Adsorption and Separation Lab

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Research Focus

Dr. Rezaei's research focus broadly lies at the interface of chemical, materials science and environmental engineering, and the overall goal of her research group is development of advanced materials and processes for clean energy and sustainable chemical processes. In particular, Dr. Rezaei's research relates to fundamental and applied aspects of adsorption, separation, and reaction in gas systems.

Adsorptive Gas Separation

Multicomponent gas adsorption
Indoor air quality control
Structured adsorbents for gas separation
Adsorptive separation of light hydrocarbons
Natural gas/biogas upgrading
Direct air capture
VOCs emission control
Radioactive rare-gas separation

Gas Storage and Sensing

Methane storage for on-board vehicular applications
Hydrogen storage for on-board vehicular applications
Sensors for toxic gases and chemical vapors

Process Design, Modeling and Optimization

Swing adsorption processes (PSA,TSA,VSA)
Intensified separation-reaction processes
Techno-economic analysis (TEA) and life cycle assessment (LCA)

Latest News

November 2023: Our paper has been accepted for publication in JACS Au, congratulations to the team! [Link]

November 2023: Our paper has been accepted for publication in ChemPlusChem, congratulations to the team! [Link]

November 2023: Rezaei Lab presented 5 oral talks and 1 poster at the AIChE Annual Meeting in Orlando

November 2023: Neila successfully defended her dissertation as the ninth PhD student from Rezaei Lab, congratulations Dr. Pederneira!

November 2023: Turki successfully defended his dissertation as the eighth PhD student from Rezaei Lab, congratulations Dr. Alghamdi!

October 2023: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Energy & Fuels, congratulations to the team! [Link]

September 2023: Rezaei Lab received a MRI grant from NSF

September 2023: Ruthra and Peter successfully passed their comprehensive exam!

August 2023: Dr. Rezaei gave an invited talk at the ACS Fall Meeting in San Francisco

August 2023: Abdullah successfully passed his comprehensive exam!

August 2023: Our U.S. patent on Coating Compositions and Methods for Using the Same has been issued, Congratulations! [Link]

July 2023: Rezaei Lab received a major grant from NSF to work on Direct Air Capture (DAC)

July 2023: Our paper has been accepted for publication in ACS Applied Polymer Materials, congratulations to the team! [Link]

June 2023: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, congratulations to the team! [Link]

June 2023: Our paper has been accepted for publication in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, congratulations to the team! [Link]

June 2023: Dr. Rezaei was promoted to Full Professor, effective September 2023

May 2023: Our paper has been accepted for publication in ACS Applied Bio Materials, congratulations to the team! [Link]

May 2023: Our paper has been accepted for publication in ACS Applied Engineering Materials, congratulations to the team! [Link]

May 2023: Our paper has been accepted for publication in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, congratulations to the team! [Link]

April 2023: Khaled received 2022-2023 CEC Dean's PhD Scholar Award, well deserved Khaled!

April 2023: Our collaborative paper with Hermans Group has been accepted for publication in Topics in Catalysis, congratulations to the team! [Link]

April 2023: Peter successfully passed his PhD qualifying exam!

March 2023: Dr. Rezaei gave an invited talk At the ACS Spring Meeting in Indianapolis

March 2023: Khaled successfully defended his dissertation as the seventh PhD student from Rezaei Lab, congratulations Dr. Baamran!

February 2023: Neila successfully passed her comprehensive exam!

February 2023: Dr. Rezaei gave a seminar talk in the Department of Chemical Engineering at University of Florida

January 2023: Maxwell and Usman joined the group, welcome!

December 2022: Sukanta joined the group as a posdoctoral fellow, welcome!

December 2022: Ruthra successfully passed her PhD qualifying exam!

December 2022: Our paper has been accepted for publication in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, congratulations to the team! [Link]

December 2022: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, congratulations to the team! [Link]

November 2022: Dr. Rezaei gave a seminar talk in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering at Tufts University

November 2022: Dr. Rezaei gave a plenary talk at the 14th Brazilian Meeting on Adsorption [Link]

November 2022: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Seperation and Purification Technology, congratulations to the team! [Link]

November 2022: Our recent CES paper was selected as the runner-up for the 2022 Siemens PSE Model-Based Innovation Prize, congratulations to the team! [Link]

November 2022: Rezaei Lab presented 5 oral talks and 2 posters at the AIChE Annual Meeting in Phoenix

November 2022: Dr. Rezaei gave a seminar talk in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at Case Western Reserve University

October 2022: Kyle successfully passed his comprehensive exam!

