Dr Vahid Razaviarani
PhD in Environmental Engineering
Vahid Razaviarani
- Job title
- Assistant Professor
- v.razaviarani@hw.ac.uk
- Role
- Assistant Professor
- Section
- School of Engineering & Physical Sciences
- v.razaviarani@hw.ac.uk
- Address
- S2-50

About
Dr Razaviarani is Assistant Professor for the Chemical Engineering Department at Heriot-Watt University, Dubai. He also serves as the Chemical Engineering Laboratory Coordinator and is the EPS representative at the Sustainable & Social Impact Committee (SSIMCO).
Biography
Dr Vahid Razaviarani holds a PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of Alberta, Canada and a MSc and BSc in Chemical Engineering, with majors in biotechnology and process design, respectively. He served about two years as a postdoctoral research associate in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University. Prior to joining Princeton, Dr Vahid worked as a research assistant at the Edmonton Center of Excellence, Alberta, Canada.
Professional Memberships
- Canadian professional engineering (PEng), practises as a professional engineer.
- Project Management Professional (PMP), and the PMI member.
- Fellowship of the higher education academy (FHEA).
Research
His areas of interest include:
- Sustainability and Waste-to-Energy processes
- Algae-based cultivation, CO2 capture and phycoremediation
- Carbon sequestration and reclamation of organic waste
- Desalination, microbial desalination cell and membrane technologies
- Chemical, physical and microbial contaminant fate and transformation of organic compounds
- Water/wastewater reused and reclamation
- Microbial Electrochemical Systems and Technologies
Publications
G. Arab, *V. Razaviarani, D. McCartney (2022) “Effects of digestate co-composting on curing phase of composting”, Bioresource Technology Reports 19, 101121.
Shivakumar T., *Razaviarani V. (2021) “An integrated approach to enhance the desalination process: coupling reverse osmosis process with microbial desalination cells in the UAE”. IWA, Water Supply, 21 (3), 1127-1143.
Amin K. Zeraatkar, Hossein Ahmadzadeh, *Vahid Razaviarani, Ahmad F. Talebi (2021)” Optimization of Pb (II) biosorption by Harvested Microalgae (Chlorella vulgaris) using response Surface Analysis”. MC Agriculture & Environmental Sciences, 1, 32-43.
Fatolahi Z., Arab G., *Razaviarani V. (2020) “Calibration of the Anaerobic Digestion Model No. 1 (ADM1) for anaerobic digestion of OFMSW under mesophilic condition”. Biomass and Bioenergy, 139, 105661.
*Razaviarani V., J. A Zazo, Jose A Casas, P. R Jaffé (2019) “Coupled fenton-denitrification process for the removal of organic matter and total nitrogen from coke plant wastewater”. Chemosphere, 224, 653-657.
*Razaviarani V., M. Ruiz‐ Urigüen, P. R. Jaffé (2018) “Denitrification of Nitric Oxide Using Hollow Fiber Membrane Bioreactor; Effect of Nitrate and Nitric Oxide Loadings on the Reactor Performance and Microbiology”. Waste and Biomass Valorization, Volume 10, Issue 7, pp 1989–2000.
G Arab, *V Razaviarani, Z Sheng, Y Liu, D McCartney (2017) “Benefits to decomposition rates when using digestate as compost co-feedstock: Part II–Focus on microbial community dynamics”. Waste Management, 68, 85-95.
*Razaviarani, V., and Buchanan, I. D. (2015) “Anaerobic co-digestion of municipal wastewater sludge with biodiesel glycerin waste: microbial community structure dynamics and reactor performance”. Bioresource Technology, 182, 8-17.
*Razaviarani, V., and Buchanan, I. D. (2015) “Calibration of the Anaerobic Digestion Model No.1 (ADM1) for steady-state anaerobic co-digestion of municipal wastewater sludge with restaurant grease trap waste”. Chemical Engineering journal, 266, 91-99.