Mohammad Masnadi Shirazinejad

The Masnadi Research Lab has two complementary research wings focused on studying and developing solutions for the transition to a low-carbon economy:

1. Catalysis and Reaction Engineering: Development of low-carbon and sustainable processes, primarily through experimental research.

2. Data-Driven, System-Level Assessment: Data-driven modeling and assessment of energy systems from energetic, environmental, and economic perspectives.

  • PhD, University of British Columbia
  • MASc, University of British Columbia
  • BA, Iran University of Science and Technology

  • Bharanidharan, A.H., McGaughy, K., Twizerimana, A.L., Ocampo, K., Veser, G., & Masnadi, M.S. (2024). Cellulose pyrolysis via liquid metal catalysis. JOURNAL OF ANALYTICAL AND APPLIED PYROLYSIS, 183.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jaap.2024.106800.
  • Liu, Z.E., Long, W., Chen, Z., Littlefield, J., Jing, L., Ren, B., El-Houjeiri, H.M., Qahtani, A.S., Jabbar, M.Y., & Masnadi, M.S. (2024). A novel optimization framework for natural gas transportation pipeline networks based on deep reinforcement learning. ENERGY AND AI, 18.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.egyai.2024.100434.
  • Masnadi, M.S., McGaughy, K., Falls, J., & Tarnoczi, T. (2023). LCA model validation of SAGD facilities with real operation data as a collaborative example between model developers and industry. iScience, 26(2), 105859.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2022.105859.
  • Jing, L., El-Houjeiri, H.M., Monfort, J.C., Littlefield, J., Al-Qahtani, A., Dixit, Y., Speth, R.L., Brandt, A.R., Masnadi, M.S., MacLean, H.L., Peltier, W., Gordon, D., & Bergerson, J.A. (2022). Understanding variability in petroleum jet fuel life cycle greenhouse gas emissions to inform aviation decarbonization. Nat Commun, 13(1), 7853.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-35392-1.
  • Masnadi, M.S., Benini, G., El-Houjeiri, H.M., Milivinti, A., Anderson, J.E., Wallington, T.J., De Kleine, R., Dotti, V., Jochem, P., & Brandt, A.R. (2021). Carbon implications of marginal oils from market-derived demand shocks. Nature, 599(7883), 80-84.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-03932-2.
  • DeCarolis, J.F., Jaramillo, P., Johnson, J.X., McCollum, D.L., Trutnevyte, E., Daniels, D.C., Akin-Olcum, G., Bergerson, J., Cho, S., Choi, J.H., Craig, M.T., de Queiroz, A.R., Eshraghi, H., Galik, C.S., Gutowski, T.G., Haapala, K.R., Hodge, B.M., Hoque, S., Jenkins, J.D., Jenn, A., Johansson, D.J.A., Kaufman, N., Kiviluoma, J., Lin, Z., MacLean, H.L., Masanet, E., Masnadi, M.S., McMillan, C.A., Nock, D.S., Patankar, N., Patino-Echeverri, D., Schively, G., Siddiqui, S., Smith, A.D., Venkatesh, A., Wagner, G., Yeh, S., & Zhou, Y. (2020). Leveraging Open-Source Tools for Collaborative Macro-energy System Modeling Efforts. JOULE, 4(12), 2523-2526.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.joule.2020.11.002.
  • Jing, L., El-Houjeiri, H.M., Monfort, J.C., Brandt, A.R., Masnadi, M.S., Gordon, D., & Bergerson, J.A. (2020). Carbon intensity of global crude oil refining and mitigation potential. Nature Climate Change, 10(6), 526-532.Springer Nature. doi: 10.1038/s41558-020-0775-3.
  • Masnadi, M.S., Perrier, P.R., Wang, J., Rutherford, J., & Brandt, A.R. (2020). Statistical proxy modeling for life cycle assessment and energetic analysis. Energy, 194, 116882.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2019.116882.
  • Nie, Y., Zhang, S., Liu, R.E., Roda-Stuart, D.J., Ravikumar, A.P., Bradley, A., Masnadi, M.S., Brandt, A.R., Bergerson, J., & Bi, X.T. (2020). Greenhouse-gas emissions of Canadian liquefied natural gas for use in China: Comparison and synthesis of three independent life cycle assessments. Journal of Cleaner Production, 258, 120701.Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120701.
  • Von Wald, G.A., Masnadi, M.S., Upham, D.C., & Brandt, A.R. (2020). Optimization-based technoeconomic analysis of molten-media methane pyrolysis for reducing industrial sector CO 2 emissions. Sustainable Energy & Fuels, 4(9), 4598-4613.Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). doi: 10.1039/d0se00427h.
Research Interests
Chemical engineering Electrical engineering Environmental management
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Associate Professor
Chem/Petroleum Engineering
m.masnadi@pitt.edu