Ahmad Amiri, Ph.D.

About

Ahmad Amiri, Ph.D., is an assistant professor of chemical and mechanical engineering at The University of Tulsa. His research spans a broad spectrum of advanced energy storage technologies, including lithium-ion, lithium-metal, sodium-ion and zinc-ion batteries, as well as various supercapacitors and hybrid supercapacitors. He also leads efforts in the development of structural batteries, stretchable energy storage systems, and corrosion-resistant materials. Amiri’s work covers the full innovation pipeline – from synthesizing multifunctional materials to conducting integrated mechano-electrochemical and corrosion characterizations. His lab also explores water treatment technologies, multifunctional composites, and vitrimer-based systems.

Amiri has authored over 130 peer-reviewed journal articles, a book, and several book chapters, and holds a dozen patents. His contributions have been recognized with numerous national and international awards.

Awards and honors

• Top 2% scientists (Most-Cited Scientists), Stanford University & Elsevier, 2020-24
• Faculty Development Summer Fellowship, The University of Tulsa, 2024
• Top Cited Article Award – Wiley (Carbon Energy), Awarded by Wiley Publishing, 2024
• Interdisciplinary Energy Research Award, The University of Tulsa, 2024
• Outstanding Charles Crawford Award: Texas A&M University, 2021
• Graduate Summer Research Grant Award: Texas A&M University, 2020
• Bright Spark Award: The most competitive scholarship for Ph.D. students in Malaysia (Coverage includes three years of tuition fees, living costs, insurance, etc.), 2014-17
• Top MSc Thesis National Award: Sharif University of Technology, 2012
• Top University-Researcher Award: Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, 2011