Kiumars Badr

kzb0054@auburn.edu
kiumarsbadr@gmail.com

SUMMARY STATEMENT
Research Interests: Biotechnology, Bioreactor design, Bioprocess equipment, Mathematical and dynamic modeling,
Genome-scale modeling, Environmental engineering, Wastewater treatment, Artificial neural
network.

Teaching Interests: Corrosion Engineering, Physical Chemistry, Thermodynamics, Reactors, Biochemical reactions,
Fundamental in chemical engineering, Aspects of pollution prevention and sustainability

EDUCATION
Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA, Sep 2016-Present
Ph.D. in Chemical engineering

Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, Sep 2010- Oct 2012

M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering
GPA: 16.85 out of 20
Thesis Title: "Biological Removal of Methyl Mercaptan from Gas and Water Streams." (Thesis Grade: 20/20)

Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Iran, Sep2006-Sep2010

B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering
GPA: 15.36 out of 20
Thesis Title: "Dynamic modeling and Numerical Study of Heat Transfer in a Cylindrical Fin with Various Boundary
Conditions." (Thesis Grade: 20/20)

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Graduate Research Assistant
September 2016–Present
Research Advisor: Dr. Jin Wang and Dr. Peter. Q. He, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Photoautotroph-Methanotroph Coculture “a Flexible Platform for Efficient Biological CO2-CH4 Co-Utilization”
• Investigating all the possible conditions to reach the stable coculture
• Testing and gathering experimental data
• Unstructured dynamic modeling for the system
• Validation the model with further experiments
September 2017–Present
Research Advisor: Dr. Jin Wang, Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Genome-scale metabolic reconstruction of Clostridium tyrobutyricum for efficient butanol production
• Make the reconstruction model for the strain
• Test and validate it with experimental data
• Use the genome-scale modeling to optimize the production of butanol

September 2011–June 2012

Research Advisor: Dr. A. Jahanmiri and Dr. D. Mowla, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
A Mathematical Modeling of Biological Removal
• Review of recently removal of mercaptan and sulfide studies
• Testing and gathering experimental data
• Modeling for bed batch bioreactor