Benyamin M. Garmejani
Benyamin's PhD research focuses on Ddeveloping conductive porous electrocatalysts for greenhouse gas conversion.
Benyamin Mohammadian Garmejani
Chemistry PhD Student
School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
Profile
I’m a chemical engineer at heart, having completed my bachelor’s at Isfahan University of Technology and my master’s at the University of Tehran, where I spent my time trying to convince methane and carbon dioxide to play nicely together over bimetallic catalysts.
Now at VUW, I’m exploring the world of electrocatalysis with the Porous Materials team (proudly funded by MacDiarmid institute), where CO₂ is still my lab partner.
Outside of experiments, I’m a self-proclaimed coffee enthusiast, professional baker, and full-time kitchen chemist, trying to make cookies as reproducible as my catalysts (still a work in progress).
Qualifications
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology
Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, University of Tehran
Research interests
Electrocatalysis, porous materials, MOF, nanomaterials.
PhD topic
Developing Conductive Porous Electrocatalysts for Greenhouse Gas Conversion
Supervisors
Dr Luke Liu, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
Dr Kim McKelvey, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences
Associated Labs
Porous Materials Research Group
Publications
- Mehravar, S., Garmejani, B.M. and Fatemi, S., 2025. Nickel-deposited hexagonal boron nitride composites synthesized via chemical vapor deposition: unlocking enhanced magnetic properties for advanced technologies. Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 13(13), pp.6823-6830.
- Garmejani, Benyamin M., Mehravar, Samira, Fatemi, Shohreh, CVD-Engineered Ni and FeNi Catalysts on Hexagonal Boron Nitride for Efficient CO2-Methane Co-Conversion to Syngas: High-Performance Alternatives to Traditional Alumina-Supported Catalysts, International Journal of Energy Research, 2026, 5520777, 21 pages, 2026. https://doi.org/10.1155/er/5520777