Dr Firoozeh Babayekhorasani

Dr Firoozeh Babayekhorasani

Senior Lecturer
Engineering
School of Chemical Engineering

Dr. Babayekhorasani is a postdoctoral research associate in the School of Chemical Engineering at UNSW Sydney. Previously, she was a researcher in bio-image analysis and microscopy in the Centre for Dynamic Imaging at Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research in Melbourne. She has a PhD degree in Chemical Engineering from University of Houston, USA. She also holds a Master's and a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering. In her PhD dissertation, she studied diffusive and transport mobility of nanoparticles suspended in polymer solution through confined micro porous media. Hindered mobility of nanoparticles in complex media is ubiquitous in drug delivery. It requires nanoparticles suspended in non-Newtonian fluids to be controllably dispersed through complex porous media. She has used confocal microscopy and multiple particle tracking techniques to visualise and analyse nanoparticle trajectories.

Education

  • PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of Houston, Texas, USA (2011-2015)
  • MS in Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran (2007-2010)
  • BS in Chemical Engineering, Ferodwsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran (2003-2007)

Publications

  • Babayekhorasani, F., Dunstan, D., Krishnamoorti, R., Conrad, J.C. (2016) Nanoparticle diffusion in crowded and confined media. Soft Matter 12, 8407-8416.​ [DOI] [PDF]
  • Babayekhorasani, F., Dunstan, D., Krishnamoorti, R., Conrad, J.C. (2016) Nanoparticle dispersion in disordered porous media with and without polymer additives. Soft Matter 12, 5676-5683. [DOI] [PDF]
  • Babayekhorasani, F., Poling-Skutvik, R., Krishnamoorti, R., Conrad, J.C. (2014) Mobility of Nanoparticles in Semidilute Polyelectrolyte Solutions. Macromolecules 47 (15), 5328-5333. [DOI] [PDF]
  • He, K., Babayekhorasani, F., Retterer, S., Thomas, D.K., Conrad, J.C., Krishnamoorti, R. (2013) Diffusive Dynamics of Nanoparticles in Arrays of Nanoposts. ACS Nano 7(6), 5122–5130. [DOI] [PDF]
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Darmanin C; Babayekhorasani F; Formosa A; Spicer P; Abbey B, 2024, 'Polarisation and rheology characterisation of monoolein/water liquid crystal dynamical behaviour during high-viscosity injector extrusion', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 653, pp. 1123 - 1136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2023.09.093
    Journal articles | 2022
    Babayekhorasani F; Hosseini M; Spicer PT, 2022, 'Molecular and Colloidal Transport in Bacterial Cellulose Hydrogels', Biomacromolecules, 23, pp. 2404 - 2414, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.2c00178
    Journal articles | 2022
    Hosseini M; Babayekhorasani F; Guo Z; Liang K; Chen V; Spicer PT, 2022, 'Propulsion, deformation, and confinement response of hollow nanocellulose millimotors', Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 628, pp. 435 - 445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2022.08.035
    Journal articles | 2019
    Song J; Babayekhorasani F; Spicer PT, 2019, 'Soft Bacterial Cellulose Microcapsules with Adaptable Shapes', Biomacromolecules, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.9b01143
    Journal articles | 2016
    Babayekhorasani F; Dunstan DE; Krishnamoorti R; Conrad JC, 2016, 'Nanoparticle diffusion in crowded and confined media', Soft Matter, 12, pp. 8407 - 8416, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6sm01543c
    Journal articles | 2016
    Babayekhorasani F; Dunstan DE; Krishnamoorti R; Conrad JC, 2016, 'Nanoparticle dispersion in disordered porous media with and without polymer additives', Soft Matter, 12, pp. 5676 - 5683, http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c6sm00502k
    Journal articles | 2014
    Babaye Khorasani F; Poling-Skutvik R; Krishnamoorti R; Conrad JC, 2014, 'Mobility of nanoparticles in semidilute polyelectrolyte solutions', Macromolecules, 47, pp. 5328 - 5333, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/ma501248u
    Journal articles | 2013
    He K; Babaye Khorasani F; Retterer ST; Thomas DK; Conrad JC; Krishnamoorti R, 2013, 'Diffusive dynamics of nanoparticles in arrays of nanoposts', ACS Nano, 7, pp. 5122 - 5130, http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/nn4007303
  • Preprints | 2022
    Babayekhorasani F; Hosseini M; Spicer PT, 2022, Molecular and colloidal transport in bacterial cellulose hydrogels, , http://arxiv.org/abs/2202.13672v2
    Preprints | 2022
    Hosseini M; Babayekhorasani F; Guo Z; Liang K; Chen V; Spicer PT, 2022, Propulsion, deformation, and confinement response of hollow nanocellulose millimotors, , http://dx.doi.org/10.48550/arxiv.2206.03232