodologies, and commercialization pathways—advancing Canada’s leadership in clean technology, electrification, and the circular economy.

I have authored over 100 publications, contributed to national strategies on rare earth elements, and developed scalable clean-tech processes that are now progressing toward pilot and demonstration deployment.