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2021 Rising Stars: Hadi Mohammadi
Senior Research Scientist, Braskem
Working at Pittsburgh-based materials firm Braskem is Hadi Mohammadi s first job in the plastics industry. Mohammadi graduated from Iran s Amirkabir University of Technology with a Master of Science in polymer engineering and Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University with a Ph.D. in polymer chemistry.
Following his master s, he worked with a group on a project related to crystallization of polypropylene. That project got me really interested in plastics and motivated me to pursue my Ph.D. on crystallization of plastics and start a career in this field, he said.
Mohammadi has worked as a research specialist I and II. During his second year with Braskem, he was selected as one of the top-performing team members within the company s innovation and technology centers.
Kevin Herrington, 32
Research Scientist, Braskem
With the COVID-19 pandemic, Kevin Herrington said most of his team has been working from home since March. The challenge has been in finding new ways to work and communicate with one another, but it has also created more time to examine and…