Shaheen Anis

An ambitious and curious materials scientist committed towards developing advanced, novel materials for critical applications such as sustainable energy and water treatment, with a vast experience in R&D, student mentoring, teaching, curriculum design, proposal and grant writing, strategic planning for academic programs, and scientific writing.

MCAT writer- part time (BeMo Academic Consulting, Canada)                                                               2022-present

• Advising students on their personal statements and providing consultation.
• Preparing MCAT exam papers
• Creative thinking; writing AAMC previews and aligning them with core competencies.

Postdoctoral Associate, New York University (Abu Dhabi campus),  2018-2022                                                           

Water Research Center

• Discovered a novel application for catalytic nanoparticles (patent filed) 
• Developed novel electrically conductive and flexible ceramic membranes for fouling control which showed superior fouling mitigation on an application of intermittent potentials.
• Novel cathode electrocatalyst fabrication; achieved low Tafel slopes and overpotentials compared to several of the existing ones.
• Testing and characterization of membranes for microfiltration, nanofiltration, ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis.
• Cell culture, bacterial assessment of novel materials for bacteria; antibacterial efficacy of membranes.
• Writing research grants and proposals for center funding.
• Making SOPs and risk assessment documents for chemicals and lab equipment.
• Planning design of experiments to develop novel materials through existing scalable fabrication procedures to fulfil performance standards.
• Ensuring safe running of equipment in the laboratory used for material synthesis and characterization to get maximum efficiency out of the operating conditions.
• Supervising and mentoring graduate students.

Graduate Research Assistant at Advanced Nano Fibers Laboratory                                                         2014-2018

• Achieved breakthrough results for electrospun hydrocracking nano zeolite fibers when compared with conventional industrial catalysts; PhD. Thesis in collaboration with ADNOC refining research center (ARRC).
• Studied the structural evolution-property relationship of electrocatalytic nanofibers for hydrogen evolution in acidic and alkaline media.
• Controlling swelling behavior of Poly (Vinyl) Alcohol via Networked Cellulose and its application as a reverse osmosis membrane.

Ph.D., Interdisciplinary Engineering (Major: Materials Science and Engineering)          2018

Khalifa University of Science and Technology, in collaboration with Massachusetts Institute of Technology. CGPA: 3.88/4.0

Thesis title: Development of heterogeneous catalytic fibers through electrospinning for energy applications.

Advanced Study Program- Chemical Engineering                                                     2016

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Spring Semester (Secured straight A’s).

MSc., Materials Science and Engineering                                               2014

Masdar Institute of Science and Technology, Best Thesis award. CGPA: 3.75/4.0