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Milad Abolhasani

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Alcoa Professor & University Faculty Scholar

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Bio

Milad Abolhasani is the Alcoa Professor and a University Faculty Scholar in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at North Carolina State University. Additionally, he leads as the Director of Accelerated Technologies for NC State’s pioneering Integrative Sciences Initiative, driving next-generation innovation in science and technology. Prof. Abolhasani holds a B.Sc. (2008) and M.A.Sc. (2010) in Mechanical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology and the University of British Columbia, respectively, and earned his Ph.D. (2014) from the University of Toronto, with a cross-disciplinary focus encompassing Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Chemistry, and Chemical Engineering. Prior to joining NC State University in 2016, he was an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Chemical Engineering at MIT (2014-2016).

Prof. Abolhasani leads a dynamic and interdisciplinary research team dedicated to revolutionizing materials science and chemistry through the development of Self-Driving Fluidic Labs—autonomous robotic experimentation platforms for the accelerated discovery and scalable manufacturing of advanced functional materials and molecules.

A distinguished recipient of numerous awards, Prof. Abolhasani’s accolades include the NSF CAREER Award, the 2024 AIChE CRE Early Career Investigator Award, Machine Learning in Chemical Sciences & Engineering Award from The Camille & Henry Dreyfus Foundation, 2022 AIChE NSEF Young Investigator Award, and recognition as one of the AIChE 35 Under 35 (2020). His groundbreaking contributions to chemical engineering and materials science have earned him recognition as an Influential Researcher (I&EC Research 2021), as well as the ACS-PRF Doctoral New Investigator Award, AIChE Futures Scholar, and The John C. Chen Young Professional Leadership Scholarship (AIChE). He is an honored ALCOA Scholar, University Faculty Scholar, and recipient of the Goodnight Early Career Innovator Award, Chancellor’s Innovation Fund Award, and NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship. His work has been featured as an Emerging Investigator in leading journals including Nanoscale, Lab on a Chip, Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, Digital Discovery, and Journal of Flow Chemistry.

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Education

Postdoctoral Fellow Chemical Engineering MIT 2016

PhD Mechanical Engineering University of Toronto 2014

M.A.Sc Mechanical Engineering University of British Columbia 2010

B.Sc Mechanical Engineering Sharif University of Technology 2008

Area(s) of Expertise

Self-Driving Labs
Autonomous Fluidic Labs
Flow Chemistry
Microfluidics
Process Intensification
Autonomous Robotic Experimentation
Accelerated Materials Discovery

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