Associate Professor
BACKGROUND
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2013-2015: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
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2013: Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
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2010: M.Sc. in Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
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2007: M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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2004: B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
INTRODUCTION
Dr. Khodayari is the founding director of Environmental Sustainability and Pollution Control (ESPC) research lab (https://cysun.org/espc-researchlab/) and her research is focused on developing sustainable engineering solutions for air and water pollution prevention and control, quantifying air quality and climate effects of various natural and human-made emissions, integrated environmental impact assessment, environmental sustainability, and energy-water-climate nexus.
TEACHING
Graduate
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Environmental Mass Transfer
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Environmental Transport
Undergraduate
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Environmental Engineering I
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Environmental Engineering II
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Environmental Sustainability and Renewable Energy
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Technological Aspects of Urban Environment
RESEARCH
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Developing sustainable engineering solution for water and air pollution prevention and control
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Air quality and climate modeling
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Wastewater treatment
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Energy-water-climate nexus
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Environmental impact assessment
CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS
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Assessing Future Wildfire Danger Under a Changing Climate
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Development of an Environmental Energy Portfolio Management Tool for Cal State LA
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Competitive adsorption of Nitrate and Phosphate on synthesized Iron Hydroxide minerals used for wastewater treatment purposes
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Phosphate removal from wastewater using Green Rust as an adsorbent
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Assessment of pollution transport and quantification of its health burden in Los Angeles
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Quantifying air quality and climate impacts of aviation emissions using 3-Dimentional climate models
SENIOR DESIGN RESEARCH PROJECTS
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Evaluation of a residential condensing furnace combustion efficiency and exhaust emissions
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Design and develop a smart gas meter
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Biogas production using residential waste
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Optimization of the hydrogen production schedule and the strategy of power trading to reduce the production cost of the hydrogen station at CSULA and maximize its environmental benefits
STUDENT COMPETITION PROJECT
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SELECT PUBLICATIONS
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Martinez, E., L. E. Rodriguez, R. Y. Sheppard, Y. Zhang, C. A. Cid, A. Khodayari, L.M. Barge (2023), Nitrate Reactivity in Iron (Oxy)hydroxide Systems: Effect of pH, Iron Redox State, and Phosphate, ACS Earth Space Chemistry, 11, 2287–2297. DOI: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.3c00218 |
2023 |
Khodayari, A., Puvvada, S., Scott, J. M., Rotta, C. M., Chadalawada, G. S., Afshar, J., Linares, C. D., & Haydel, B. (2023), Development of a Carbon Emission Assessment Tool towards Promoting Sustainability in Cal State LA., CSU Journal of Sustainability and Climate Change, 2(1). DOI: https://doi.org/10.55671/2771-5582.1016 |
2023 |
Flores, E., Martinez E., Rodriguez L. E., Weber J. M., Khodayari A., VanderVelde D. G., and Barge L. M. (2021), Effects of Amino Acids on Phosphate Adsorption Onto Iron (Oxy)hydroxide Minerals under Early Earth Conditions, ACS Earth Space Chem., 5, 5, 1048–1057. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsearthspacechem.1c00006. |
2021 |
Zahed, M. A., Movahed E., Khodayari A., Zanganeh S., Badamaki M. (2021), Biotechnology for carbon capture and fixation: Critical review and future directions, Journal of Environmental Management, Volume 293,112830. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.112830. |
2021 |
Khodayari, A., Vitt, F., Phoenix, D., & Wuebbles, D. J. (2018), The impact of NOx emissions from lightning on the production of aviation-induced ozone, Atmos. Environ., 187, 410-416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.05.057. |
2018 |
Phoenix, D., Khodayari A., Wuebbles, D. J. and Stewart K. (2018), Aviation impact on air quality present day and mid-century simulated in the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM), Atmos. Environ., 196, 125-132. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2018.10.005. |
2018 |
Cameron, M. A., M. Z. Jacobson, S. R. H. Barrett, H. Bian, C. C. Chen, S. D. Eastham, A. Gettelman, A. Khodayari, Q. Liang, H. B. Selkirk, N. Unger, D. J. Wuebbles, X. Yue (2017) "An intercomparative study of the effects of aircraft emissions on surface air quality" J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 122(15), 8325-8344. doi: 10.1002/2016JD025594. |
2017 |
Brasseur, G.P., M. Gupta, B.E. Anderson, S. Balasubramanian, S. Barrett, D. Duda, G. Fleming, P.M. Forster, J. Fuglestvedt, A. Gettelman, R.N. Halthore, S.D. Jacob, M.Z. Jacobson, A. Khodayari, K.-N. Liou, M.T. Lund, R.C. Miake-Lye, P. Minnis, S. Olsen, J.E. Penner, R. Prinn, U. Schumann, H.B. Selkirk, A. Sokolov, N. Unger, P. Wolfe, H.-W. Wong, D.W. Wuebbles, B. Yi, P. Yang, C. Zhou, (2016) “Impact of aviation on climate: FAA’s aviation climate change research initiative (ACCRI) phase II”– Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 97, 561–583, doi: 10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00089.1. |
2016 |
Khodayari, A., S. Olsen, and D. J. Wuebbles, (2015) “Aviation NOx-induced CH4 effect: Fixed mixing ratio boundary conditions versus flux boundary condition”, Atmos. Environ., 113, 135-139, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2015.04.070. |
2015 |
Khodayari, A., S. Times, S. C. Olsen, D. B. Phoenix, and D. J. Wuebbles, J.-F. Lamarque, and C.-C. Chen, (2014) “Aviation 2006 NOx-Induced effects on atmospheric ozone and HOx in Community Earth System Model (CESM)”, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 14, 9925–9939, doi:10.5194/acp- 14-9925-2014. |
2014 |
Khodayari, A., S. C. Olsen, and D. J. Wuebbles, (2014) “Evaluation of aviation NOx-induced radiative forcings for 2005 and 2050”, Atmos. Environ., 91, 95-103, doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2014.03.044. |
2014 |
Khodayari, A., D. J. Wuebbles, S. Olsen, J. S. Fuglestvedt, T. Berntsen, M. T. Lund, I. Waitz, I., P. Wolfe, P. M. Forster, M. Meinshausen, D. S. Lee and L. L. Lim, (2013) “ Intercomparision and evaluation of the capabilities of simplified climate models to project the CO2 effects of aviation on climate”, Atmos. Environ., 75, 321-328, doi: 10.1016/j.atmosenv.2013.03.055. |
2013 |
Olsen, S. C. G. P. Brasseur, D. J. Wuebbles, S. R. H. Barrett, H. Dang, S. D. Eastham, M. Z. Jacobson, A. Khodayari, H. Selkirk, A. Sokolov, N. Unger, (2013) “Comparison of model estimates of the effects of aviation emissions on atmospheric ozone and methane”, Geophys. Res. Lett., 40, 6004-6009, doi: 10.1002/2013GL057660. |
2013 |
Lu, Y., X. Ye, Z. Zhang, A. Khodayari, T. Djukadi, (2011),“Development of a carbonate absorption-based process for post-combustion CO2 capture: The role of biocatalyst to promote CO2 absorption rate”, Energy Procedia, Volume 4, Pages 1286-1293, doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2011.01.185. |
2011 |