Amir Raoof

Dr. Amir Raoof serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences within the Faculty of Geosciences at Utrecht University. He leads the Multiscale Porous Media Lab and the Structures of Strength (SoS) platform for Unusual Collaborations, and is affiliated with the University of Stuttgart. As a member of the Utrecht Young Academy and the Sustainability strategic themes, he bridges disciplines to address health, food, energy, cultural, and environmental challenges through porous materials research.

His research expertise spans hydrogeology, pore scale modeling, reactive transport, two-phase flow, and precipitation processes. Amir applies multi-scale and multi-disciplinary approaches to integrate microscopic experimental observations with numerical methods, developing the pore-scale modeling platform Poreflow to simulate multi-component reactive transport under saturated and multi-phase flow conditions. His work extends beyond traditional geosciences to biological tissues, industrial materials, and environmental applications.

Amir has received significant recognition including the 2020 Procter and Gamble Award for Porous Media Research, STW Open-Mind 2016 Award, NWO Veni award, and Teacher Talent Award. He was selected for the Utrecht Young Academy for his energetic, active, independent and interdisciplinary fellowship.

• 2020 Procter and Gamble Award for Porous Media Research, International Society for Porous Media
• Teacher Talent Award
• STW Open-Mind 2016 Award: Bacteria could save us from extreme drought
• NWO Veni award
• Utrecht Young Academy selection

As an advisor, Amir supervises multiple PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers including Enno de Vries, Priyanka Agrawal, and Janou Koskamp. His research is supported by prestigious grants including an NWO Veni award for his work on bridging pore and macro scales in solute transport modeling, the NanoRem project on nanotechnological remediation processes, and the HPT NAM Project on fault friction properties.

Amir directs the Multiscale Porous Media Lab with cutting-edge computational and experimental facilities, and leads the Structures of Strength (SoS) platform that brings together researchers from biology, medicine, culture, history, engineering and mathematics to develop solutions for health, food, energy, cultural and environmental issues. His documentary '1 + 1 = 3' explores overcoming barriers in interdisciplinary research.