Dr.-Ing. Abdolreza Kharaghani
PD Dr.-Ing. habil. Reza Kharaghani
Born August 23, 1980, Tehran
University Education
2003-2005 | MSc. Chemical Engineering, University of Science and Technology |
1999-2003 | BSc. Chemical Engineering, Babol Noshirvani University of Technology |
1996-2000 | HND. Computer Science, Scientific-Cultural Center Research |
Research Degrees
2020 | Habil./Priv.-Doz. Venia legendi in Process Engineering Porous Materials, University Magdeburg (OvGU) |
2010 | PhD. Chemical Engineering, OvGU |
Scientific Career
since 2023 | Invited Visiting Professor, Lodz University of Technology |
since 2020 | Principal Investigator & Project Leader, CRC/Transregio 287 |
since 2013 | Head of Pore Networks and Drying Group, OvGU |
since 2013 | Tenured Research Associate, OvGU |
2010-2012 | Research Associate, Colloid Process Engineering SPP 1273 |
2006-2010 | Research Assistant, Research Training Group 1554 |
Honors and Awards
Award for Doctoral Supervision, University Magdeburg, 2016
Young Scientist in Drying Award, 18th International Drying Symposium, Xiamen, 2012
Best Research Paper Award, 7th Asia-Pacific Drying Conference, Tianjin, 2011
German Academic Exchange Service, July-September, 2009
Best Oral Presentation Award, OvGU, 2007
Best Oral Presentation Award, OvGU, 2006
PhD grant, German Research Foundation (DFG), 2006-2009
Research Projects
Forschungsportal Sachsen-Anhalt
Publications
Teaching Activities
Transport Phenomena in Porous Systems (grad, lecture, enroll. 25, summer 2019)
Transport Phenomena in Porous Systems (grad, tutorial, enroll. 30, summer 2018)
Umwelttechnik und Luftreinhaltung (undergrad, lecture, enroll. 5-10, since 2014, yearly)
Abwasserreinigung Abfallbehandlung (undergrad, lecture, enroll. 5-10, since 2014, yearly)
Bioseparation (undergrad, lecture & tutorial, enroll. 10-15, since 2013, yearly)
Drying Technology (grad, lecture & tutorial, enroll. 30-50, since 2012, yearly)
Verweilzeitmodellierung (grad, lab work, enroll. 50-80, since 2012, yearly)
Gefriertrocknung von Obst (undergrad, lab work, enroll. 5-10, since 2012, yearly)
Supervision and Mentoring
Since June 2022 | Jing Chen (OvGU) | PhD Supervisor & Examiner |
Since May 2022 | Johannes Buerger (OvGU) | PhD Supervisor & Examiner |
Since Jan 2021 | Ziba Hashmeloo (OvGU) | PhD Supervisor & Examiner |
Since Jan 2022 | Xiang Lu (OvGU) | Postdoc Mentor |
Since Sep 2019 | Ninghua Zhan (OvGU) | PhD Co-supervisor & Examiner |
Since Nov 2018 | Ibtihaj Khurram Faridi (OvGU) | PhD Supervisor & Examiner |
2017-2022 | Faeez Ahmed (OvGU) | PhD Supervisor & Examiner |
2017-2022 | Ha_z Tariq Mahmood (OvGU) | PhD Supervisor & Examiner |
2016-2021 | Xiang Lu (OvGU) | PhD Supervisor & Examiner |
2015-2021 | Pham Thai Son (OvGU) | PhD Supervisor & Examiner |
2016-2018 | Yasaman Jabbari (OvGU) | PhD Supervisor |
2013-2017 | Kieu Hiep Le (OvGU) | PhD Supervisor |
2013-2016 | Arman Rahimi (OvGU) | PhD Supervisor |
2013-2016 | Alireza A. Moghaddam (OvGU) | PhD Supervisor |
2013-2016 | Reihaneh Pashminehazar (OvGU) | PhD Supervisor |
2011-2014 | Yujing Wang (OvGU) | PhD Supervisor |
2011-2014 | Yu Sun (OvGU) | PhD Supervisor |
July 2020 | Md Mahiuddin (QUT) | PhD External Examiner |
Feb 2020 | Yefeng Li (UL, UK) | PhD External Examiner |
2017-2019 | Arman Rahimi (OvGU) | Postdoc Mentor |
2015-2018 | Rui Wu (OvGU) | Postdoc Mentor |
Since 2009 | More than 45 students (OvGU) | MSc Supervisor & Examiner |
2022-2023 | Hongbo Liu (SPU, China) | Vis. Scholar Advisor |
2021-2022 | Kamila de Sa Oliveira (UFRJ) | Vis. Scholar Advisor |
June 2019 | Vikranth Surasani (BITS) | Vis. Scholar Advisor |
2015-2016 | Imen Gouaou (UC3) | Vis. Scholar Advisor |
2015-2016 | Samira Shamaei (UT) | Vis. Scholar Advisor |
2013-2014 | Rezeda Gayfullina (KNRTU) | Vis. Scholar Advisor |
Nov 2013 | Vu Hog Thai (HUST) | Vis. Scholar Advisor |
July 2013 | Angel Calin-Sanchez (UMH) | Vis. Scholar Advisor |
Commitee memberships
Associate Member of the International Fine Particle Research Institute (IFPRI), since July 2023 (https://ifpri.net/)
Member of the Scientific Committee of EuroDrying2023, Łódź, Poland, 2023
Invited Advisory Board Member of the German Working Party on Drying - DECHEMA,
(http://www.drying.de/fachausschuss-aktuelles.html), since 2019
Guest Member of the European Federation of Chemical Engineering Working Party on Drying (https://efce.info/WPD.html), since 2017
Member of the Scientific Committee of EuroDrying2017, Liege, Belgium, 2017
Board Member of the Steering Committee of German Chapter of International Society
for Porous Media (https://www.interpore.org/community_cat/germany/), since 2016
Associated Member of the Research Training Group 1554 Micro-Macro Interactions of Structured Media and Particle Systems, (https://www.grk1554.ovgu.de/), 2010-2019
Editorship of Journals
Topical Advisory Panel Member and Guest Editors of Chemical Processes and Systems Section, published by MDPI, since 2020
Academic Editor, Int. J. Chemical Engineering, published by Hindawi, since 2020
Associate Editor, Drying Technology, published by Taylor & Francis, since 2017
The major current research goals of my group are:
- finding effective transport parameters for use in continuous drying models from representative pore networks
- drying experiments with micromodels to validate pore network simulations
- validation of pore network modeling by drying experiments with X-ray micro-tomography
- modeling of salt crystallization within a porous matrix during drying
- modeling and measurement of fluid transport in loop heat pipes
- modeling and measurement of fluid transport in the gas diffusion layer of a fuel cell during gas purge
In this way, the discrete method of pore network modeling can link pore scale and process scale – either directly or as a tool in a multiscale approach, taking input from a discrete microscopic model and feeding a continuous model at the macro-scale with parameters. Pore networks account only for phenomena in the void space, but they may be complemented by other methods (e.g. discrete element method) for a holistic description of processes. Real pore structures are represented by pore networks in a more or less adequate way: therefore, methods to assess the adequacy of a network representation as well as alternative modeling tools are being developed. Pore network models are extended to industrial porous materials and shall be used as a design tool to improve the performance of materials such as composites, catalysts, ceramics, etc.