Crises in Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industries

Prof. Mohammad Reza Rahimpour is a Professor of Chemical Engineering at Shiraz University, Iran, with extensive experience in chemical process engineering, energy systems, process intensification, and sustainable technologies. His research interests include hydrogen and fuel processing, catalytic processes, separation and membrane technologies, carbon capture and utilization, and the development of energy-efficient processes. His work also encompasses the application of advanced process technologies and emerging approaches to improve environmental performance and resource efficiency. Prof. Rahimpour has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications and has extensive experience in academic research, scientific leadership, and the development of international reference works in chemical engineering, energy, and sustainable technologies.

Dr Babak Omidvar is an associate professor at the University of Tehran. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Tehran in 2001. He started his work as Assistant Professor in September 2002 at the graduate Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran. His research interests are resilience, risk and reliability analysis in various fields of urban areas and infrastructures. The courses he teaches at the University of Tehran include “Disaster resistant structures”, “Loss estimation studies”, “Infrastructure protection against natural disasters”, “Vulnerability assessment”, “Risk analysis and management”, “Resilience engineering”, “Environmental statistics”, “Environmental economics”, “Reliability in water resource management” and “Engineering Mathematics”. His recent research focus is on robust optimization, deep uncertainty, decision making under uncertainty, infrastructure performance assessment considering inter- and intra- dependencies, catastrophe theory, complex systems, network analysis and Multi-hazards analysis which all of them are used in natural disaster engineering and management category. In this regard, he has conducted many research studies and supervised more than 180 national and international graduate students in performing their Ph.D. and MSc theses.

Nazanin Abrishami Shirazi is a PhD Candidates at University of Tehran. Her focus is on vulnerability assessment in various fields including engineering apparatus and materials, and finding proper solutions for crisis prevention and environmental side effects management. Recently he has collaborated in writing and editing various scientific works including book chapters with prestigious publishers such Elsevier and Springer.

Dr. Mohammad Amin Makarem is an Adjunct Lecturer at the School of Engineering, Taylor’s University, Malaysia. He holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from Shiraz University, Iran. His research covers gas separation and purification, green energy, nanofluids, microfluidics, and catalyst synthesis. Beyond research, he has extensive experience as an editor and contributor to academic publishing, serving as Editor or Co-editor for many books, book series, and major reference works from leading academic publishers. His editorial work spans topics such as carbon capture and storage, bioenergy, greenhouse gases, hydrotreating, oily wastewater, chemical industry crises, hydrogen and methanol energy production, homogeneous catalysis, synthesis gas, natural gas, and renewable energy systems. He recently served as series editor for Advances in Biotechnology: Methods, Applications, and Case Studies and has reviewed manuscripts for prominent international journals, helping guide researchers and industry through high-impact resources.