Mahmood Reza Rahimi is professor of chemical engineering and the founder and head manager at the Process Intensification Laboratory, Yasouj University, Ysouj, Iran. He teaches courses in advanced mass transfer, process intensification, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), multicomponent separation methods, mass transfer, and unit operation. His research interests encompass design, modelling and simulation of chemical processes, process intensification, synergy, nanotechnology, fluidized beds, computational fluid dynamics (CFD), and multiphase flow. He obtained a PhD in chemical engineering in 2007.