Staff Profile
Dr Mohammad Rajaeifar
Senior Research Associate
- Address: School of Engineering
Room 2.22, Cassie Building
缅北禁地
缅北禁地 upon Tyne
NE1 7RU
Background
I am an experienced researcher in the area of industrial ecology with more than 10 years of experience focused on sustainability assessment of different production systems.
My main area of expertise embraces life cycle assessment and costing of a wide range of production/service systems including agricultural production, biofuels, waste management and most importantly transportation. Having experience in industrial ecology, I am an expert in LCI data collection and analysis of environmental impacts associated with complicated industrial systems and technologies including emerging technologies.
I am also active in teaching, and supervising MSc and PhD students. As a part of my commitment to the research community, I collaborate with different high-quality journals as an editor or reviewer.
Qualifications
PhD in Agricultural Mechanization Engineering (2013- 2017)
MSc in Agricultural Mechanization Engineering (2011- 2013)
BSc in Agricultural Mechanization Engineering (2007- 2011)
Previous Positions
2019-2023 Research Associate, Environmental Engineering, 缅北禁地, the UK
2013-2019 Environmental Consultant and Head of LCA group, Biofuel Research Team, Iran
2017-2018 Research Associate, Sugar Beet Seed Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Iran
2012-2013 Research Assistant, Renewable Energy Laboratories, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran
Activities for international journals (Editor)
Reviewer for Journals
- and many other journals.
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Research Interests
My research interests are generally motivated by sustainability issues. More specifically:
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and costing (LCC),
- Sustainability assessment of Biorefineries,
- Environmental, resource and waste management,
- Sustainability assessment of electrified road vehicles,
- Low carbon transport strategies and raw material requirements/opportunities,
- Combining different assessment methods with LCA,
- Climate change mitigation strategies.
Funded Projects
-FUSE (Faraday Undergraduate Summer Internship), Data Gathering and Analysis of Lithium-Ion Batteries (DAGA- LiB)
-Environmental impact assessment of Sugar Industry (Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization of Iran)
-First Pilot Utilisation of Waste Cooking Oil Biodiesel in Bus Fleet in Iran (UNDP)
Reviewer
-Reviewer for International Journals:
- Science,
- Science Advances,
- Nature Scientific Reports,
- Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
- Journal of Cleaner production
- International Journal of Lifecycle Assessment,
- Journal of Industrial Ecology,
- Science of the Total Environment,
- Energy,
- Resources, Conservation and Recycling
- Sustainable materials and technologies,
- Sustainable Cities and Society,
- Energy conversion and management,
- Sustainable production and consumption
-Thesis examiner and proposal reviewer:
- Proposal reviewer for Office of Graduate Studies, Qatar University, Qatar (2022).
- Thesis examiner: MSc theses in Environmental Engineering, department of environmental engineering, 缅北禁地, UK (2019-2022).
- Thesis examiner: MSc thesis: ‘evaluation of energy generation and GHG emission reduction potentials through different solid waste management in NSW’ for Macquarie University, Australia (2017).
Teaching records
- CEG 8105:Decision support tools in waste management
- CME 8065:Industrial ecology-Life cycle assessment (LCA)
- CEG 8105:Battery waste management and recycling
- CEG 8105:Environmental impacts of Batteries
Supervision and advisory
- Supervisor: MSc students
- Advisor: Ph.D. and MSc students
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Articles
- Bradley T, Rajaeifar MA, Kenny A, Hainsworth C, del Pino V, del Valle Inclan Y, Povoa I, Mendonca P, Brown L, Smallbone A, Roskilly AP, Joyce S, Heidrich O. . International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 2023, 28, 590–609.
- Heidrich O, Ford A, Dawson RJ, Manning D, Mohareb E, Raugei M, Baars J, Rajaeifar MA. . Sustainability 2022, 14(12), 7120.
- Rajaeifar MA, Belcher O, Parkinson S, Neimark B, Weir D, Ashworth K, Larbi R, Heidrich O. . Nature 2022, 611(7934), 29-32.
- Baars J, Rajaeifar MA, Heidrich O. . Journal of Industrial Ecology 2022, 26(4), 1487-1503.
- Christensen PA, Anderson PA, Harper GDJ, Lambert SM, Mrozik W, Rajaeifar MA, Wise MS, Heidrich O. . Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2021, 148, 111240.
- Rajaeifar MA, Raugei M, Steubing B, Hartwell A, Anderson PA, Heidrich O. . Journal of Industrial Ecology 2021, 25(6), 1560-1571.
- Melin HE, Rajaeifar MA, Ku AY, Kendall A, Harper G, Heidrich O. . Science 2021, 373(6553), 384-387.
- Lander L, Cleaver T, Rajaeifar MA, Nguyen-Tien V, Elliott RJR, Heidrich O, Kendrick E, Edge JS, Offer G. . iScience 2021, 24(7), 102787.
- Sommerville R, Zhu P, Rajaeifar MA, Heidrich O, Goodship V, Kendrick E. . Resources, Conservation and Recycling 2021, 165, 105219.
