The Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Masoud Haeri-Nejad, University of New Brunswick

For his paper: Use of molecular simulation for evaluating adsorption equilibrium of inhalation anaesthetic agents on metal–organic frameworks Can. J. Chem. Eng. 2024, 102(4), 1646, by Masoud Haeri-Nejad and Mladen Eic.

Masoud Haeri-Nejad, Ph.D., MCIC, is currently a postdoctoral research associate at Calian Ltd. collaborating with the Research Group of Dr. Dean Kennedy, P.Eng., at the Canadian Royal Military College, Kingston, ON. Masoud has a B.Sc. degree in Applied Chemistry and a M.Sc. degree in Analytical Chemistry. He holds a MSc degree in Chemical Engineering from KTH, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, and has recently completed his doctorate degree program in Chemical Engineering at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton under the supervision of Professor Dr. Mladen Eić, P.Eng. (GPA=4.2). His research interests include multicomponent solvent evaporation; storage, purification, and separation of gaseous mixtures using adsorption; mathematical modelling of separation processes; molecular simulation of adsorption; and application of the fast-screening ZLC experimental technique for the equilibrium and kinetic adsorption studies. He has taught the undergraduate course Engineering Thermodynamics at UNB CHE and has been a teaching and laboratory assistant for a number of courses at KTH and UNB including Unit Operations and Air Pollution Control Engineering. Masoud is the recipient of the 2024 Arvind Varma Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Prize on behalf of UNB School of Graduate Studies.

Past Winners

2024
Bernard Twum Agyeman, University of Alberta

2023
Nicholas Wilkins and Kasturi Nagesh Pai, University of Alberta

2022
Tiffany Dang and Breanna Borys, University of Calgary

2021
Shayesteh Zeraati, MCIC

2020
Mohamed Khattab, Ryerson University

2019
Khushaal Popli, Teck Resources Ltd

2018
Michaela K. Mcgurn, University of Calgary

2017
Chaimongkal Saengow, Queen's University

Cao Thang Dinh, Queen’s University

Dr. Cao Thang Dinh is an Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering and a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals at Queen’s University. He received his Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Laval University in 2014. From 2014 to 2019, Dr. Dinh was a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto. Dr. Dinh’s research focuses on developing electrochemical processes for the production of fuels and chemicals from carbon dioxide, water, and renewable electricity. He has published over 100 papers in prestigious journals, including multiple publications in Science and Nature family journals. Dr. Dinh is the recipient of several awards, including the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Rising Star Award (2021), the Prize for Excellence in Research for Outstanding Emerging Researcher at Queen’s University (2022), the Science Breakthrough of the Year in Engineering and Technology from the Falling Walls Foundation (2023), and the Ontario Early Researcher Award (2025). He has been listed as a Highly Cited Researcher in the field of Chemistry by Clarivate since 2021. Dr. Dinh is the founding Editor-in-Chief of Cambridge Prisms: Carbon Technologies, a new interdisciplinary journal published by Cambridge University Press.

Past Winners

2024
Mohammad Arjmand, University of British Columbia

2023
Sohrab Zendehboudi, Memorial University

2022
Benoit H. Lessard, University of Ottawa

2021
Nashaat N. Nassar, University of Calgary

2020
Gisele Azimi, University of Toronto

2019
Arun Ramachandran, University of Toronto

2018
Thomas A. Adams II, McMaster University

2017
Alison McGuigan, University of Toronto