News
Dr. Razavi joins the Editorial Board of the Journal of Colloids and Interface Science (JCIS)
We are delighted to share that Dr. Razavi has joined the Editorial Board of the Journal of Colloids and Interface Science (current impact factor: 10.1).
Colloids and interfacial phenomena are central theme of our research group, and this journal has long been a valuable source of insight and inspiration. Dr. Razavi is excited to contribute to its continued success and to support the vibrant community of researchers who publish their work in this journal.
September 2025
Jomara and Diana have successfully passed their Ph.D. Qualifying Exam
Jomara Duran Rivero and Diana Barrios Perez, both graduate students in the Razavi Lab, have completed and passed their PhD qualifying exam. Congratulations to Jomara and Diana on this achievement.
June 2025
Eduarda joins Alcon as Formulations Intern
We are excited to share that Eduarda Barrow De Oliveira, a graduate student in our group, has secured a summer internship with Alcon in their Formulations Department. This opportunity will allow Eduarda to gain valuable industry experience applying their expertise in complex fluids and formulation science to real-world challenges and is an exciting next step in their professional development.
Congratulations, Eduarda!
May 2025
Dr. Razavi has been awarded the Lloyd G. and Joyce Austin Presidential Professorship at OU
The Presidential Professorships honor faculty members who excel across all areas of their professional work and connect those achievements to the students they teach and mentor. Honorees demonstrate leadership in modernizing and improving the instructional experience, actively involve graduate and undergraduate students in research and creative scholarship, and make meaningful contributions to departmental, college, center, or university committees, as well as public outreach programs.
April 2025
Dr. Razavi is the recipient of the Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellowship
Dr. Razavi has been awarded the prestigious Royal Society Wolfson Visiting Fellowship. This fellowship supports outstanding scientists in pursuing 12-month collaborative research at leading institutions in the UK. As a Royal Society Fellow, Dr. Razavi will conduct research at the Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, focusing on biological and soft systems
December 2024
Graduate Student Matthew Webb Was Awarded the Gallogly College of Engineering Dissertation Excellence Award
Matthew Webb, co-advised by Dr. Sepideh Razavi and Dr. Michele Galizia, defended his PhD titled “Rational Design, Synthesis, Characterization and Optimization of Facilitated Transport Materials in Natural Gas and Paraffin/Olefin Separations.” He has won the 2024 Gallogly College of Engineering Dissertation Excellence Award.
November 2024
Graduate Student Matthew Webb Received the AICHE's Separations Division Graduate Student Research Award
Matthew Webb is a fifth year Ph.D. student, co-advised by Dr. Sepideh Razavi and Dr. Michele Galizia. His research is geared towards the development of next generation polymer-based gas separation membrane materials exhibiting enhanced selectivity and stability. Matthew has received the NAMS Elias Klein Award in 2023, the NAMS Student Fellowship Award in 2024, and has co-authored several scholarly papers.
October 2024
Dr. Razavi has been inducted as a Bye Fellow of the Queens' College at University of Cambridge
Dr. Razavi is the Inaugural Recipient of the Rokos-Menon Visiting Senior Research Fellowship at University of Cambridge. She will spend a one-year sabbatical in the Cavendish Lab where she will advance her research in soft biological systems.
October 2024
Undergraduate Student, Jazmine Whitfield, is a McNair Scholar
Jazmine Whitfield, a senior undergraduate student in the Razavi Lab, is among the 2024-2025 McNair Scholars cohort. Dr. Ronald E. McNair was the second African American to fly in space. His first space shuttle mission launched successfully from Kennedy Space Center on February 3, 1984. Two years later he was appointed to serve as mission specialist aboard the ill-fated U.S. Challenger space shuttle. In 1986, members of Congress provided funding for the TRIO Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program with the goal of encouraging Pell grant eligible, first-generation, and underrepresented students to expand their educational opportunities by enrolling in a PhD program and ultimately pursuing an academic career.
May 2024
CHEPS Group is the 2024 Recipient of the VPRP award for Excellence in Transdisciplinary Convergent Research
The Carbon-Free Hydrogen Production and Storage (CHEPS) team has generated over $9M dollars in federal funding – including a $4 million NSF grant to four CHEPS members, two DOE grants of about $750K each, and an NSF grant through the Growing Convergence Research program for $3.6 million over five years.
April 2024
Undergraduate Student, Gabe Overholt, is the Recipient of the Provost's 2024 UReCA Summer Fellowship
The Summer UReCA Fellowship is intended to provide a $5,000 support to enable students to perform undergraduate research or creative activity over a ten-week period during the summer. Through this Summer Fellowship, Gabe will study the behavior of APG-stabilized foams.
April 2024
Dr. Razavi is the Inaugural Recipient of the Early Career Susan Mallinson Professorship at University of Oklahoma
Dr. Razavi has become the inaugural recipient of the Mallinson Early Career Professorship recognized for her research excellence in the field of Chemical Engineering. A special acknowledgment is extended to all current and past members of the group, whose contributions have been instrumental in making this impact possible.
