Dr. Arandiyan was awarded his PhD ranking EXCELLENT from School of Environment at Tsinghua University (THU) Top University in China and recipient of several awards and fellowships working under the supervision of Prof. Junhua Li (a world leader in environmental catalysis) in July 2014, seven months prior to submitting this book publishing. In the last years before and after graduation, he has been invited to do research at Zeolite Research Group (2008) where he was a Senior Researcher in the Science and Technology Park of Tehran University in the laboratories of Prof. H. Kazemian. Afterwards, he worked in Prof. Hongxing Dai’s Laboratory of Catalysis Chemistry and Nanoscience group at Beijing University of Technology (2013). In July 2014, just before the completion of his PhD degree at THU, he employed as a full-time Research Associate at the School of Chemical Engineering, the University of New South Wales (UNSW). Subsequently, he was awarded 2015 UNSW Vice-Chancellor’s Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, which enables his conduct two-year full-time research with potential extension to three years.
His PhD work was undertaken in a world-top research group in the field of heterogeneous catalysis with a focus on pollution control technologies, environmental protection, and perovskite materials. The group houses the state-of-the-art instruments including well-established in-situ FT-IR and cutting-edge analytical electron microscopy enabling the monitoring of catalysts and reactions. The group was sustained by 16 interdisciplinary members of faculty at the THU and Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) which also part of the Hi-Tech Research and Development Program of China (863), financed by National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), Sino-Japan Collaboration Project funded by Toyota Motor Inc. and Ford Motor Co. in Michigan (USA) where Dr Arandiyan got the prestigious doctoral fellowship.
He actively involved in research in the advancedanalysis on developing noble 3D catalysts for vehicle emissions control which is cutting edge in nature and will be the foundation for developing 3D hybrid perovskite structures for VOCs oxidation. It can be demonstrated through his excellent research track record (1 Scholarly Book Chapter, 38 relevant peer-reviewed articles, 18 Intl. Conference papers, and 3 Patents in research filed of the proposed book publishing). He had two semesters teaching experience in School of Chemical Engineering at Azad University. He also has been invited to be a reviewer for more than 20 referred international journals.
During last years, most of his time is allocated for research. Besides this he has been achieved several scientific awards for instance: he won 2013 First Grand Prize “American Dow Sustainability Innovation Challenge Award”, which is highly competitive and funds top (US$ 10K) new investigator scientists from USA and Europe. He has also awarded “Outstanding PhD Dissertation” (2014), “Young Scientist Award” Taiwan (2013), “Certificate of Appreciation Research” by Iran’s Ambassador in China (2014).
It was an honour when he was appointed the youngest ever Top 10 Student of Tsinghua University Award for 2013. It's not hard to see how tough it is to stand out from the more than 40,000 students from dozens of departments. Among all 4-5th year talented PhD students, second year PhD candidate (Dr. Arandiyan) became the first foreign student to accomplish this award in 102 years. He takes great satisfaction in being a significant role model for international students at Tsinghua University, which is considered to be a Top Chinese University.
Furthermore, a number of other honours have followed including: Received “Chinese Government Scholarship-CSC” Ministry of Education of China (2012-2014), “Comprehensive Postgraduate Scholarship” at THU (2013), “Outstanding Publication PhD Candidate” (2013), “Outstanding Qualifying DoctoralExamination” (2012), and “Chinese Scholarship Council” (2011). In the last 3 years, he has obtained outstanding experiences in new synthesis 3D hybrid catalysts. Develop colloidal syntheses strategies to synthesize nanoparticles of transition metals and application to heterogeneous transformations of a wide range of pure and multi-component metal nanoparticles.
Significant research outputs
IF: 2015 (5-years Impact Factor)
ERA: 2010 Excellence in Research for Australia
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300 citations and an h-index of 12(Google Scholar)
i) Scholarly Book Chapters;
1) Arandiyan, H., Li, J., 2012, Catalytic CO2 reforming of methane over perovskite noble metals, in Li, H; Xu, QJ; Zhang, D, Advanced Materials Research, pp. 1070–4 TRANS TECH PUBLICATIONS LTD, LAUBLSRUTISTR 24, CH-8717 STAFA, ZURICH, SWITZERLAND.
