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Hadis Zarrin: CSSN Speaker

Hadis Zarrin

Toronto, ON

Position: Associate Professor

Organization: Toronto Metropolitan University

Dr. Hadis Zarrin is an Associate Professor at the Chemical Engineering Department at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU). She is also an Investigator at NSERC CREATE Hybrid Thermal Electric Microgrid (HYTEM) network, a collaborator and investigator at The Hydrogen Canada Network (H2CAN), and a Principal Investigator at FIBRE— an academic research platform in the field of smart textile-based technologies under The Kite Research Institute banner at Toronto Rehab.

Areas of Expertise:

+ 2D Nanocomposite electrolytes, electrodes, and electrocatalysts
+ Electrochemical energy storage and conversion systems
+ Smart coatings and sensors

Language(s):

+ English
+ Persian


My Work

What I do:

At TMU, Zarrin has established the Nanoengineering Laboratory for Energy and Environmental Technologies (NLEET) group to collaborate with diverse academic teams and industries and conduct the research and development of multifunctional nano-engineered materials towards different applications aligned with UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs): clean energy storage and conversion systems (SDG#7 and 13), smart healthcare wearable and biosensors (SDG#3), sustainable coating and packaging materials (SDG#3 and SDG#12), and environmental technologies (SDG#6).

Ask me about:

Her areas of specialization include multifunctional nanoengineered materials, nano-hybrid composite membranes, nanostructured electrodes, electrochemical energy storage and conversion technologies (e.g., batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors, and electrolyzers), wearable electronics and smart textiles, biosensors, smart coatings, and environmental remediation technologies.


About Me

Sector: Academia (Post Secondary)

English proficiency: Read, Write, Speak

Other Language(s): Persian

Title: Professor

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Gender: Female


Recent Publications

Title Year
Mitigating Degradation-Induced Artifacts in Rheological Modeling of Biopolymers Using Time-Resolved Rheology2025
Impact Analysis and Simulation of MXene-rGo Arrangement on 3D Carbon Anodes in Lithium-Ion Batteries2025
Nano-Engineered Hydrogel Electrolyte Membranes for High-Efficiency Hydrogen Production through Water Electrolysis2025
Improvement of Hydrogen Evolution Reaction Performance of Boron Nitride by Doping Carbon2025
Enhanced Energy Storage in Symmetrical Flexible Supercapacitors Via Nanostructured PEDOT: PSS-CMC Electrodes Incorporating MXene and rGO2025
Synthesis of MgAl/GO heterostructure for electrochemical hydrogen adsorption2025
Wearable Flexible Solid-State Supercapacitors: Interface Engineering Using Functionalized Hexagonal Boron Nitride2025
Sulfonated White‐Graphene for High‐Performance Gel Polymer Electrolytes: The Interplay between Ion Conductivity and Rheology2025
Hydroxyl-Conductive 2D Hexagonal Boron Nitrides for Anion Exchange Membrane Water Electrolysis and Sustainable Hydrogen Production2025
Unlocking the Potential of Polydopamine-Mediated Hybrid MXene and hBN 2D Nanosheets for Improved Thermal Energy Storage and Management2024
Semi-intrinsic self-healing epoxy coating using ionic liquid and super absorbent polymer2024
Highly Aligned Graphene-Based Anodes Via Microfluidic Pulse Freezing Method2024
Revealing nature’s beauty through crafting structural color-coated fabrics with bioinspired modification of MXene2024
Anisotropic, Free-standing Anodic Films with Aligned Anatase-Bronze TiO2-Integrated Graphene for High-Capacity Lithium-ion Batteries2024
Harnessing synergy: polydopamine-hBN integration in electrospun nanofibers for Co (II) ion, methylene blue and crystal violet dyes adsorption2024
Boron Nitride Nanosheet-Based Gel Polymer Electrolytes for Stable Lithium Metal Batteries2024
Bioinspired, metal-free modification of cotton fabric using polydopamine-coated curcumin for health-protective clothing2024
Micro-nano-engineered slippery liquid-infused porous surface coating with highly sustainable superhydrophobicity and omniphobicity2024
3D dual network effect of alkalinized MXene and hBN in PVA for wearable strain/pressure sensor applications2023
Performance evaluation of a novel nano-enhanced phase change material for thermal energy storage applications2023
Thermochemical water-splitting structures for hydrogen production: Thermodynamic, economic, and environmental impacts2023
High-performance flexible nanogenerators based on piezoelectric hBN- induced polyvinylidene fluoride nanofibers2023
Effects of Rheological Properties on 3D Printing of Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) and Poly(hydroxy alkenoate) (PHA) Hybrid Materials2023
Surface engineering of two-dimensional hexagonal boron-nitride for optoelectronic devices2023
Highly Aligned Graphene Oxide for Lithium Storage in Lithium‐Ion Battery Through A Novel Microfluidic Process: The Pulse Freezing2022