Iftekar Karimi

Iftekhar A Karimi is a Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering at the National University of Singapore. He received his BTech (Chem Eng) from IIT Bombay and PhD from Purdue University. He is a leading expert in the area of process systems engineering and optimization with a unique blend of experience from academia and industry. His current research interests include energy transition, decarbonization, hydrogen, ammonia, energy efficiency, machine learning, and LNG. He has worked on several practical topics related to the design, simulation, and optimization of chemical, biological, and environmental systems. He has led many industry-collaborative research projects during his career. He led Singapore's first roadmap on CCSU and is now working on hydrogen supply chains for Singapore and ASEAN. He is a Professional Engineer and Energy Efficiency Opportunity Assessor in Singapore and serves on the Technical Energy Committee and EENP Service Awards Committee of Inst Engrs Singapore.