About Us

The Alshami Research Group consists of faculty, research fellows, graduate, and undergraduate students who are working individually or in tandem on topics spanning biochemical and biomolecular engineering, bioseparations, and biological upgrading of crude oil and its derivatives. Team member specialties include, and not limited to, catalysis and reaction engineering, membrane and nanotechnology separation, numerical and computer simulation, molecular dynamics and multiphysics modeling.

Principal Investigator

Dr. Ali Alshami

B.S., M.S., Ph.D.

Dr. Ali Alshami is an Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering at the University of North Dakota. He earned his B.S., M.S, and Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from Washington State University at Pullman, Washington. He spent over ten years in the private sector working on research and development engineering projects at large and mid-size chemical manufacturing and processing corporations prior to his involvement in academia. His specializations include material interfacial phenomena, polymer science and membrane separation, and biochemical product development.