Hossein Kamran Haghighi - Amirkabir University of Technology

Educational Records

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Degree/Major

University

City

Country

Graduation Date

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BSc

University of Zanjan

Zanjan

Iran

2010

2

MSc

Amirkabir University of Technology

Tehran

Iran

2013

3

Visiting research

Polytechnic University of Catalonia

Barcelona

Spain

2017

4

PhD

Amirkabir University of Technology

Tehran

Iran

2018

5

Management

GIZ

Hamburg

Germany

2019

Research Interests

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Title

Start date

1

Solvent extraction

2

Membrane processes in metal extraction

3

Design of hydrometallurgical pocesses

4

Pretreatment methods and their effect on hydmetallurgy

5

Pyrometallurgy

6

Mineral benefication

7

Waste treatment

8

Electrowinning

Supervised MSc Theses

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Thesis title

By

Date

1

Recycling of valuable elements from lead slag of Kaldo Furnace of National Lead and Zinc Company

HAMED RAMEZANI &

2024 Oct

2

Zinc Recycling from Pyrometallurgical process residue of National Lead and Zinc Company

MOHAMMADHOSSEIN DAVOUDI &

2024 Oct

3

Study of effective parameters in zinc electrowinning process from electrolytes derived from materials chlorine and fluorine

SEYED MORTEZA HOSSEINI BENHANGI &

2024 Aug

4

Investigation of gold extraction capability from Muted ore ores Based on systematic studies of charactrization and diagnostic sales

SHOKOOFEH AHMADI HASAR & MOHAMMAD MEHDI SALARI RAD

2024 May

5

Investigation of the ability to increase the recovery of lead and silver in the flotation of Anghouran lead and zinc ore based on systematic characteriztion

SEYED MOHAMMAD JAVAD JAFARIAN MOHAMMADI &
Other Supervisor: MOHAMMAD MEHDI SALARI RAD

2023 Jun

6

Investigation the Pre- concentration and Extraction of Gold from the Koohchili Ore

SHAGHAYEGH NAMDAR GOLKHATMI &

2025 Oct

Journal Papers

1

H. Ramezani, "An innovative process for lead upgrade from Kaldo smelting slag of lead ores: characterization and flotation", Scientific Reports, 2025 Aug vol. 15, no. 0, pp.31423-31423, 2025.

2

S. Ali Mohamadi Siaban, "Promoted Solvent Extraction of Gold from Cyanide Solution with Aliquat336/DEC/MIBK Synergistic System", Jom, 2025 Jun vol. 0, no. , pp.-, 2025.

3

A. Sobouti, Amir Zeynali, D. Rezai, "Determining effective parameters on flotation of Islamabad-Tarom copper ore to increase copper recovery", Amirkabir Journal of Civil Engineering, 2025 May vol. , no. , pp.-, 2025.

4

M. Irannajad, "A New Solvent Extraction Process for Zinc Cathode and Manganese Salt Production from ZnS Concentrates", Jom, 2025 Jan vol. online, no. 0, pp.1-15, 2025.

5

M. Davoudi, "Optimization of Zinc Leaching Parameters and Arsenic Removal from Lead Smelting Residues in Acidic Medium Using Ferrous Ion and Potassium Permanganate", Amirkabir Journal of Civil Engineering, 2025 Jan vol. 56, no. 10, pp.1291-1308, 2025.

6

M. Irannajad, "Comparison of Flat Sheet Supported Liquid Membranes in Germanium Transport with Different Carriers", , 2024 Dec vol. 16, no. 2, pp.75-91, 2024.

7

, Ana Maria Sastre, "A New Feasible Opportunity for Recycling Lead and Silver from Zinc Plant Residues by Flotation", ..Materials, 2024 Oct vol. 17, no. 21, pp.1-22, 2024.

8

S.M.J. Jafarian Mohammadi, M.M. Salari Rad, "Promoted Flotation of Lead and Silver Oxidized Minerals using a Synergetic Combination of Collectors", Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy, 2024 Jul vol. 0, no. 0, pp.1-13, 2024.

