Saba Madadgar
I hold an M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Tehran, where my thesis focused on water and wastewater treatment through adsorption processes using plant-based materials. I further extended my studies to the synthesis and application of nanomaterials for water treatment purpose, developing a machine learning algorithm to optimize the process. My research experience also includes investigating the fate and transport of metals using bioremediation and electrokinetic techniques, as well as conducting environmental impact assessments. Since 2023, I have served as a Research and Development Manager at Hirkan Co., evaluating and managing projects in the fields of environmental remediation and management.
Specialization
– Environmental Engineering
– Water and Wastewater Treatment
– Contaminants Fate, Transport, and Degradation
– Bioremediation / Phytoremediation
– Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
– Synthesis and Characterization of Nanomaterials
– Hydrogeology
– Machine Learning
– Optimization
Interests
– Water, Soil and Air pollution and Quality
– Environmental Remediation
– Environmental Nanotechnology, Biotechnology, and Microbiology
– Innovative Treatment Technologies
– Resource Recovery
– Water Purification and reuse
– Environmental Modeling
– Environmental Monitoring
– Climate Change
Education
| M.Sc. in Environmental and Mining Engineering
| University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
| GPA: 3.74/4
| 2019-2022
Thesis:
Biosorption of prominent heavy metal contaminants from synthetic aqueous solution by plants powder.
| B.Sc. in Mining Engineering
| University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
| 2015-2019
Thesis:
Investigating the effect of plants on the electro-kinetic process in the conduction of metal ions in processing tailings of Miduk region.
Publications
Papers:
- Madadgar, S., Amanat, S., Doulati Ardejani, F., Boroumand, Z., Butscher, C., Taherdangkoo, R., (2024), A machine learning model for remediation of Pb (II) from water by a Plant -Root/MnFe2O4/C3N4 Composite as a Novel Nanosorbent; Science of The Total Environment (Under Revision)
- Taherdangkoo, R., Nagel, T., Tyurin, V., Madadgar, S., Chen, C., Doulati Ardejani, F., Cuisinier, O., Butscher, C., (2024),A Water Retention Model for Compacted Clay Soils with Monte Carlo Uncertainty Quantification; Geomechanics for Energy and the Environment (Under Revision)
- Heidar, M.R., Doulati Ardejani, F., Taherdangkoo, R., Madadgar, S., Jodeiri Shokri, B., Butscher, C., (2024), A Novel Empirical-Analytical Model for Predicting Groundwater Inflow into a Partially Penetrating Pit in an Unconfined Aquifer, Mine Water and the Environment (Under Revision)
- Madadgar, S., Doulati Ardejani, F., Boroumand, Z., Sadeghpour, H., Taherdangkoo, R., Butscher, C., (2023), Biosorption of aqueous Pb(II), Co(II), Cd(II) and Ni(II) ions from Sungun copper mine wastewater by Chrysopogon zizanioides root powder; Minerals (https://doi.org/10.3390/min13010106)
- Sadeghpour, H., Shafaei, S.Z., Doulati Ardejani, F., Boroumand, Z., Abdollahi Ardestani, P., Madadgar, S., Hasani, S., (2023), Arsenic removal by highly efficient MnFe2O4/TiO2/g-C3N4 and MnFe2O4/TiO2/GO adsorbents from a groundwater sample, Bardsir, Iran, Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & Management (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enmm.2023.100821)
Conferences:
- Madadgar, S., Taherdangkoo, R., Doulati Ardejani, F., (2024), Removal of Pb (II) by Plant-Based MnFe2O4/g-C3N4 Nanoparticles for Water Treatment: An Experimental and Machine Learning Study, MDPI, Basel, Switzerland (https://sciforum.net/paper/view/19109)
- Madadgar, S., Doulati Ardejani, F. and Maghsoudi, S. (2021), Comparing Data Envelopment Analysis Method with Environmental Impact Assessment in a Gold Mine, American Geophysical Union (AGU),New Orleans, LA (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021AGUFM.H35Z..02M/abstract)
- Madadgar, S., Doulati Ardejani, F. and Boroumand, Z. (2021),Biosorption of Some Prominent Heavy Metal Contaminants from Synthetic Aqueous Solution by Chrysopogon Zizanioides Stem Powder, American Geophysical Union (AGU),New Orleans, LA (https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021AGUFM.H45U1448M/abstract)
Professional Experiences
● 2025 Feb – June
Technical University of Bergakademie Freiberg
Visiting Researcher | Germany, Freiberg
Research on Modeling of Flow and Heat Transport in Fractured Porous for Optimized Thermal Energy Storage Using Numerical and Machine Learning Approaches.
