Biography
Hossein Zargar is a research engineer with over a decade of experience in corrosion, manufacturing, and materials testing. He earned his PhD in 2024 from Professor Assellin’s lab, where he focused on characterizing powder-based pipeline coating systems. Dr. Zargar holds a bachelor’s degree in metallurgical engineering from Amirkabir University of Technology (2009) and a master’s degree in corrosion and protection of materials from Sharif University of Technology (2013).
Prior to his doctoral studies, he worked in various industries in Iran, gaining extensive experience in hydrometallurgy, process engineering, and iron ore refining. His professional journey reflects a strong interest in bridging experimental and computational approaches to understand and predict material behaviors and properties.
Currently, Hossein is engaged in a range of industrial and research projects. His work includes coating performance assessment and failure analysis, hydrogen transport pipeline assessment, pressure leaching of minerals, and hydrometallurgy. He is deeply passionate about manufacturing test setups and has designed and built several pieces of test equipment, including environmental chambers and gas and salt permeation cells, during his PhD.