9

S.M.J. Jafarian Mohammadi, M.M. Salari Rad, "Increasing the recovery of lead and silver in the flotation of Angouran oxidized lead and zinc ore", , 2024 Jul vol. 16, no. 1, pp.17-29, 2024.

10

M. Tirgham, , M. Irannajad, "Investigation of the sphalerite oxidation leaching by pyrolusite in chloride and sulfate medium", Amirkabir Journal of Civil Engineering, 2024 Jun vol. 56, no. 4, pp.6-6, 2024.

11

M. Irannajad, "Investigation on Adsorption of Ni, Cu and Cd by Nano-Zeolite", , 2023 Dec vol. 25-138, no. 10, pp.17-27, 2023.

12

M. Irannajad, "Answers to Comments on Roadmap for recycling of germanium from various resources: reviews on recent developments and feasibility views", Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022 Aug vol. 29, no. 0, pp.65876-65879, 2022.

13

M. Irannajad, "Roadmap for recycling of germanium from various resources: reviews on recent developments and feasibility views", Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2022 May vol. 29, no. 1, pp.48126-48151, 2022.

14

M. Irannajad, Alireza Mohammadjafari, "Thermodynamic and kinetic studies of heavy metal adsorption by modified nano-zeolite", Geosystem Engineering, 2021 Jan vol. 24, no. 2, pp.101-113, 2021.

15

M. Irannajad, "Removal of Heavy Metals from Polluted Solutions by Zeolitic Adsorbents: a Review", Environmental Processes-An International Journal, 2020 Oct vol. in press, no. 8, pp.7-35, 2020.

16

M. Irannajad, , Z. Nassiri Poor, "New Solvent Extraction Process of Nickel and Copper by D2EHPA in the Presence of Carboxylates", Transactions of The Indian Institute of Metals, 2020 Mar vol. 73, no. 4, pp.1053-1063, 2020.

17

M. Irannajad, "Effect of Chemical Conditioning and Operational Parameters on Cadmium Adsorption by Zeolite", Iranian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering-International English Edition, 2019 Jul vol. 38, no. 1, pp.213-222, 2019.

1

Hossein Kamran Haghighi, Mehdi Irannajad, Alireza MohammadJafari, "Thermodynamic and kinetic studies of heavy metal adsorption by modified nano-zeolite", Geosystem Engineering, 2021 vol. , no. , p.1, 2021.

2

Mehdi Irannajad, Hossein Kamran Haghighi, "https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40710-020-00476-x", Environmental Processes, 2020 vol. 8, no. 0, p.7, 2020.

3

Mehdi Irannajad, Hossein Kamran Haghighi, Zeinab Nasirpour, "New Solvent Extraction Process of Nickel and Copper by D2EHPA in the Presence of Carboxylates", Transactions of The Indian Institute of Metals, 2020 vol. 73, no. 0, p.1053, 2020.

4

Hossein Kamran Haghighi, Mehdi Irannajad, Agustin Fortuny, Ana Maria Sastre, "Non-dispersive selective extraction of germanium from fly ash leachates using membrane-based processes", Separation Science and Technology, 2019 vol. 54, no. 17, p.2879, 2019.

5

Mehdi Irannajad, Hossein Kamran Haghighi, Zeinab Nasirpour, "Selective Extraction of Copper from Nickel by D2EHPA in the Presence of Tartaric Acid and Sodium Acetate Additives", Journal of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, 2019 vol. 30, no. 2, p.1, 2019.

6

Hossein KAMRAN HAGHIGHI, Mehdi Irannajad, Ana MARIA SASTRE, "Germanium transport across supported liquid membrane with Cyanex 923: Mathematical modeling", Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China, 2019 vol. 29, no. 9, p.1956, 2019.

7

Hossein Kamran Haghighi, Mehdi Irannajad, Agustin Fortuny, Ana Maria Sastre, "Selective separation of Germanium (IV) from simulated industrial leachates containing heavy metals by non-dispersive ionic extraction", Minerals Engineering, 2019 vol. 137, no. 0, p.344, 2019.