● 2024 – Present
Discover Applied Sciences
Review Services | Springer Nature
● 2023-Present
Kansar Faravar Hirkan (Knowledge-Based) Company
Research and Development Manager | Tehran, Iran
Evaluation of R&D projects, in several fields including environmental remediation and management, and mineral processing.
● 2020 – 2021
Kanda Idea Company
Project Assistant | Tehran, Iran
Preparation and validation of 2D and 3D web GIS database of exploratory zones.
● 2019 – 2020
Alef English Institute
English Teacher | Tehran, Iran
● 2019
Kan Azin Consulting Company
Engineering Internship | Tehran, Iran
Geological maps designing using ArcGIS.
● 2018
Enpark çevre ve Enerji danışmanlığı
IAESTE Internship | Ankara, Türkiye
Assessing pollution concentration and deposition from various sources using AERMOD (The American Meteorological Society/Environmental Protection Agency Regulatory Model).
● 2017
University of Tehran
IAESTE Mentor and Tour Guide for Visiting Students | Tehran, Iran
Research Experience
● Decontamination laboratory analyses of water pollutants using natural and synthetic materials; Machine learning and experimental studies.
○ 2023 – 2024
Machine learning and optimization studies of water decontamination using synthetized bio-nanomaterials, University of Tehran
○ 2021 – 2022
Investigating surface adsorption as an approach to remove heavy metal pollution from Sungun mine wastewater, Applied Research Center of the Geological Survey Organization, Iran
○ 2021 – 2022
Studying the efficiency of synthetized nanomaterials for decontamination of drinking water in the Bardsir region, NanoBioEarth Laboratory, Applied Research Center of the Geological Survey Organization, Iran
● Environmental impact assessment of a Gold mine.
○ 2020
Studying the environmental impacts of Zarshoran gold mine using different environmental impact assessment (EIA) methods, Mining hydrogeology and environment laboratory, University of Tehran, Iran
● Introduction of a novel method based on the combination of Phytoremediation and Electro-kinetic to transport metals in soil.
○ 2019
Transport and decreasing Copper concentration in soil using Phytoremediation and Electro-kinetic,Mining hydrogeology and environment laboratory, University of Tehran, Iran
Awards and Honors
● 2024
Winning the Top Prize (1st) in value-creating ideas festival of Innomine-4
● 2019 – 2022
Full scholarship during the M.Sc. program at the University of Tehran
● 2019
Ranked 12th among approximately 2000 participants in the Iranian Universities Master’s Entrance Exam (IUEE)
● 2018
Accomplished a Full scholarship and paid IAESTE internship in Türkiye
(International Association for the Exchange of Students for Technical Experience)
● 2015 – 2019
Full scholarship during the B.Sc. program at the University of Tehran
● 2015
Ranked among the top 1% participants among more than 200,000 in the Iranian Universities Bachelor’s Entrance Exam (IUEE), The mathematics and physics fields
Technical Skills
● Arc GIS
● Datamine Studio
● ENVI
● Global Mapper
● GeoStudio
● AERMOD
● SolidWorks
● COMSOL
Programming Languages
● Python
● MATLAB
* Certificates:
● Python for everybody (Getting Started with Python)
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● Python data structures
www.coursera.org/verify/4899MTE4CXKZ
● Neural Networks and Deep Learning
www.coursera.org/verify/7KJUH76HRRW3
Languages
English: Fluent (TOEFL Score: 99, Reading 27, Listening 27, Speaking 23, Writing 22)
GRE Test: Scheduled for December 2024
Memberships
● Member of American Geophysical Union (AGU)
● Member of Europian Geophysical Union (EGU)
● Member of Environmental & Water Resources Institute (EWRI)
● Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
● Member of the Scientific Association of Faculty of Mining and Environment, University of Tehran
● Member of Iranian committee of IAESTE
● Member of the Mine Environment & Hydrogeology Research Laboratory, University of Tehran
● Member of the mountain hiking team, University of Tehran
References
| Dr. Faramarz Doulati Ardejani | Professor | University of Tehran
| Ph.D.: Mining Engineering, Environment Hydrogeology, University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia
| ✉: fdoulati@ut.ac.ir
| Dr. Ziaeddin Shafaei Tonekaboni | Professor | University of Tehran
| Ph.D.: Mining Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
| ✉: zshafaie@ut.ac.ir
| Dr. Ahmad Jamshidi Zanjani | Associate Professor | Tarbiat Modares University
Ph.D.: Civil Engineering – Environmental Engineering, Iran University of Science and Technology
Email: ajamshidi@modares.ac.ir
| Dr. Zohreh Boroumand | Head of NanoBioEarth Department at Applied Research Center of Geological Survey
| Ph.D.: Mining Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
| ✉: zohreh.boroumand@ut.ac.ir