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Nariman Yousefi
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Research
Latest papers
Analysis of microplastics and nanoplastics emerged from polyethylene bags and polyethylene terephthalate bottles by an artificial intelligence-enabled tool.
Environmental pollution (Barking, Essex : 1987) · 2026 · senior author
Highly selective bio-functionalized graphene-based sponges for adsorption and degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures.
Chemosphere · 2025 · senior author
Laccase immobilized on reduced graphene oxide sponges for simultaneous adsorption and enzymatic degradation of endocrine disrupting chemicals.
International journal of biological macromolecules · 2025 · senior author
Latest funding
- $68,370
Raman Spectroscopy for Chemistry and Engineering
NSERC · 2023 · Co-investigator
- $125,000
Fast, Low-cost and in-situ Detection of Microplastics by Medical Ultrasound Imaging and their Robust Classification by Artificial Intelligence
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
- $125,000
Fast, Low-cost and in-situ Detection of Microplastics by Medical Ultrasound Imaging and their Robust Classification by Artificial Intelligence
SSHRC · 2022 · Principal investigator
6 publications.
Analysis of microplastics and nanoplastics emerged from polyethylene bags and polyethylene terephthalate bottles by an artificial intelligence-enabled tool.
Rezvani H, Kapadia M, Costantino J, Zarrabi N, Saeedi S, Yousefi N
Highly selective bio-functionalized graphene-based sponges for adsorption and degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon mixtures.
Moayedi M, Yousefi N
Laccase immobilized on reduced graphene oxide sponges for simultaneous adsorption and enzymatic degradation of endocrine disrupting chemicals.
Moayedi M, Yousefi N
Graphene-based nanomaterials for the removal of emerging contaminants of concern from water and their potential adaptation for point-of-use applications.
Abioye SO, Majooni Y, Moayedi M, Rezvani H, Kapadia M, Yousefi N
Green synthesis of carbon dots and their applications.
Chahal S, Macairan JR, Yousefi N, Tufenkji N, Naccache R
Reply to the 'Comment on "Hierarchically porous, ultra-strong reduced graphene oxide-cellulose nanocrystal sponges for exceptional adsorption of water contaminants"' by J. Ma, Y. Xiong and F. Yu, Nanoscale, 2019, 11, DOI: 10.1039/C8NR08780F.
Yousefi N, Tufenkji N
Raman Spectroscopy for Chemistry and Engineering
Principal investigators: Impellizzeri, Stefania
Fast, Low-cost and in-situ Detection of Microplastics by Medical Ultrasound Imaging and their Robust Classification by Artificial Intelligence
Principal investigators: Yousefi, Nariman
Keywords: Plastic pollution microplastics ultrasound imaging artificial intelligence water contaminants detection and classification instance segmentation deep learning nanoplastics medical imaging
Fast, Low-cost and in-situ Detection of Microplastics by Medical Ultrasound Imaging and their Robust Classification by Artificial Intelligence
Principal investigators: Yousefi, Nariman
Keywords: Plastic pollution; microplastics; ultrasound imaging; artificial intelligence; water contaminants; detection and classification; instance segmentation; deep learning; nanoplastics; medical imaging
A Thermogravimetric Analyzer with Fourier Transform Infrared Capability
Principal investigators: Sacripante, Guerino
Smart Porous 3D Macrostructures of Graphene Oxide for Selective Removal and Transformation of Contaminants from Water
Principal investigators: Yousefi, Nariman
Keywords: graphene oxide; self-assembly of nanomaterials; environmental nanotechnology; water treatment; advanced functional materials; northern and indigenous water safety; nanomaterials and nanostructures; point of use water and air treatment; surface and interface science; emerging contaminants
Smart Porous 3D Macrostructures of Graphene Oxide for Selective Removal and Transformation of Contaminants from Water
Principal investigators: Yousefi, Nariman
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Nathalie Tufenkji and Nariman Yousefi: 2 shared papers
- Nariman Yousefi and Sajad Saeedi: 1 shared paper
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemical Engineering - McGill University
- Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
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