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Gisele Azimi

ResearcherChemical Engineering and Applied ChemistryUniversity of Toronto

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Gisele Azimi

Researcher

Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry

Engineering

University of Toronto

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
17 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 15 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 18 research grants (17 NSERC, 1 SSHRC), most recently in 2025.

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Research

Cobalt Rare earth elements Supercritical fluid extraction Urban mining Lithium Gold Strategic materials Waste valorization

Latest papers

Selective lithium recovery from LFP-Type black Mass: Comparative evaluation of inorganic and organic acid systems under Constant-pH leaching conditions.
Waste management (New York, N.Y.) · 2026 · senior author
Acid leaching process of an ultramafic mine tailing for indirect CO2 mineralization.
Scientific reports · 2026 · senior author
Selective lithium Pre-Leaching from spent NMC black mass via pyrolysis (Carbothermal thermal Treatment) and controlled leaching.
Waste management (New York, N.Y.) · 2026 · senior author

All 25 publications

Latest funding

Recycling of Lithium-Ion Batteries with a Focus on LFP Black Mass
NSERC · 2025 · Principal investigator
$226,960
Urban Mining Innovations
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$25,000
NSERC CREATE in Thermal Management of Electrification Technologies (TherMET)
NSERC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$759,600

All 21 grants and awards

25 publications.

Selective lithium recovery from LFP-Type black Mass: Comparative evaluation of inorganic and organic acid systems under Constant-pH leaching conditions.

Mohammad Zadeh AH, Ye A, Azimi G

Waste management (New York, N.Y.)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2026.115517 PMID: 41946108

Acid leaching process of an ultramafic mine tailing for indirect CO2 mineralization.

Choi KH, Cunningham S, Radfarnia H, Zanganeh K, Azimi G

Scientific reports2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-026-35873-z PMID: 41832247

Selective lithium Pre-Leaching from spent NMC black mass via pyrolysis (Carbothermal thermal Treatment) and controlled leaching.

Mohammad Zadeh AH, Cunnigham S, Gray D, Bedrossian S, Almusned B, Henderson JD, Azimi G

Waste management (New York, N.Y.)2026Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2026.115339 PMID: 41499943

Recycling of spent lithium iron phosphate batteries-a review of processes, economics, and carbon footprint.

Azimi G, Mohammad Zadeh AH

Waste management (New York, N.Y.)2026First author

DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2025.115203 PMID: 41108814

Recycling of NMC black mass from spent lithium-ion battery using supercritical fluid extraction.

Mahmoudi M, Sauber ME, Azimi G

Waste management (New York, N.Y.)2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2025.115169 PMID: 41043366

Fluoride removal from NMC black mass leachates during Lithium-Ion battery recycling via aluminum sulfate precipitation.

Aliyev A, Gray D, Bedrossian S, Azimi G

Waste management (New York, N.Y.)2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2025.115136 PMID: 40961815

Comprehensive characterization and extraction implications of ion adsorption rare earth deposit from a South American source.

Cunningham S, Grammatikopoulos T, Almusned B, Henderson JD, Azimi G

Scientific reports2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-14891-3 PMID: 40781122

Iron, aluminum, and thorium impurity removal from a rare earth element pregnant leach solution using magnesium carbonate.

Li S, Sauber ME, Sun T, Azimi G

Scientific reports2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-025-00847-0 PMID: 40335604

Advancing aluminum-ion batteries: unraveling the charge storage mechanisms of cobalt sulfide cathodes.

Grindal A, Azimi G

Scientific reports2024Senior author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-78437-9 PMID: 39557918

Class II (three-layer system) phenomenological model based on limiting current density and dynamic chelation chemistry for separation of rare earth elements using electrodialysis.