8

Hossein Kamran Haghighi, Mehdi Irannajad, Maria Teresa Coll, Ana Maria Sastre, "Non-dispersive extraction of ge (IV) from aqueous solutions by cyanex 923: Transport and modeling studies", Metals, 2019 vol. 9, no. 6, p.676, 2019.

9

Hossein Kamran Haghighi, Mehdi Irannajad, "Separation of germanium from aqueous solutions using liquid-liquid and supported liquid membrane extraction", Iranian Journal of Mining Engineering-Irjme, 2019 vol. 13, no. 41, p.1, 2019.

10

H. Kamran Haghighi, M. Irannajad, D. Moradkhani, "Facilitated transport of germanium from acidic medium through supported liquid membrane using Cyanex 301 as mobile carrier", Physicochemical Problem In Mineral Processing, 2019 vol. 55, no. 1, p.255, 2019.

11

Hossein Kamran Haghighi, Mehdi Irannajad, Agustin Fortuny, Ana Maria Sastre, "Mathematical modeling on non-dispersive extraction of germanium from aqueous solutions using Aliquat 336", Water Science and Technology, 2018 vol. 78, no. 12, p.2489, 2018.

12

Hossein Kamran Haghighi, Mehdi Irannajad, "Extraction and transport of germanium by liquid-liquid and supported liquid membrane extraction using an ionic liquid from aqueous solution", Iranian Journal of Mining Engineering, 2018 vol. 13, no. 41, p.102, 2018.

13

Mehdi Irannajad, Zahra Afzali, Hossein Kamran Haghighi, "Solvent extraction of copper using TBP, D2EHPA and MIBK", Russian Journal of Non-Ferrous Metals, 2018 vol. 59, no. 6, p.605, 2018.

14

Hossein Kamran Haghighi, Mehdi Irannajad, "Separation of germanium by liquid-liquid and supported liquid membrane extraction from heavy metals", Separation Science and Engineering, 2018 vol. 10, no. 1, p.36, 2018.

15

Hossein Kamran Haghighi, Mehdi Irannajad, Agustin Fortuny, Ana Maria Sastre, "Mathematical modeling for facilitated transport of Ge (IV) through supported liquid membrane containing Alamine 336", Chemical Papers, 2018 vol. 72, no. 4, p.955, 2018.

16

Hossein Kamran Haghighi, Mehdi Irannajad, Agustin Fortuny, Ana Maria Sastre, "Recovery of germanium from leach solutions of fly ash using solvent extraction with various extractants", Hydrometallurgy, 2018 vol. 175, no. 0, p.164, 2018.

17

Hossein Kamran Haghighi, Mehdi Irannajad, Davood Moradkhani, "Permeation and modeling studies on Ge (IV) facilitated transport using trioctylamine through supported liquid membrane", Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2018 vol. 35, no. 1, p.53, 2018.

18

Mehdi Irannajad, Hossein Kamran Haghighi, "Removal of Co (II), Ni (II), and Pb (II) by manganese oxide coated zeolite: equilibrium, thermodynamic, and kinetics studies", Clays and Clay Minerals, 2017 vol. 65, no. 1, p.52, 2017.

19

Mehdi Irannajad, Hossein Kamran Haghighi, Alireza Mohammadjafari, "Heavy metals adsorption by nanozeolites: Effect of sodium hexametaphosphate", Environmental Earth Sciences, 2016 vol. 75, no. 13, p.1058, 2016.

20

Mehdi Irannajad, Hossein Kamran Haghighi, Eshagh Safarzadeh, "Development of kinetic and equilibrium models for removal of Cd2+ and Zn2+ ions from aqueous solutions by clinoptilolite", Environmental Progress &Amp; Sustainable Energy, 2016 vol. 36, no. 3, p.633, 2016.

21

Mehdi Irannajad, Hossein Kamran Haghighi, Eshagh Safarzadeh, "Kinetic, thermodynamic and equilibrium studies on the removal of copper ions from aqueous solutions by natural and modified clinoptilolites", Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering, 2016 vol. 33, no. 0, p.1629, 2016.

