Waterloo Filtration Institute welcomes Dr. Mehdi Shirmohammadi, WFI Ambassador in Turkey, onboard.
Dr. Shirmohammadi is the R&D manager of Termeh Mask Co., a key face mask manufacturer in Turkey and Iran. He has more than 20 years of experience (academic and industrial) in air filtration systems and respiratory masks. Mehdi is a recognized expert in textile fibers, high-efficiency filter media, and antibacterial adsorbents, involved in co-leading standard development committees at the ISIRI in writing standards for respiratory masks.
During his air purification research, he worked through the chain of air cleaning processes from polymers, textile fibers, filter media, filter elements, filtration systems, testing instruments, and standardization. He has been focused on antimicrobial adsorber filter media since 2010 and has some patents and publications. Mehdi received his Ph.D. in Textile (chemistry and fibers sciences) from IAU, Iran. He is a Certified Filtration and Separation Specialist (CFSS) for air filtration, awarded as WFI’s Student of the Year in 2022.
At WFI, our mission is to support the growth of the global filtration industry and advance the sciences and technologies of filtration and separation processes for a clean, healthy, and sustainable world. We are excited and honored to have Dr. Shirmohammadi as WFI Ambassador in Turkey. He will be an invaluable messenger and contributor as we continue to work together to promote advanced filtration and separation technologies for a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable world.
Mehdi , welcome aboard! Join Dr. Mehdi Shirmohammadi with leading global experts at the upcoming WFI 2023 Virtual Annual Conference, December 5-6 (WFI 2023). It will be an international leadership conference to address the critical roles of filtration and separation for healthy living, surrounding environments, and their impacts on future generations. Check the full program here.