Dr. Alireza Mohammad Karim is a Cambridge Trust Scholar at University of Cambridge. His research is in the area of physics of medicine and nanoscience towards obtaining second Ph.D. under supervision of Professor Sir Mark Welland and collaborating with AstraZeneca research scientists.
Dr. Alireza Mohammad Karim is the Lead Guest Editor for a new Special Collection on Droplet Impact, Coalescence, and Droplet Formation for Advances in Mechanical Engineering: https://journals.sagepub.com/page/ade/call-for-papers/special-issues/dro...
Deadline for submissions: December 31, 2022. The Special Collection will be published in JCR-ranked Advances in Mechanical Engineering, a SAGE Publishing journal.
Dr. Alireza Mohammad Karim is also the Guest Editor for a new Special Issue: "Contact Line Dynamics and Droplet Spreading" for Fluids: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/fluids/special_issues/43141S7937
Deadline for submissions: February 28, 2023
Biography
Dr. Alireza Mohammad Karim completed his first Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering with specialization in Fluid Mechanics and a minor in Applied Mathematics at UCLA. His doctoral thesis was titled: “Parametric Study of Liquid Contact Line Dynamics: Adhesion vs. Hydrodynamics”. For this work, he was named as the “Featured Researcher” in the Collaborative Center for Aerospace Sciences (CCAS) in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at UCLA.
Prior to joining UCLA for Ph.D. study, Dr. Alireza Mohammad Karim was a graduate student at Caltech in the Department of Aerospace where he obtained his Master of Science in Aerospace Engineering with the Space Fellowship Award from Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) at NASA. After completion of Master of Science degree at Caltech, he became a research assistant in the Department of Geological and Planetary Sciences at Caltech for more than a year. Prior to his graduate study at Caltech, Dr. Alireza Mohammad Karim completed his undergraduate study (Bachelor of Science) in Mechanical Engineering with highest honor distinction (summa cum laude) as the top 5% in the School of Engineering and Applied Science at UCLA.
After completion of his first Ph.D., Dr. Alireza Mohammad Karim pursued his professional academic career as a postdoctoral associate in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science at University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Dr. Alireza Mohammad Karim’s postdoctoral research focused on relation between rheology of complex liquids and stability of liquid film and the dynamic contact line during the coating process via collaborating with Dow research scientists.
Currently, Dr. Alireza Mohammad Karim is a Cambridge Trust Scholar at University of Cambridge working in the area of physics of medicine and nanoscience towards obtaining second Ph.D. under supervision of Professor Sir Mark Welland and collaborating with AstraZeneca.
Education:
- PhD, University of Cambridge, 2018-present
- Post-doctoral Associate, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, 2015-2018
- PhD, Aerospace Engineering, UCLA, 2015
- Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering, UCLA, 2014
- Master of Science, Aerospace Engineering, Caltech, 2008
- Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering, UCLA, 2007
Research Experience:
- Researcher, Planetary Sciences, Caltech, 2009-2011
Awards and Honors:
- Research Studentship in Engineering with Medimmune Ltd (AstraZeneca), University of Cambridge, 2018-2022
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Cambridge Trust Scholarship, University of Cambridge, 2018-2021
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Featured Researcher, Collaborative Center for Aerospace Sciences (CCAS), UCLA, Spring 2015-present
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University Fellowship, Graduate Division Award, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) 2014
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Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society member, 2005-present
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Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, International honor society, member, 2002-present
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Engineering Dean’ Honor List, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Spring 2005
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Dean’s Honor List, Saddleback College, Fall 2002 and Spring 2004
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President’s Honor List, Saddleback College, Spring 2002, Fall 2002, Fall 2003
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National Dean’s List, Saddleback College, 2005
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Student of the Year, Division of Science/Math/Engineering, Saddleback College, 2004
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The Space Fellowship Award, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), 2007-2008
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The Boeing Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award, University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) 2006
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The ASG (Associated Student Government) of Science/Math/Engineering Division Award, Saddleback College, 2004