October 2022: Our paper has been accepted for publication in ACS Catalysis, congratulations to the team! [Link]

October 2022: Kyle successfully passed his comprehensive exam!

October 2022: Peter presented his research at the 2022 Mid-American Environmental Engineering Conference in Rolla

October 2022: Dr. Rezaei gave an invited talk at 2022 Chemical Separations Conference GRC

September 2022: Dr. Rezaei was named the Linda and Bipin Doshi Endowed Associate Professor of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering

August 2022: Jimmy, an exchange PhD student from Dr. Azevedo's group, joined Rezaei Lab, welcome!

August 2022: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Chemical Engineering Journal, congratulations to the team! [Link]

August 2022: Peter presented his research at the ACS Fall Meeting in Chicago

August 2022: Rezaei Lab will lead a ~$1.7M ECO-CBET grant sponsored by NSF to help expedite the decarbonization of the cement industry [Link]

August 2022: Abdullah joined the group, welcome!

July 2022: Khaled successfully passed his comprehensive exam!

June 2022: Our collaborative paper with Realff Group has been accepted for publication in Applied Energy, congratulations to the team! [Link]

May 2022: Dr. Rezaei was elected to the IAS Board of Directors for six-year term, effective June 2022

May 2022: Rezaei Lab presented three oral talks and three posters at the FOA14 in Denver

May 2022: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Energy&Fuels, congratulations to the team! [Link]

May 2022: Turki successfully passed his comprehensive exam!

April 2022: Qasim received Distinguished Dissertation Award from the ChBE Department, Congratulations!

April 2022: Our U.S. patent on 3D-Printed Zeolite Monoliths for CO2 Removal has been issued, Congratulations! [Link]

April 2022: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Chemical Engineering Journal, congratulations to the team! [Link]

March 2022: Qasim successfully defended his dissertation as the sixth PhD student from Rezaei Lab, congratulations Dr. Al-Naddaf!

March 2022: Qasim, Khaled, and Kyle received travel grant from FOA14 to attend the conference in May!

February 2022: Rezaei Lab is part of a Missouri S&T team that was selected by NASA to work on a moon-mining porject [Link]

January 2022: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Chemical Engineering Journal, congratulations to the team! [Link]

January 2022: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Chemical Engineering Science, congratulations to the team! [Link]

January 2022: Dr. Rezaei was identified as top 2% most cited people in their fields by Stanford University [Link]

January 2022: Our paper has been accepted for publication in ACS Applied Bio Materials, congratulations to the team! [Link]

January 2022: Peter joined the group, welcome!

December 2021: Dr. Rezaei was named one of the 2021 Class of Influential Researchers by I&ECR [Link]

December 2021: Dr. Rezaei gave an invited talk at the 25th Meeting of the North-East Corridor Zeolite Association (NECZA 2021)

December 2021: Our paper has been accepted for publication in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, congratulations to the team! [Link]

November 2021: Dr. Rezaei received 2021 Missouri S&T Faculty Research Award

November 2021: Shane, Busuyi and Khaled presented their research at the AIChE Annual Meeting in Boston

November 2021: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, congratulations to the team! [Link]

October 2021: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Chemical Engineering Journal, congratulations to the team! [Link]

September 2021: Rezaei Lab was awarded a major grant from DoD

September 2021: Dr. Rezaei gave a seminar talk in the Department of Energy, Environmental & Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis

September 2021: Ruthra joined the group, welcome!

September 2021: Dr. Rezaei gave a seminar talk in Chemical Engineering Department at Oklahoma State University

August 2021: Our paper has been accepted for publication in ACS Applied Bio Materials, congratulations to the team! [Link]

July 2021: Our paper has been accepted for publication in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, congratulations to the team! [Link]

July 2021: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Energy & Fuels, congratulations to the team! [Link]

July 2021: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, congratulations to the team! [Link]

July 2021: Shane received 2021 AIChE Separations Division Graduate Student Research Award, well deserved Shane!

July 2021: Busuyi received Distinguished Dissertation Award from the ChBE Department, Congratulations!

June 2021: Busuyi successfully defended his dissertation as the fifth PhD student from Rezaei Lab, congratulations Dr. Adebayo!

June 2021: Dr. Rezaei received Missouri S&T Tier 3 Faculty External Recognition Award

June 2021: Dr. Rezaei has been appointed as Associate Editor of ACS Energy & Fuels journal [Link]

May 2021: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Environmental Science & Technology, congratulations to the team! [Link]

May 2021: Shane received 2020-2021 CEC Dean's PhD Scholar Award, well deserved Shane!

