Mahshid Pournajar

Mahshid Pournajar holds the position of Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg. She leads the Chair for Materials Simulation, focusing on advanced materials design and failure analysis. Her research integrates structural engineering principles with nanotechnology to enhance material resilience and functionality.

Dr. Pournajar’s work spans hierarchical material systems, photoelectrochemical water splitting, and structural disorder analysis. She investigates how hierarchical patterns inhibit crack propagation in brittle materials and explores low-temperature annealing techniques to improve hematite-based photoelectrodes.

Her publications highlight interdisciplinary approaches, combining mechanics, network theory, and nanoscale synthesis to address challenges in energy materials and structural durability. She maintains an active presence in academic networks via ResearchGate and Google Scholar.

Advising and grants are central to her role, though no specific students or grants are listed here. Her team operates within the Materials Simulation research group, emphasizing computational modeling alongside experimental validation.