Arezoo M. Ardekani is an Iranian-American physicist who is a professor at Purdue University. Her research considers the flow of complex fluids. She was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers in 2020 and a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2022.
Arezoo Motavalizadeh Ardekani | |
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 Ardekani in 2019 | |
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| Alma mater | Sharif University of Technology University of California, Irvine |
| Scientific career | |
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Purdue University |
| Thesis | Particle interaction, deformation, and collision in viscous and viscoelastic fluids (2009) |
Early life and education
editArdekani is from Iran. She was born in Isfahan, and was strongly passionate about becoming a scientist even from early childhood.[1] She moved to Tehran for her undergraduate studies, where she earned a bachelor's degree at the Sharif University of Technology.[2] Ardekani moved to the University of California, Irvine for graduate research,[3] where she worked on particle interactions. She moved to Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a Shapiro Postdoctoral Fellow, where she worked with Gareth H. McKinley on bead formation in viscoelastic jets.[1]
Career and research
editArdekani started her independent career at the University of Notre Dame in 2011.[4] She moved to Purdue University in 2014, where she leads the Complex Flow Lab.[5] She investigates complex fluids and particle transport. She combines theoretical analyses with computational simulations to understand fluid flow.
Ardekani studied the microbes that accumulate at oil spills. She identified that microbes initially move due to chemotaxis (they are attracted to the chemical trail of a food source), but subsequently hydrodynamic interaction with drops can be important. [6]
Awards and honors
edit- 2007 Amelia Earhart Fellowship[3]
- 2012 National Science Foundation CAREER Award[7]
- 2016 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers[8]
- 2020 Society of Engineering Science Young Investigator Medal[citation needed]
- 2020 Elected Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers[9]
- 2020 Society of Rheology Arthur B. Metzner Early Career Award[10]
- 2020 Purdue University University Faculty Scholar[11]
- 2022 Fellow, American Physical Society[12]
Selected publications
edit- A Karimi; S Yazdi; Arezoo M Ardekani (5 April 2013). "Hydrodynamic mechanisms of cell and particle trapping in microfluidics". Biomicrofluidics. 7 (2): 21501. doi:10.1063/1.4799787. ISSN 1932-1058. PMC 3631262. PMID 24404005. Wikidata Q30440491.
- Gao-Jin Li; Arezoo M Ardekani (15 July 2014). "Hydrodynamic interaction of microswimmers near a wall". Physical Review E. 90 (1): 013010. Bibcode:2014PhRvE..90a3010L. doi:10.1103/PHYSREVE.90.013010. ISSN 1539-3755. PMC 4547626. PMID 25122372. Wikidata Q35990994.
- A Karimi; David K. Karig; A Kumar; Arezoo M Ardekani (1 January 2015). "Interplay of physical mechanisms and biofilm processes: review of microfluidic methods". Lab on a Chip. 15 (1): 23–42. doi:10.1039/C4LC01095G. ISSN 1473-0197. PMC 4261921. PMID 25385289. Wikidata Q30394297.
References
edit- ^ a b "Living Histories". Prof. Arezoo Ardekani | #TheLivingHistoriesSeries, retrieved 2022-12-07
- ^ "Our People". Mechanical Engineering - Purdue University. Retrieved 2024-01-12.
- ^ a b "MAE Graduate Student Awarded Amelia Earhart Fellowship | The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine". engineering.uci.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ^ "Samueli School Alum Arezoo Ardekani Receives NSF CAREER Award | The Henry Samueli School of Engineering at UC Irvine". engineering.uci.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ^ "Complex Flow Lab - Purdue University Mechanical Engineering". engineering.purdue.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ^ Service, Purdue News. "How are microbes attracted to an oil spill?". www.purdue.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ^ Welding, Nina (20 March 2012). "Engineering faculty receive CAREER Awards". Notre Dame News. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ^ "2 Purdue researchers receive presidential early career awards - News - Purdue University". www.purdue.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ^ "List of all ASME Fellows" (PDF).
- ^ "Arezoo M. Ardekani - 2020 Metzner Awardee - The Society of Rheology". www.rheology.org. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ^ "Awards: Sigma XI: Purdue University". www.purdue.edu. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
- ^ "APS Fellow Archive". aps.org. Retrieved 2022-12-07.