ii) Refereed Journal Articles;
2) Arandiyan, H.*; Dai, H.; Li, J.; et al., Pt Nanoparticles Embedded in Colloidal Crystal Templating Derived 3D Ordered Macroporous Ce0.6Zr0.3Y0.1O2: Highly Efficient Catalysts for Methane Combustion. Accepted-Feb. 2015, ACS Catalysis, DOI: 10.1021/cs501773h, (IF: 7.572, ERA=N/A)
3) Arandiyan, H.*; Dai, H.; Li, J. et al., Enhanced catalytic efficiency of Pt nanoparticles supported on three-dimensionally ordered macro-/mesoporous Ce0.6Zr0.3Y0.1O2 for methane combustion. Accepted-Jan. 2015, Small, DOI: 10.1002/smll.201402951 (IF: 7.823, ERA=A*)
4) Zhao, Y.; Sun, H.*; Arandiyan, H.; et al., Well-Constructed Single-Layer Molybdenum Disulfide Nanorose Cross-Linked by 3D-Reduced Graphene Oxide Network for Superior Water Splitting and Lithium Storage Property. Accepted-Jan. 2015, Scientific Reports, DOI: 10.1038/srep08722, (IF: 5.078, ERA=N/A)
5) Fattah, Z.; Rezaei, M.*; Arandiyan, H., et al., Synthesis and Application of Co-MgO Mixed Oxides in Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide. Chemical Engineering Communications, Accepted-Jan. 2015DOI:10.1080/00986445. 2014.983269 (IF: 1.052, ERA=B)
6) Xie, S.; Dai, H.*; Arandiyan, H.; et al., Au–Pd/3DOM Co3O4: Highly active and stable nanocatalysts for toluene oxidation. Journal of Catalysis 2015, 322, 38-48. (IF: 6.423, ERA=A*)
7) Ji, K.; Dai, H.*; Arandiyan, H.; et al., 3DOM BiVO4 supported silver bromide and noble metals: High-performance photocatalysts for the visible-light-driven degradation of 4-chlorophenol. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 2015, 168, 274-282 (IF: 6.423, ERA=A)
8) Liu, Y.; Sun, H.*; Arandiyan, H.; et al., Mesoporous Co3O4 sheets/3D graphene nanohybrids for high-performance sodium-ion battery anode. J. Power Sources 2015, 273, 878-84. (IF: 5.257, ERA=B)
9) Ji, K.; Dai, H.*; Arandiyan, H.; et al., Fabrication and high photocatalytic performance of noble metal nanoparticles supported on 3DOM InVO4–BiVO4 for visible-light-driven degradation of rhodamine B and methylene blue. Applied Catalysis B: Environmental 2015, 165, 285-295. (IF: 6.423, ERA=A)
10) Arandiyan, H.; Dai, H.; Li, J.*, et al., Three-Dimensionally Ordered Macroporous La0.6Sr0.4MnO3 Supported Ag Nanoparticles for the Combustion of Methane. Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2014, 118, 14913-14928. (IF: 4.835, ERA=A*) Journal Front Cover Page.
11) Arandiyan, H.; Peng, Y.; Li, J.*, et al., Effects of noble metals doped on mesoporous LaAlNi mixed oxide catalyst and identification of carbon deposit for reforming CH4 with CO2. Journal of Chemical Technology & Biotechnology 2014, 89, 372-381. (IF: 2.494, ERA=B)
12) Xie, S.; Dai, H.*; Arandiyan, H.; et al., Preparation and high catalytic performance of Au/3DOM Mn2O3 for the oxidation of carbon monoxide and toluene. Journal of Hazardous Materials 2014, 279, 392-401. (IF: 5.123, ERA=A)
13) Akia, M.*; Yazdani, F.; Arandiyan, H., et al., A review on conversion of biomass to biofuel by nanocatalysts, Biofuel Research Journal 2014, 1, 16-25.( ERA=N/A)
14) Arandiyan, H.; Chang,H.; Li, J.*, et al., Dextrose-aided hydrothermal preparation with large surface area on 1D single-crystalline perovskite La0.5Sr0.5CoO3 nanowires without template: Highly catalytic activity for methane combustion. Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical 2013, 378, 299-306. (IF: 3.356, ERA=B)
15) Bai, B.; Arandiyan, H.; Li, J.*, Comparison of the performance for oxidation of f
