Samira Lotfi
Research Associate
Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal
Canada
Biography
Samira Lotfi is a chemical engineer with 10 years of experience studying chemical process design, process simulation and kinetic parameter estimation for various applications such as catalysis. Prior to joining the NRC, she collaborated in several projects on conversion of biomass to energy and chemicals during her PhD at Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal. She joined NRC EME in August 2016 as a research associate in the water treatment group and more recently joined the lowcarbon fuels and clean combustion team. As a researcher, she has contributed and/or managed various projects in such areas as syngas clean-up, gasification modeling and bioreactor analysis and process design.
Research Interest
Biomass hydrothermal liquefaction