- Rajaeifar MA, Heidrich O, Ghadimi P, Raugei M, Wu Y. . Resources, Conservation & Recycling 2020, 161, 104905.
- Zheng T, Wang B, Rajaeifar MA, Heidrich O, Zheng J, Liang Y, Zhang H. . Journal of Cleaner Production 2020, 263, 121494.
- Rajaeifar MA, Tabatabaei M, Aghbashlo M, Nizami A-S, Heidrich O. . Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2019, 111, 276-292.
- Rajaeifar MA, Sadeghzadeh Hemayati S, Tabatabaei M, Aghbashlo M, Mahmoudi SB. . Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2019, 103, 423-442.
- Shirzad M, Kazemi Shariat Panahi H, Dashti BB, Rajaeifar MA, Aghbashlo M, Tabatabaei M. . Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2019, 111, 571-594.
- Khoshnevisan B, Rafiee S, Tabatabaei M, Ghanavati H, Mohtasebi SS, Rajaeifar MA. . Journal of Cleaner Production 2017, 164, 1376-1379.
- Aghbashlo M, Tabatabaei M, Mohammadi P, Khoshnevisan B, Rajaeifar MA, Pakzad M. . Energy Conversion and Management 2017, 148, 1-15.
- Rajaeifar MA, Abdi R, Tabatabaei M. . Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2017, 74, 278-298.
- Yunos M, Chu CJ, Baharuddin AS, Mokhtar MN, Sulaiman A, Rajaeifar MA, Nabavi Larimi Y, Farhad Talebi A, Afandi M, Mohammed P, Aghbashlo M, Tabatabaei M. . Journal of Cleaner Production 2017, 142(4), 3834-3849.
- Rajaeifar MA, Ghanavati H, Dashti BB, Heijungs R, Tabatabaei M. . Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2017, 79, 414-439.
- Rajaeifar MA, Tabatabaei M, Latifi AM, Saberi F, Askari M, Zenouzi A, Ghorbani M. . Biofuel Research Journal 2017, 4(3), 638-653.
- Rajaeifar MA, Akram A, Ghobadian B, Rafiee SH, Heijungs R, Tabatabaei M. . Energy 2016, 106, 87-102.
- Khoshnevisan B, Shafieic M, Rajaeifar MA, Tabatabaei M. . Energy 2016, 114, 935-950.
- Rajaeifar MA, Tabatabaei M, Ghanavati H. . Data in Brief 2015, 3, 189-194.
- Rajaeifar MA, Tabatabaei M, Ghanavati H, Khoshnevisan B. . Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2015, 51, 886-898.
- Khoshnevisan B, Rajaeifar MA, Clark S, Shamahirband S, Anuar NB, Shuib NLM, Gani A. . Science of the Total Environment 2014, 481, 242-251.
- Rajaeifar MA, Akram A, Ghobadian B, Heidari MD. . Energy 2014, 66, 139-149.
- Rajaeifar MA, Ghobadian B, Safa M, Heidari MD. . Journal of Cleaner Production 2014, 66, 233-241.
- Khoshnevisan B, Omid M, Mousazadeh H, Rajaeifar MA. . Agricultural Systems 2014, 123, 120-127.
- Rajaeifar MA, Ghobadian B, Heidari MD, Fayyazi E. Energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions of biodiesel production from rapeseed in Iran. Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy 2013, 5(6), 063134.
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Book Chapters
- Aghbashlo M, Tabatabaei M, Rajaeifar MA, Rosen MA. . In: Tabatabaei M; Aghbashlo M, ed. Biodiesel From Production to Combustion. Berlin: Springer, 2019, pp.193-217.
- Rajaeifar MA, Tabatabaei M, Hemayati SS, Heijungs R. . In: Tabatabaei M, Aghbashlo M, ed. Biodiesel: From Production to Combustion. Cham: Springer, 2019, pp.161-192.
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Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)
- Rajaeifar MA, Heidrich O. . In: The 11th International Conference on Industrial Ecology (ISIE2023). 2023.
- Rajaeifar M, Heidrich O, Creutzig F, Blythe P, Hill G. . In: 10th International Conference of the International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE2019). 2019, Beijing, China: International Society for Industrial Ecology.
- Skeete JP, Heidrich O, Rajaeifar M, Hill G, Wells P. . In: 10th International Conference of the International Society for Industrial Ecology (ISIE2019). 2019, Beijing, China: International Society for Industrial Ecology.
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Editorial
- Rajaeifar MA, Ghadimi P, Raugei M, Wu Y, Heidrich O. . Resources, Conservation and Recycling 2022, 180, 106144.
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Reviews
- Torkayesh AE, Rajaeifar MA, Rostom M, Malmir B, Yazdani M, Suh S, Heidrich O. . Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 2022, 168, 112819.
- Mrozik W, Rajaeifar MA, Heidrich O, Christensen P. . Energy and Environmental Science 2021, 14(12), 6099-6121.