Azimi G, Mosadeghsedghi S, Dashtban Kenari SL, Baghbanzadeh M, Volchek K

Scientific reports2024First author

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-69031-0 PMID: 39112665

Recycling of Lithium-Ion Batteries with a Focus on LFP Black Mass

Principal investigatorNSERC2025Advantage

Principal investigators: Azimi, Gisele

Keywords: Mineral resources (prospecting, exploration, mining, extraction, processing); Waste, waste management and recycling

$226,960

Urban Mining Innovations

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Azimi, Gisele

Keywords: Critical materials; Recycling; Lithium-ion battery; Cathode; Battery materials; Supercritical fluid extraction; Urban mining

$25,000

NSERC CREATE in Thermal Management of Electrification Technologies (TherMET)

Co-investigatorNSERC2022Collaborative Research and Training Experience

Principal investigators: Amon, Cristina CH

Keywords: chargers; climate and health co-benefits; electric motors; electric vehicles; electrification technologies; lithium-ion batteries; power electronics; remote communities; stationary bateries; thermal management

$759,600

Transformative processes for production of pure feed for the battery and magnet industry

Principal investigatorNSERC2022Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Azimi, Gisele G

Keywords: cobalt; complexation; crystallization; hydrometallurgy; metal reduction; nickel; rare earth elements; selective precipitation; solvometallurgy

$264,286

CANSTOREnergy: Seasonal storage of renewable energy

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Transformation

Principal investigators: Sinton, David

$8,000,000

Innovations in Urban Mining

Principal investigatorNSERC2020Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Azimi, Gisele

Keywords: supercritical fluid extraction; urban mining; waste valorization; strategic materials; rare earth elements; lithium; cobalt; gold

$195,000

Development of next generation aluminum batteries using combined innovative material synthesis processes and thermo-electrochemical hierarchical modelling

Principal investigatorSSHRC2020New Frontiers in Research Fund - Exploration

Principal investigators: Azimi, Gisele

Keywords: Aluminum ion battery, Thermo-electrochemical models Density Functional Theory Molecular Dynamics Electrochemistry Materials design High-performance electrodes Hierarchical Modeling Machine Learning

$250,000

Urban Mining Innovations

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Azimi, Gisele

Keywords: Urban mining; supercritical fluid extraction; lithium; cobalt; ; rare earth elements; recycling

$435,000

Urban Mining Innovations

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Azimi, Gisele

$120,000

Urban Mining Innovations

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Azimi, Gisele

$45,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Gisele Azimi

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Selective lithium recovery from LFP-Type black Mass: Comparative evaluation of inorganic and organic acid systems under Constant-pH leaching conditions.

Acid leaching process of an ultramafic mine tailing for indirect CO2 mineralization.

Selective lithium Pre-Leaching from spent NMC black mass via pyrolysis (Carbothermal thermal Treatment) and controlled leaching.

Recycling of spent lithium iron phosphate batteries-a review of processes, economics, and carbon footprint.

Recycling of NMC black mass from spent lithium-ion battery using supercritical fluid extraction.

Fluoride removal from NMC black mass leachates during Lithium-Ion battery recycling via aluminum sulfate precipitation.

Comprehensive characterization and extraction implications of ion adsorption rare earth deposit from a South American source.

Iron, aluminum, and thorium impurity removal from a rare earth element pregnant leach solution using magnesium carbonate.

Advancing aluminum-ion batteries: unraveling the charge storage mechanisms of cobalt sulfide cathodes.

Class II (three-layer system) phenomenological model based on limiting current density and dynamic chelation chemistry for separation of rare earth elements using electrodialysis.

Recycling of Lithium-Ion Batteries with a Focus on LFP Black Mass

Urban Mining Innovations

NSERC CREATE in Thermal Management of Electrification Technologies (TherMET)

Transformative processes for production of pure feed for the battery and magnet industry

CANSTOREnergy: Seasonal storage of renewable energy

Innovations in Urban Mining

Development of next generation aluminum batteries using combined innovative material synthesis processes and thermo-electrochemical hierarchical modelling

Urban Mining Innovations

Urban Mining Innovations

Urban Mining Innovations

Frequent collaborators

Javad Mostaghimi