Hossein Vahid

Hossein Vahid is a Visiting Professor at the Department of Applied Physics, Aalto University, affiliated with the Centre of Excellence in Quantum Technology (QTF) and Life-Inspired Hybrid Materials (LIBER). His work spans soft materials modeling, quantum physics, and statistical mechanics, focusing on polyelectrolyte behavior in complex environments.

Research Interests:

• Polyelectrolyte adsorption at dielectric interfaces
• Nonmonotonic electrophoretic mobility with multivalent coions
• Applications of polyelectrolytes in water purification
• Charged polymer dynamics in aqueous solutions
• Finite-size ion effects in dielectric systems

Scientific Contributions:

• Lead author on Chemical Engineering Journal (2025) about nitrate rejection using polyacrylamides
• Published in Journal of Chemical Physics (2024) on dielectric discontinuity effects
• Co-authored Physical Review E (2024) on electrophoretic mobility anomalies
• Contributed to Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics (2023) about DNA storage with ionic liquids

He utilizes computational resources from CSC IT Centre, Science-IT, and RAMI Infrastructure, supported by grants from the Academy of Finland, Finnish Cultural Foundation, and Technology Industries of Finland Centennial Foundation.