April 2021: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Chemical Reviews (IF: 60.622), congratulations to the team! [Link]

April 2021: Dr. Rezaei delivered an award talk at the ACS Spring Meeting

April 2021: Dr. Rezaei was named as one of the 2021 Class of Influential Researchers by I&ECR

March 2021: Shane successfully defended his dissertation as the fourth PhD student from Rezaei Lab, congratulations Dr. Lawson!

March 2021: Dr. Rezaei gave a webinar talk in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Amirkabir University of Technology

March 2021: Our paper has been accepted for publication in ACS Applied Bio Materials, congratulations to the team! [Link]

March 2021: Dr. Rezaei gave an invited talk at 86th New England Complex Fluids Symposium

February 2021: Our patent application on Coating Compositions and Methods has been published, Congratulations! [Link]

February 2021: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Energy & Fuels, congratulations to the team! [Link]

January 2021: Our patent on additively-manufactured structures for reactionary processes has been published, Congratulations! [Link]

January 2021: Rezaei Lab received a major grant from NSF

January 2021: Shane's article on 3D-printed binderless structures has been featured on the cover page of Chemical Engineering Journal, congratulations! [Link]

December 2020: Dr. Rezaei was selected to be a recipient of the 2021 WCC Rising Star Award from ACS for Excellence in the Scientific Enterprise

December 2020: Our paper application has been accepted for publication in Chemical Engineering Journal, congratulations to the team! [Link]

November 2020: Dr. Rezaei gave a plenary talk at the 13th Brazilian Meeting on Adsorption [Link]

November 2020: Our paper has been accepted for publication in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, congratulations to the team! [Link]

November 2020: Shane and Busuyi successfully passed their PhD qualifying exams!

October 2020: Qasim successfully passed his PhD qualifying exam!

October 2020: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Energy&Fuels, congratulations to the team! [Link]

October 2020: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, congratulations to the team! [Link]

October 2020: Dr. Rezaei received Missouri S&T College of Engineering Dean's Scholar Award

August 2020: Our paper has been accepted for publication in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, congratulations to the team! [Link]

August 2020: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Materials Science & Engineering C, congratulations to the team! [Link]

July 2020: Shane's proposal submitted to the 2020 EMC Excellence in Electron Microscopy of University of Missouri was awarded

July 2020: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (IF: 16.68), congratulations to the team! [Link]

July 2020: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, congratulations to the team! [Link]

June 2020: Ahmed received Distinguished Dissertation Award from the ChBE Department, Congratulations!

June 2020: Khaled joined the group, welcome!

June 2020: Dr. Rezaei received the 2020 UM System President's Award for Career Excellence- Early Career [Link]

June 2020: Our paper has been accepted for publication in AIChE Journal, congratulations to the team! [Link]

April 2020: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Chemical Engineering Journal, congratulations to the team! [Link]

April 2020: Dr. Rezaei was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure which will be in effect on September 1, 2020.

April 2020: Dr. Rezaei gave a webinar talk as part of IAS webinar series [Link]

April 2020: Our book chapter has been published in "Nanoporous Materials for Molecule Separation and Conversion" by Elsevier, congratulations to the team! [Link]

March 2020: Ahmed successfully defended his dissertation as the third PhD student from Rezaei Lab, congratulations Dr. Al-Mamoori!

March 2020: Lab Rezaei received a grant from Missouri Soybean Merchandising Council

March 2020: Neila joined the group, welcome!

March 2020: Dr. Rezaei became an Editorial Board Member for the Journal of CO2 Utilization [Link]

February 2020: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Chemical Engineering Science, congratulations to the team! [Link]

January 2020: Dr. Rezaei received a grant from Ingevity

December 2019: Turki successfully passed his PhD qualifying exam!

December 2019: Dr. Rezaei gave a seminar talk in Chemistry Department at The Southern Illinois University

November 2019: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, congratulations to the team! [Link]

November 2019: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Chemical Engineering Journal, congratulations to the team! [Link]

November 2019: Qasim won the Separations Division Student Poster Award at the AIChE19 Annual Meeting

November 2019: Shane, Qasim and Ahmed presented their research at the AIChE19 Annual Meeting in Orlando

October 2019: Dr. Rezaei gave a seminar talk in ChE Department at The University of Toledo

October 2019: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Chemical Engineering Journal, congratulations to the team! [Link]

September 2019: Our paper has been accepted for publication in The Journal of Physical Chemistry, congratulations to the team! [Link]

August 2019: Our paper has been accepted for publication in AIChE Journal, congratulations to the team! [Link]

