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Alireza Namayandeh
Postdoctoral Scholar, Earth System Science
Dr. Namayandeh is a postdoctoral fellow at the Doerr School of Sustainability at Stanford University. He earned his Ph.D. in Environmental Nanoscience/Geochemistry from Virginia Tech. His research involves the formation and transformation of natural nanoparticles and their reactions with nutrients and contaminants in soils, water, and air and how these reactions impact human health. His Ph.D. work focused on the formation and transformation kinetics of iron oxy-hydroxides and the effects of adsorbed oxyanions such as arsenic, phosphate, and nitrate.
He is currently studying the generation of toxic particulate materials in soils, plants, and smoke during wildfires. He is also involved in solving global and environmental health problems, particularly in low-income countries. He is working on two projects in Bangladesh focusing on lead exposure and the health impacts of particulate matter formed in coal-burning brick kilns.
Dr. Namayandeh also holds an MFA in theater and uses his science and art experience to integrate environmental justice into his research. While attending Virginia Tech, he founded an organization called Art for Environmental Justice (AEJ) to amplify the voices of underrepresented groups impacted by climate change. He is a maker of eco-performance works, and the staged reading of his latest play, Rhino 2020, was performed in Hey Market Theater at Virginia Tech in 2022, which explores the intersection of social extremism and environmental degradation caused by climate change. He is currently working on a project that employs community-based theater to address the environmental justice implications of California wildfires for Farmworkers from Oaxaca, Mexico.
He is currently studying the generation of toxic particulate materials in soils, plants, and smoke during wildfires. He is also involved in solving global and environmental health problems, particularly in low-income countries. He is working on two projects in Bangladesh focusing on lead exposure and the health impacts of particulate matter formed in coal-burning brick kilns.
Dr. Namayandeh also holds an MFA in theater and uses his science and art experience to integrate environmental justice into his research. While attending Virginia Tech, he founded an organization called Art for Environmental Justice (AEJ) to amplify the voices of underrepresented groups impacted by climate change. He is a maker of eco-performance works, and the staged reading of his latest play, Rhino 2020, was performed in Hey Market Theater at Virginia Tech in 2022, which explores the intersection of social extremism and environmental degradation caused by climate change. He is currently working on a project that employs community-based theater to address the environmental justice implications of California wildfires for Farmworkers from Oaxaca, Mexico.