Jan 2024
Dr. Razavi Participated in the High School Girls Day Outreach Event
High School Girls Day is an outreach and recruitment event, hosted by the OU chapter of the Society of Women Engineers (SWE) and the OU Women in Engineering Program, and provides the opportunity for prospective high school women to engage with faculty from various engineering disciplines. Dr. Razavi served as a faculty host at the event to introduce the field of chemical engineering.
Nov 2023
Our Research has been Featured in 2023 Futures Issue of the AIChE Journal
We are pleased to announce that the work of our research team on “surface anisotropic particles at fluid interfaces” has been featured in 2023 AIChE “Futures” issue under the category of Soft Matter: Synthesis, Processing and Products. The “Futures” issues are published annually and provide access to pioneering early career research in chemical engineering.
Oct 2023
Dr. Razavi visits the CPN Iron Horse Industrial Park
Hosted by Dr. James Collard, Dr. Razavi made a visit to the Iron Horse Industrial Park, located on the national rail line network in the center of the United States. This industrial park consists of a 700-acre plot of Native American trust land owned by the Citizen Potawatomi Nation (CPN) located 35 minutes east of Oklahoma City. CPN, is one of the 38 federally-recognized Native American Tribes in OK. CPN is also a partner in a recently awarded NSF grant on carbon-free hydrogen energy, which aims to develop an energy transition framework based on social inclusion and just distribution of benefits and burdens.
Oct 2023
Undergraduate Student, Ashley Copelin, Recipient of the Provost's 2023 Summer Scholarship Presented at the UReCA Showcase
Ashley Copelin, a Chemistry/Chemical Engineering double major, was a recipient of the 2023 Provost’s Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity (UReCA) Summer Fellowship and presented her research findings on Pickering foams at the UReCA show case.
Sep 2023
Our Work has been Featured in 2022 Emerging Leaders Issue
We are pleased to announce that the work of our research team on Pickering foams has been featured in a special issue of the Journal of Physics Condensed Matter titled “2022 Emerging Leaders”. The early career researchers have been nominated by the journal’s Editorial Board as the most talented and exciting researchers in their generation.
Aug 2023
Dr. Razavi delivered a Keynote Lecture at the International Congress of Rheology
Dr. Razavi attended the XIXth International Congress on Rheology (ICR2023), in Athens, Greece, to present the research findings on the rheology of particle-laden interfacial networks.
July 2023
Elton successfully defended his PhD thesis
We are excited to announce the first PhD defense from the Razavi Lab. Elton’s PhD work was focused on “synergistic and competitive behavior of anisotropic particles and surfactants at fluid interfaces”. Congratulations Dr. Correia!
July 2023
Blake has been selected for the NSF-GRFP Award
Graduate student Blake Bartlett is named 2023 NSF graduate research fellow. His PhD work is focused on “Designer Bilobal Particles for Immunotherapy”. Congratulations Blake!
April 2023
Dr. Razavi was recognized at the VPRP award ceremony for her early career research and creative contributions
The Office of the Vice President for Research and Partnerships recognized the recipients of the 2023 VPRP Research and Creative Activity Awards during a ceremony held at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History on April 18, 2023. The ceremony recognized faculty recipients of the awards for excellence in campus-wide research and creative activities, as well as 10 recipients of active early career awards.
Dr. Razavi delivered an invited talk at the 2023 MRS Spring Meeting
Dr. Razavi was invited to present at the 2023 MRS meeting in the Symposium NM01: Janus Nanomaterials—Design, Fabrication and Applications organized by Drs. Christopher Wirth, Sambeeta Das, Wei Wang, and Zhifeng Ren.
April 2023
Elton is the 2023 recipient of the Gallogly College of Engineering Dissertation Excellence Award
Ph.D. candidate Elton Lima Correia has received a $5,000 award from the College of Engineering for research excellence. This award was created to help scholars near completion of their Ph.D. and to encourage doctoral students to graduate with excellence. Congratulations Elton!
March 2023
Dr. Razavi presented on the "Dynamics of Multicomponent Fluids near Interfaces" at a number of Institutions within the UK
Dr. Razavi delivered invited research seminars at University College London, University of Bristol, Swansea University, University of Sheffield, and Leeds University to present on our recent research findings on the behavior of multicomponent fluids near surfaces and interfaces.
March 2023
Razavi Group has received financial support from the Colgate-Palmolive Company for a 1-year collaborative project
We are excited to announce that we will be collaborating with Colgate-Palmolive Company!
January 2023
Aditi has received the Undergraduate Research and Creativity (UReCA) Grant
This grant through the Office of Undergraduate and Creative Activity (UReCA) at OU helps support undergraduate students who are involved in research or creative activity. Congratulations Aditi!
Dec 2022
Razavi Group is the recipient of a 2-year International Exchange Program through the Royal Society
In collaboration with Prof. Panagiota Angeli at University College London, we have been awarded an international exchange grant on “Understanding the key interfacial parameters in stability of Pickering emulsions: impact of particle surface anisotropy and softness”. We are very excited for the scientific exchanges that will take place between our groups over the next two years.
August 2022
Nick successfully defended his MS thesis
Graduate student Nick Brown successfully defended his MS thesis titled as “Influence of Interfacial Rheological Properties on the Stability of Pickering Foams”. Congratulations Nick!