August 2019: Rezaei Lab received a grant from NSF

July 2019: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Separation and Purification Technology, congratulations to the team! [Link]

July 2019: Dr. Rezaei presented the Group research activities at CMTC19 in Houston

June 2019: Our invited paper has been accepted for publication in Adsorption, congratulations to the team! [Link]

June 2019: Dr. Rezaei gave an invited talk at UM System Research Summit in Columbia

June 2019: Dr. Rezaei received Missouri S&T Tier 3 Faculty External Recognition Award

May 2019: Dr. Rezaei gave an invited talk at FOA13 in Cairns, Australia [Link]

May 2019: Shane presented his work at FOA13 in Cairns, Australia [Link]

May 2019: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Catalysis Today, congratulations to the team! [Link]

May 2019: Ani and Teresa received Distinguished Dissertation Award from the ChBE Department, Congratulations!

April 2019: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Catalysis Today, congratulations to the team! [Link]

April 2019: Our paper has been accepted for publication in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, congratulations to the team! [Link]

March 2019: Our patent on 3D-printed zeolite monoliths has been published, Congratulations! [Link]

March 2019: Teresa successfully defended her Masters thesis, Congratulations!

March 2019: Ani successfully defended his dissertation as the second PhD student from Rezaei Lab, congratulations Dr. Krishnamurthy!

February 2019: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Energy & Fuels, congratulations to the team! [Link]

January 2019: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Energy & Fuels, congratulations to the team! [Link]

December 2018: Busuyi successfully passed his PhD qualifying exam!

November 2018: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, congratulations to the team! [Link]

November 2018: Dr. Rezaei received 2018 Missouri S&T Faculty Research Award [Link]

November 2018: Turki joined the group, welcome!

October 2018: Qasim, Shane, Ahmed, and Harshul presented their research at the AIChE18 Annual Meeting in Pittsburgh

October 2018: Dr Rezaei gave an invited talk at ACS MWRM in Ames

October 2018: Dr Rezaei gave a seminar talk in ChE Department at University of Arkansas

October 2018: Our paper has been accepted for publication in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, congratulations to the team! [Link]

September 2018: Busuyi joined the Group, welcome!

September 2018: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, congratulations to the team! [Link]

August 2018: Our paper has been accepted for publication in ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, congratulations to the team! [Link]

August 2018: Ani successfully passed his comprehensive exam!

August 2018: Dr. Rezaei delivered an award lectureship at the ACS National Meeting in Boston [Link]

August 2018: Patrick's paper has been named as "Best of 2017" by Energy Technology and will be free to access on Wiley Online Library until the end of 2018, Congratulations! [Link]

August 2018: Our paper has been accepted for publication in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, congratulations to the team! [Link]

June 2018: Dr. Rezaei received the Young Scientist Paper Award from IC EST2018

June 2018: Ani presented his work at the IC EST2018 in Houston

May 2018: Dr. Rezaei has been awarded a major grant from NSF

May 2018: Our paper has been accepted for publication in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, congratulations to the team! [Link]

May 2018: Harshul presented his research at CPM-8 Workshop in Florida

May 2018: Ani and Shane successfully passed their PhD qualifying exam!

April 2018: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Chemical Engineering Journal, congratulations to the team! [Link]

April 2018: A PhD position is currently available in Rezaei Group. Interested candidates may directly contact Dr. Rezaei

March 2018: Dr. Rezaei has received 2018 Energy & Fuels Award for Excellence in Publication. The award will be presented at the Fall 2018 ACS National Meeting in Boston [Link]

January 2018: Harshul received Distinguished Dissertation Award from the department, Congratulations! [Link]

January 2018: Dr. Rezaei has been appointed to the Editorial Board of Energy Technology [Link]

December 2017: Rezaei Lab was awarded a smart living seed grant from S&T

December 2017: Teresa joined the Group, welcome!

November 2017: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Energy Technology, congratulations to the team! [Link]

November 2017: Harshul successfully defended his dissertation as the first PhD student from Rezaei Lab, congratulations Dr. Thakkar!

October 2017: Ahmed presented his research at 2017 AIChE Annual Meeting in Minneapolis

October 2017: Rezaei Lab was awarded a NASA-EPSCoR grant

October 2017: Harshul presented his research at 10th World Congress of Chemical Engineering in Spain

September 2017: Our paper has been accepted for publication in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, congratulations to the team! [Link]

August 2017: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, congratulations to the team! [Link]

July 2017: Qasim successfully passed his PhD qualifying exam!

