G. A. Mansoori
Iranian-American Scientist
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Gholam-Ali Mansoori (born in 1940), G. Ali Mansoori also known as "GA Mansoori" is an Iranian-American scientist known for his research within energy, nanoscience, nanotechnology, statistical mechanics and thermodynamics.[1][2][3] He is a professor-emeritus at the Departments of Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering and also Physics at University of Illinois at Chicago.
G.Ali Mansoori | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 8, 1940 |
| Citizenship | American-Iranian |
| Education | University of Oklahoma |
| Known for | Research within thermodynamics, Statistical mechanics, energy and nanotechnology |
| Scientific career | |
| Workplaces | University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Prof. Frank Canfield | |
Life and education
Mansoori completed his BSc at the University of Tehran (summa cum laude) in 1963; MSc at the University of Minnesota in 1966; PhD at the University of Oklahoma in 1969 with a dissertation on "A Variational Approach to the Equilibrium Thermodynamic Properties of Simple Liquids and Phase Transitions". Mansoori did post-doctoral work at Rice University under supervision of Thomas W. Leland, Jr., all degrees in chemical engineering[4]
Career
Mansoori contributed to over 600 publications including ten books,[5] some of which became text-book references in energy, nanotechnology, statistical echanics and thermodynamics. The most cited work he has co-authored is "Equilibrium thermodynamic properties of the mixture of hard spheres" in The Journal of Chemical Physics in 1971[6] with about 3000 citations as of January 2024.[7]