22

Mehdi Irannajad, Hossein Kamran Haghighi, Mehrdad Soleimanipour, "Adsorption of Zn2+, Cd2+ and Cu2+ on zeolites coated by manganese and iron oxides", Physicochemical Problems of Mineral Processing, 2016 vol. 52, no. 2, p.1, 2016.

23

Hossein Kamran Haghighi, Davood Moradkhani, Mohammad Mehdi Salarirad, "Separation of zinc from manganese, magnesium, calcium and cadmium using batch countercurrent extraction simulation followed by scrubbing and stripping", Hydrometallurgy, 2015 vol. 154, no. 0, p.9, 2015.

24

Hossein KamranHaghighi, Davood Moradkhani, Eskandar Keshavarz Alamdari, Mohammad Mehdi Salarirad, "Zinc Extraction Kinetics Studies in the Lewis Cell Based on Conductivity Measurements", Transactions of The Indian Institute of Metals, 2015 vol. 69, no. 0, p.979, 2015.

25

Hossein Kamran Haghighi, Meraj Rafie, Davood Moradkhani, Behzad Sedaghat, Aliakbar Abdollahzadeh, "Modeling on Transition of Heavy Metals from Ni–Cd Zinc Plant Residue Using Artificial Neural Network", Transactions of The Indian Institute of Metals, 2015 vol. 68, no. 0, p.741, 2015.

26

Hossein Kamran Haghighi, Davood Moradkhani, Mohammad Mehdi Salarirad, "A Statistical Method for Determining the Best Zinc Pregnant Solution for the Extraction by D2EHPA", International Journal of Nonferrous Metallurgy, 2013 vol. 2, no. 0, p.136, 2013.

27

Hossein Kamran Haghighi, Davood Moradkhani, Behzad Sedaghat, Majid Rajaie Najafabadi, Ali Behnamfard, "Production of copper cathode from oxidized copper ores by acidic leaching and two-step precipitation followed by electrowinning", Hydrometallurgy, 2013 vol. 133, no. 0, p.111, 2013.

Conference Papers

1

محمود تیرغم، مهدی ایران نژاد، حسین کامران حقیقی, "بررسی پارامترهای موثر بر انحلال اتمسفری کنسانتره سولفیدی روی در محیط سولفاته", ۱۳۹۸.

2

محمود تیرغم، مهدی ایران نژاد، حسین کامران حقیقی, "روش های استحصال روی از منابع سولفوره", ۱۳۹۸.

3

مهدی ایران نژاد، حسین کامران حقیقی، اسحاق صفرزاده, "بررسی اصلاح شیمیایی و دانهبندی بر جذب کادمیم توسط کلینوپتیلولیت", ۱۳۹۷.

4

مهدی ایران‌نژاد، حسین کامران حقیقی، مهرداد سلیمان‌پور, "بررسی پارامترهای مختلف بر جذب کادمیم توسط کلینوپتیلولیت اصلاح شده توسط دی اکسید منگنز", ۱۳۹۷.

5

مهدی ایران‌نژاد، مهرداد سلیمان‌پور، حسین کامران حقیقی, "بررسی ترمودینامیک جذب مس توسط کلینوپتیلولیت اصلاح شده با دی‌اکسید منگنز", ۱۳۹۵.

6

حسین کامران حقیقی، مهدی ایران نژاد, "استخراج ژرمانیم بوسیله غشای حلال آلی", ۱۳۹۵.

7

مهدی ایران نژاد، علیرضا محمدجعفری، حسین کامران حقیقی, "اثر سدیم هگزا متا فسفات بر تولید نانوزئولیت و جذب نیکل", ۱۳۹۵.

8

داود مرادخانی، حسین کامران حقیقی، مصطفی خداکرمی، بهزاد صداقت, "بررسی استخراج حلالی روی در حضور آهن بوسیله لیکس و دپا به عنوان سینرژیزم", ۱۳۹۱.

