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Mohammad Piri is a Professor of Petroleum Engineering at the University of Wyoming, holding endowed chairs such as the Wyoming Excellence Chair in Petroleum Engineering and the Thomas and Shelley Botts Endowed Chair in Unconventional Reservoirs. He leads the Center of Innovation for Flow Through Porous Media. His research focuses on multiphase flow in porous media, pore-scale modeling, CO2 sequestration, and enhanced oil recovery techniques. Piri holds degrees from Imperial College London and Princeton University, with postdoctoral experience in Earth Science and Environmental Engineering.
Education includes B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from Iran, followed by a Ph.D. in Petroleum Engineering from Imperial College London. Postdoctoral work at Imperial College London and Princeton University expanded his expertise in fluid dynamics and porous media behavior.
Research interests span experimental and computational studies of fluid displacement mechanisms, wettability effects, and unconventional reservoir characterization. His work addresses challenges in carbon capture and storage, nanotechnology applications in EOR, and fracture-matrix interactions in carbonate systems.
Key contributions include developing novel methods for nanoporous material characterization, foam-assisted gas injection techniques, and dynamic pore-network modeling frameworks. His experimental setups include high-pressure micromodels and in-situ imaging systems for real-time pore-scale analysis.
Piri's advising and grants include supervision of graduate students in energy engineering, with funding from industry partnerships and federal grants. His laboratory focuses on translating fundamental pore-scale physics into scalable reservoir engineering solutions.