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Mathematics Scholarship, Saddleback College, 2004
Research
Fluid Mechanics; Interfacial Physics; Droplet Impact; Droplet Coalescence; Droplet Generation; Nanomaterials, Biomaterials, Smart Materials, Peptide/Protein Self-Assembly; Physics of Protein Fibrillation, Drug Delivery Systems
Publications
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Mohammad Karim, A., Suszynski, W. J., Pujari, S., Francis, L. F., and Carvalho, M. S., Contact Line Dynamics in Curtain Coating of Non-Newtonian Liquids, Phys. Fluids, Vol. 33, 103103, 2021
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Mohammad Karim, A., Experimental Dynamics of Newtonian and Non-Newtonian Droplets Impacting Liquid Surface With Different Rheology, Phys. Fluids, Vol. 32, 043102, 2020
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Mohammad Karim, A., Suszynski, W. J., Pujari, S., Francis, L. F., and Carvalho, M. S., Delaying Breakup and Avoiding Air Entrainment in Curtain Coating Using a Two-Layer Liquid Structure, Chem. Eng. Sci., Vol. 213, 115376, 2020
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Mohammad Karim, A., Experimental Dynamics of Newtonian Non-elastic and Viscoelastic Droplets Impacting Immiscible Liquid Surface, AIP Advances, Vol. 9, 125141, 2019
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Mohammad Karim, A. and Kavehpour, H. P., Effect of Viscous Force on Dynamic Contact Angle Measurement Using Wilhelmy Plate Method, Colloids Surf. A, Vol. 548, 54-60, 2018
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Mohammad Karim, A., Rothstein, J. P., and Kavehpour, H. P., Experimental Study of Dynamic Contact Angles on Rough Hydrophobic Surfaces, J. Colloid Interface Sci., Vol. 513, 658-665, 2018
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Mohammad Karim, A., Davis, S. H., and Kavehpour, H. P., Forced versus Spontaneous Spreading of Liquids, Langmuir, Vol. 32(40), 10153-10158, 2016
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Mohammad Karim, A., Suszynski, W. J., and Pujari, S., Liquid Film Stability and Contact Line Dynamics of Emulsion Liquid Films in Curtain Coating Process, J. Coat. Technol. Res., Vol. 18(6), 1531-1541, 2021
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Mohammad Karim, A. Fujii, K., and Kavehpour, H. P., Contact line dynamics of gravity driven spreading of liquids, Fluid Dyn. Res., Vol. 53(3), 035503, 1-14, 2021
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Mohammad Karim, A., Suszynski, W. J., Griffith, W. B., Pujari, S., Francis, L. F., Carvalho, M. S., Effect of rheological properties of shear thinning liquids on curtain stability, J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech., Vol. 263, 69-76, 2019
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Mohammad Karim, A., Suszynski, W. J., Griffith, W. B., Pujari, S., Francis, L. F., and Carvalho, M. S., Effect of Viscoelasticity on Stability of Liquid Curtain, J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech., Vol. 257, 83-94, 2018
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Mohammad Karim, A., Suszynski, W. J., Francis, L. F., and Carvalho, M. S., Effect of Viscosity on Liquid Curtain Stability, AIChE J., Vol. 64(4), 1448-1457, 2018
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Abe, Y., Zhang, B., Gordillo, L., Mohammad Karim, A., Francis, L. F., and Cheng, X., Dynamic self-assembly of charged colloidal strings and walls in simple fluid flows, Soft Matter, Vol. 13(8), 1681-1692, 2017
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Mohammad Karim, A. and Kavehpour, H. P., Dynamics of Spreading on Ultra-hydrophobic Surfaces, J. Coat. Technol. Res., Vol. 12(5), 959-964, 2015
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Mohammad Karim, A. and Kavehpour, H. P., Spreading of Emulsions on a Solid Substrate, J. Coat. Technol. Res., Vol. 11(1), 103-108, 2014
Other Professional Activities
Professional Society Memberships:
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American Physical Society (APS)
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American Chemical Society (ACS)
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American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
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Phi Theta Kappa International Honor Society
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Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
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Caltech Alumni Association
Reviewer of Scientific Journals:
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Nature Communications
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Physics of Fluids
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Langmuir
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AIP Advances
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Fluid Dynamics Research
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Reviewer of Scientific Instruments
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Colloid and Polymer Science
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Materials
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Sensors
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Journal of Applied Fluid Mechanics