Dr Fatemeh Kavousi

Dr Fatemeh Kavousi BE ME PhD 

Position: College Lecturer
T: 353 (0)21 490 3124
F: 353 (0)21 427 0249
E: fatemeh.kavousi@ucc.ie

Biography

Fatemeh joined UCC’s Process and Chemical Engineering Department as the Eli Lilly lecturer in Biochemical/Biopharmaceutical Engineering in 2019. She obtained her BE and ME in Chemical Engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology (IUST) in 2007 and 2011, respectively. Starting during her undergraduate studies, Fatemeh fulfilled various roles in Polymer industries and research institutes for over 6 years. In 2012, she was awarded the IRC Embark Initiative PhD Scholarship which facilitated her PhD research on ‘Hydrodynamics and Mass Transfer Analysis of PDMS Hollow Fibre Membranes Modules’ in UCD under the supervision of Prof. Eoin Casey. Following the completion of her PhD, she took on the role of Assistant Professor in UCD’s School of Chemical & Bioprocess Engineering where she was responsible for undergraduate and postgraduate modules. Fatemeh’s main research interests are Fluid Dynamics and Membrane Separation Processes with a focus on Biochemical and Biopharmaceutical Processes.