Principal Investigator

 

  • Feb 2023 - Feb 2025: Postdoctoral Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, United States 

 

  • Feb 2021 - Feb 2023: Postdoctoral Researcher, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), Netherlands 

 

  • Feb 2016 - Dec 2020: PhD Scholar, University of Toronto (UofT), Toronto, Canada 

Maryam Abdinejad

Address: DTU Energy 
Building 375, office: 234
Email: marab@dtu.dk
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Maryam Abdinejad is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Energy Conversion and Storage at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). She earned her PhD in Molecular Science and Organic Chemistry with a focus on renewable energy applications and holds two MSc degrees - one from the UK and the other from Canada - in Pharmaceutical Science, Molecular Science & Renewable Energy, with a particular emphasis on dye-sensitized solar cells. Following her doctoral studies at the University of Toronto, Dr. Abdinejad pursued postdoctoral research at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands, where she spent two years working on CO₂ electroreduction and conversion. She then joined the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the United States as an Associate Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Chemical Engineering, contributing to pioneering research on direct CO₂ capture technologies for an additional two years. Her cross-disciplinary, collaborative approach integrates fundamental catalytic processes with scalable industrial applications to advance the global transition to sustainable energy solutions.

 

At DTU Energy, Dr. Abdinejad leads innovative sustainability research, focusing on the direct capture of CO₂ from air and its conversion into high-value materials via electrochemical and photochemical processes powered by renewable energy. Moreover, she is at the forefront of bridging the gap between artificial intelligence (AI) and CO₂ capture, leveraging advanced machine learning techniques to optimize capture processes, enhance conversion efficiencies, and unlock novel pathways for carbon utilization.

Postdoctoral Researchers

Dr. Abhijit Hazra

Abhijit is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Energy Conversion and Storage, Technical University of Denmark (DTU). He obtained his Ph.D. from the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), India, conducted at CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur. His doctoral work focused on the design and development of luminescent metal–organic frameworks (MOFs) for sensing and electrocatalytic applications.

Before joining DTU, he worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at CSIR–Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad, where he developed porous organic polymers (POPs) and hybrid materials for CO₂ capture and conversion, NO₂ removal, and electrochemical nitrate reduction to ammonia. His current research at DTU Energy focuses on the design of advanced materials for electrochemical CO₂ capture and conversion.

Email: abhha@dtu.dk

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Graduate Students

Esraa Kotob

Esraa is a PhD student in the Department of Energy Conversion and Storage at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), where she has been conducting her doctoral research since 2025. Her research focuses on CO₂ electrochemistry, with particular emphasis on molecular catalysts for direct air capture and electrochemical CO₂ conversion. She obtained her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Assiut University, Egypt (2014–2018), followed by a master’s degree in physical chemistry from King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals (KFUPM), Saudi Arabia (2023–2025). During her master’s studies, she worked on CO₂ electroreduction using copper-based catalysts for C₂ product formation, gaining experience in catalyst synthesis, electrochemical characterization, and product analysis.

 

Her current PhD research at DTU Energy focuses on molecular and interface-engineered electrocatalysts for integrated CO₂ capture and conversion

 

Email: erako@dtu.dk

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Giulia Agrillo

Giulia Agrillo is a Master’s student in Environmental Engineering at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU), specializing in Waste Management and Circularity. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering from Sapienza University of Rome. She is currently completing her Master’s thesis on electrochemical CO₂ capture directly from air, entitled “Design and Evaluation of an Electrochemical Direct Air Capture (e-DAC) System Using Redox-Active Compounds.

Email: s243106@student.dtu.dk

 

Visiting Researchers

Mohammad Ghaderi

Mohammad is a PhD student at the Hempel Foundation Coatings Science and Technology Centre (CoaST), Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Technical University of Denmark (DTU). Prior to his PhD, he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Chemical Engineering from Sharif University of Technology. His research focuses on the development of metal-organic framework (MOF)-based pigments and nanostructured materials for advanced anti-corrosive coatings. He is currently taking a special course at DTU Energy on CO2 conversion using molecular-materials hybrid systems.

Email: mohgha@kt.dtu.dk

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