July 2022
Elton has received the Graduate Scholarship from the National Association for Surface Finishing
Graduate student Elton Lima Corriea is the recipient of the NASF scholarship for his research on the behavior of colloidal particles at fluid interfaces. Congratulations Elton!
May 2022
Dr. Razavi served as a Women in STEM panelist in the 2022 Oklahoma EPSCoR Women in Science Conference
We have been collaborating with the Oklahoma Museum Network on “Women in Science Conference”, which is an annual outreach event, organized by the Oklahoma NSF EPSCoR, to allow students in grades 6-12 engage in science activities. Dr. Razavi served on the Women of STEM panel at the 2022 “Women in Science Conference” in February (virtual due to pandemic with ~ 4,000 registered students).
February 2022
We have received the National Science Foundation CAREER award (NSF Award # CBET-2144020)
We are excited to announce that Dr. Razavi’s group is the recipient of the NSF CAREER award, which is the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.
November 2021
ACS-PRF Committee has recognized Dr. Razavi for her excellence in peer reviewing
We are pleased to announce that the ACS-PRF committee has recognized our contribution to the review process among hundreds of reviews received annually. We are grateful for the support of our own research through the ACS-PRF DNI award and will continue working tirelessly to provide quality reviews and research contributions to the American Chemical Society and the scientific community.
October 2021
Emma and Eduarda have both received the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) Grant
The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program offers financial assistance for scholarly and creative projects under the mentorship of a faculty member. Congratulations Emma and Eduarda!
September 2021
Aanahita is selected as a 2021 Goldwater Scholar
We are very delighted to announce that Aanahita Irani Ervin, who is now a junior ChE student and a memeber of Razavi lab since 2019 is the only 2021 winner from the OU-Norman campus. Congratulations, Aanahita!
March 2021
Nick Brown has received the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) Grant
The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program offers financial assistance for scholarly and creative projects under the mentorship of a faculty member. Nick is studying Pickering foams. Congratulations Nick!
November 2020
Aanahita Ervin has received both the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) Grant and the Phillips66 Undergraduate Research Scholarship
The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program offers financial assistance for scholarly and creative projects under the mentorship of a faculty member. The Phillips 66 Research Scholarship program is aimed at promoting research involvement of undergraduate students at CBME department at OU. Aanahita is studying the adsorption of surfactants onto colloidal particles. Congratulations Aanahita!
September 2020
We have received funding from the National Science Foundation on the topic of Janus nanoparticles in polymeric membranes (NSF Award # CBET-2005282)
In collaboration with Prof. Michele Galizia’s Membrane Research Lab at OU, we will be studying the structure-property correlations in this unique class of mixed-matrix membranes to engineer the resulting transport properties.
July 2020
Our group was awarded the 2020 ACS-PRF Doctoral New Investigator (DNI) grant
The Doctoral New Investigator grants program aims to promote the careers of young faculty by supporting fundamental research of high scientific caliber in the petroleum field. Under the 2-year support of this grant, we will shed a fundamental light on the link between the rheology of particle-laden interfaces and stability of Pickering foams.
May 2020
We have received the Junior Faculty Fellowship (JFF) from the Vice President for Research at OU
The Junior Faculty Fellowship (JFF) Program is designed to help new tenure-track faculty members establish their research/creative activity and make progress to tenure by providing support in areas critical to the development of their programs. The awarded project, titled as “Harnessing Interfacial Rheology to Control Foam Stability”, is aimed at elucidating the role of interfacial rheology in performance of foams, especially those stabilized by non-ideal heterogenous colloidal particles.
March 2020
Alexi Wenger has received the Phillips 66 Undergraduate Research Scholarship
The Phillips 66 Research Scholarship program is aimed at promoting research involvement of undergraduate students at CBME department at OU. Congratulations Alexi!
January 2020
We have received funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF Award # CBET-1934513)
This project titled as “Effect of heterogeneous particles and surfactants on the stability and rheology of fluid interfaces” seeks to gain fundamental knowledge on the interaction and synergism of heterogeneous colloidal particles and surfactant molecules in presence of interfaces using both experiments and coarse-grained simulations (in collaboration with Prof. Dimitrios V. Papavassiliou).
Alexi Wenger has received the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) Grant
With the generous support of the Office of the Vice President of Research at OU, the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program offers financial assistance for scholarly and creative projects under the mentorship of a faculty member. Alexi is studying interfacial assembly of proteins. Congratulations Alexi!
April 2019
We have been awarded the Faculty Investment Program (FIP) grant from the Vice President for Research at OU
The Faculty Investment Program (FIP), operated by the Norman Campus Research Council, provides funding on a competitive basis to develop and expand the scholarly, i.e., research and creative, activities of Norman campus researchers. In this project, titled as “Janus nanoparticle membranes for CO2 separation”, we will study the use of Janus nanoparticles in composite membranes to facilitate and promote selective CO2 transport (in collaboration with Prof. Michele Galizia)
December 2019
Interview with Dr. Razavi on Yes Science Show!
August 2018