9

داود مرادخانی، مصطفی خداکرمی، بهزاد صداقت، حسین کامران حقیقی, "بهینه سازی جدایش فاز آلی در استخراج حلالی مس با بکارگیری روش طراحی آزمایش", ۱۳۹۱.

10

Hossein Kamran Haghighi, Mehdi Irannajad, Davood Moradkhani, "Pertraction of Germanium by supported liquid membrane using trioctyl amin", 2017.

11

Mehdi Irannajad, Hossein Kamran Haghighi, Mehrdad Soleimanpour, "Investigation on adsorption of copper by clinotiolilite modified by MnO2", 2017.

12

M. Irannajad, H. Kamran Haghighi, M Soleimanpour,, "Adsorption of Zinc onto Zeolite Coated by Iron Oxide", 2015.

13

M. Irannajad, H. Kamran Haghighi, Eshagh Safarzadeh, "Development of adsorption isotherms for Cd2+ removal from aqueous solutions by zeolite", 2015.

14

H.Kamran Haghighi, D.Moradkhani, B.Sedaghat, "Solvent extraction of zinc and nickel by various methods from zinc plant filter cake", 2014.

15

Hossein Kamran Haghighi, Davood Moradkhani, Mohammad Mehdi Salarirad, "Determining the Optimum Zinc Pregnant Solution for the Extraction by D2EHPA Using D-Optimal", 2013.

16

D. Moradkhani---H. Kamran Haghighi---B. Sedaghat, "Optimization and modeling on acidic leaching of low grade copper oxide ore using D-optimal", 2012.

17

H.Kamran Haghighi, D.Moradkhani, B.Sedaghat, "Zinc Leaching Optimization from Tajkooh Shaking Table Residue", 2011.

18

محمدباقر فتحی، حسین کامران حقیقی، مهدی ایران نژاد،, "نگاهی به تولید انرژی الکتریکی با استفاده از تکنولورژی بازیابی همزمان حرارت اتلافی و حذف گاز کربنیک در صنعت سیمان", 1392.

Awards & Honors

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title

Date

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Winner of the 6000$ award of the Iranian Elite Foundation for visiting scholar

2

Winner of the academic awards of the Iranian Elite Foundation

3

Entering the master's and PhD level of Amirkabir University of Technology through exceptional talents

4

The first-ranked student of all three bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees

5

The best PhD dissertation of Dr. Hasabi Festival

6

Winner of a 1-month fund from the German Ministry of Economy for the GIZ management course

Professional Memberships

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Professional memberships

Explanations

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Iranian Chemical Society

References

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Persons

Contact Information

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Dr. Ana Maria Sastre

ana.maria.saster@upc.es, Politechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona

Executive Activities

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Executive Activities Titles

Name of Organization / comment

Starting Date

Termination Date

1

Head of the Environment and Recycling Laboratory

Department of Mining Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology

2024

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Journal Referee

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Magazine Title

Date of Cooperation & Explanations

1

Hydrometallurgy

2

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

3

Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy

4

Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology

5

Minerals and Materials Characterization and Engineering

6

Recent Innovations in Chemical Engineering

7

Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals,

8

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Taught Courses

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Course title

Description

Headlines

Date

1

Safety, Health & Environment in Mines

To introduce the principles of safety, occupational health, and environmental protection in mining operations and to identify mining-related hazards and risks.

4051

2

Flotation and Laboratory

To introduce the principles, fundamentals, and physicochemical phenomena of the flotation process and its application in mineral separation.

4051

3

Principal of Mineral Processing

To familiarize students with the principles and fundamentals of mineral processing plant design and the various stages of plant design and development.

4051

4

Seminar

4051

5

Flotation and Laboratory

4042

6

Electrometallurgy

4042

7

Safety, Health & Environment in Mines

4042

8

Seminar

4041

9

Principal of Mineral Processing

4041

10

Safety, Health & Environment in Mines

4041

11

Flotation and Laboratory

4041

12

Electrometallurgy

4032

13

Special Topics (Principles of Mineral Processing)

4032

14

Flotation and Laboratory

4032