July 2017: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, congratulations to the team! [Link]

June 2017: Our work has been featured in PHYS.ORG

June 2017: Dr Rezaei gave an invited talk at CCU workshop at University of Western Cape, South Africa

June 2017: Our lab is hosting a high school girl over the summer, welcome Talia!

May 2017: Shane joined the Group as a PhD student, welcome!

May 2017: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Chemical Engineering & Technology, congratulations to the team! [Link]

April 2017: Harshul successfully passed his comprehensive exam!

April 2017: Ahmed successfully passed his PhD qualifying exam!

April 2017: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Indoor Air, congratulations to the team! [Link]

April 2017: Amit successfully defended his Masters thesis, Congratulations!

April 2017: Our work has been featured in S&T News

April 2017: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Separation and Purification Technology, congratulations to the team! [Link]

March 2017: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Energy & Fuels, congratulations to the team![Link]

March 2017: Harshul, Amit and Ani presented their research at 2017 AIChE Midwest Regional Conference in Chicago

February 2017: Our paper has been accepted for publication in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, congratulations to the team![Link]

January 2017: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Energy Technology, congratulations to the team! [Link]

December 2016: Pavi successfully defended her Masters thesis, Congratulations!

November 2016: Dr Rezaei gave a seminar talk at St. Louis University

November 2016: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Chemical Engineering Journal, congratulations to the team! [Link]

October 2016: Mana joined the Group, welcome!

October 2016: Rezaei Lab was awarded a seed grant from Missouri S&T

September 2016: Shane was awarded a NASA-Missouri Undergraduate Research Internship, Congratulations Shane!

September 2016: Our paper has been accepted for publication in ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, congratulations to the team! [Link]

September 2016: Dr Rezaei gave a seminar talk at Mizzou in Columbia

July 2016: Dr Rezaei has been appointed as the Associate Editor for the journal of Adsorption Science & Technology

July 2016: Our paper has been accepted for publication in Energy Technology, congratulations to the team! [Link]

June 2016: Our lab is hosting two high school girls over the summer, welcome Kaithlyn and Moushumi!

June 2016: Pavi received the 3rd place in Student Paper Award at the IC EST 2016 in Houston, Congratulations Pavi!

June 2016: Dr. Rezaei gave a seminar talk at FOA 12 Conference in Friedrichshafen, Germany

June 2016: Pavi gave a presentation titled "Advanced Buffer Materials for CO2 Control in Commercial Buildings" at the International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology in Houston

May 2016: Our book chapter has been accepted for publication in Encyclopedia of Polymer Applications, congratulations to the team!

April 2016: Harshul successfully passed his PhD qualifying exam!

April 2016: Timon won the second place at the 12th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition at Missouri S&T, Congratulations Timon!

April 2016: Patrick and Morgan became OURE Fellows, Congratulations!

April 2016: Patrick won the second place in the Mid-America AIChE Regional Paper Competition, Congratulations Patrick!

March 2016: Our paper has been published in ChemSusChem, congratulations to the team! [Link]

March 2016: Morgan, Stephen and Patrick presented their work in the Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol event in Jefferson City

February 2016: Dr. Rezaei gave an invited talk at Washington University in St. Louis

October 2015: Dr. Rezaei gave an invited talk at Colloquium at Physics, Missouri S&T

October 2015: Harshul joined the Group, welcome!

October 2015: Anirudh joined the Group, welcome!

October 2015: Dr. Rezaei gave an invited talk at the 8th Sino-US Joint Chemical Engineering Conference in Shanghai, China

October 2015: Stephen was awarded a NASA-Missouri Undergraduate Research Internship, Congratulations Stephen!

October 2015: Ahmed joined the Group, welcome!

September 2015: Rezaei Lab was awarded a NASA-EPSCoR grant

September 2015: Timon joined the Group, welcome!

August 2015: Rezaei Lab was awarded an NSF grant

August 2015: Our paper has been published in Energy&Fuels, congratulations to the team! [DOI link]

August 2015: Stephen joined the Group, welcome!

June 2015: Rezaei Lab was awarded The University of Missouri Research Board grant

April 2015: Morgan's application for 2015-2016 OURE Program has been accepted, Congratulations Morgan!

April 2015: Patrick won the first place at the 11th Annual Undergraduate Research Competition at Missouri S&T, Congratulations Patrick!

January 2015: Amit and Pavithra joined the Group, welcome!

October 2014: Dr. Rezaei gave an invited talk at Environmental Research Center, Missouri S&T

September 2014: Rezaei Lab was officially launched at Missouri S&T