Dr. Hadis Zarrin
Areas of Academic Interest
Multifunctional nanoengineered materials
Nano-hybrid composite membranes
Clean energy storage and conversion
Batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors, electrolysers
Wearable electronics and sensors
Environmental remediation
Smart coatings and textiles
Education
| Year | University | Degree |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | University of Waterloo | PhD |
| 2008 | Iran University of Science and Technology |
MSc |
| 2004 | Azad University | BSc |
Selected Courses
| Course Code | Course Title |
|---|---|
| CHE 44 | Plant Design |
| CHE 414 | Rate Processes in Chemical Engineering |
| CE 8410 | Electrochemical Engineering |
Spotlight
For Hadis Zarrin, life as an engineer is an adventure. “There are always problems to solve, and many possible routes to get to the solution,” she says. “You have to take risks and get creative.”
It’s a sensibility she brings to her classroom, which Zarrin keeps exciting with hands-on demonstrations that engage and challenge her students. A natural mentor, she’s always encouraging them to be undeterred by the prospect of failure, and to branch out and explore new things. “It’s the only way to grow and develop, as an engineer and as a person.”
While creativity and a sense of adventure are crucial to innovation, Zarrin is quick to remind her students of the importance of mastering the foundations. “Before you can invent and redesign, you need a solid knowledge of materials,” she says. “Once you have that, you can get as creative as you want—improving technology and really making an impact.”
“It’s an adventure to be an engineer.”
- Honorable Mention recipient of the 2014 Dr. Bernard S. Baker Student Award for Fuel Cell Research, Fuel Cell Seminar and Exposition.
- NSERC’s Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship - CGS ($70,000), 2012-2014.
- Waterloo Institute of Nanotechnology (WIN) Fellowship ($20,000), University of Waterloo, 2012-2014.
- Waterloo President Graduate Scholarship ($20,000), University of Waterloo, 2012-2014.
- Jasneet Kaur, Adel Malekkhouyan, Rajvi Taylor, Gupreet Singh Selopal, Federico Rosei, Hadis Zarrin*. (2021). Bidirectional Superionic Conduction in Surface-Engineered 2D Hexagonal Boron Nitrides. ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 13(5): 6532-6544.
- Ahmad Nawaz, Shaghayegh Goudarzi, M. Amin Asghari, Saravanan Pichiah, Gupreet Singh Selopal, Federico Rosei, Zhimming Wang, Hadis Zarrin*. (2021). Review of 1D/2D Hybrid Photocatalysts for Light Harvesting Applications. ACS Applied Nanomaterials. Accepted.
- Ahmad Nawaz, Shaghayegh Goudarzi, Pichiah Saravanan, Hadis Zarrin*. (2021). Z-scheme Induced g-C3N4/WS2 Heterojunction Photocatalyst with Improved Electron Mobility for Enhanced Solar Photocatalysis. Solar Energy. 228: 53-67.
- Omar Abdelkarim, Jasneet Kaur, Jiabin Liu, Fabiola Navarro-Pardo, Hadis Zarrin, Aycan Yurtsever, Ghada Bassioni, Zhiming M. Wang, Gurpreet Singh Selopal and Federico Rosei*. (2020). Two-Dimensional Functionalized Hexagonal Boron Nitride for Quantum Dot Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Generation. Journal of Materials Chemistry A. 8(39): 20698-20713.
- Marziye Mirbagheri, Jasneet Kaur, Hoang Vu Pham, Vahid Adibnia, Hadis Zarrin, Xavier Banquy, and Dae Kun Hwang*. (2020). Plasmon-Free Polymeric Nanowrinkled Substrates for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy. Langmuir. 37(1): 322–329.
- Nano-Engineering Laboratory for Energy and Environmental Technologies
- Co-Chair, Nano Ontario 2021 Conference, November 2021
- Vice Chair of Energy Division of Chemical Institute of Canada