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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Hajar Maleki

Citation names

  • Maleki, Hajar
  • Hajar Maleki

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
791B-D845-7FDA
ORCID iD
0000-0002-2813-4700
Google Scholar ID
https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=xIPfiGQAAAAJ&hl=en
Researcher Id
loop.frontiersin.org/people/1004168/overview

Addresses

  • Greinstraße 6, 50939, Köln, NRW, Germany (Professional)

Websites

  • https://functional-porous-materials.uni-koeln.de/ (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Medical and Health Sciences - Medical Biotechnology - Biomaterials
  • Exact Sciences - Chemical Sciences - Inorganic Chemistry
  • Engineering and Technology - Nano-technology - Nano-materials

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
German Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2) Upper intermediate (B2)
Portuguese Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1) Intermediate (B1)
Persian (Mother tongue)
Azerbaijani (Mother tongue)
Education
Degree Classification
2011/09/01 - 2014/12/10
Concluded
 Chemical Enigeering (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Investigação em Engenharia dos Processos Químicos e dos Produtos da Floresta, Portugal
2006/09/01 - 2008/09/01
Concluded
 Organic Chemistry (Master)
Major in Master
Sharif University of Technology, Iran
2002/09/01 - 2006/09/01
Concluded
 Chemistry (Bachelor)
University of Tehran, Iran
Affiliation

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2018/11/01 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universität zu Köln Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Germany
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2020 - Current Piezoresistive aerogels -Kopf - frei
123
Principal investigator
Universität zu Köln Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Germany
Ongoing
2020 - 2021 3D printed drug laden and bi-functional aerogels
1234
Principal investigator
Universität zu Köln Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Germany
Ongoing
2019/10/01 - 2020/10/31 Development of hierarchically organized and biomimetic architectured porous silk fibroin (SF) based anisotropic aerogels for thermal energy management (POSITEM)
123
Principal investigator
Concluded
2019 - 2020 3D printed drug laden aerogels for bone tissue engineering
36521
Principal investigator
Concluded
2016 - 2018 Lise Meitner Programme - Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Silica-silk fibroin bioaerogels
M 2086-N34
Principal investigator
Concluded
2012 - 2015 Manufacturing and Applications of Nanostructured Materials (MANANO), Marie Curie ITN project
264710
Research Fellow
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Montes, Susan; Maleki, Hajar. "Aerogels and their applications". In Colloidal Metal Oxide Nanoparticles, 337-399. Elsevier, 2020.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-813357-6.00015-2
  2. Maleki, Hajar; Hüsing, Nicola. "Aerogels as promising materials for environmental remediation—A broad insight into the environmental pollutants removal through adsorption and (photo)catalytic processes". In New Polymer Nanocomposites for Environmental Remediation, 389-436. Elsevier, 2018.
    10.1016/b978-0-12-811033-1.00016-0
  3. Hajar Maleki. "Silica Aerogels: Synthesis and Different Mechanical Reinforcement Strategies". In Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology. American Scientific Publishers, 2016.
Journal article
  1. Maleki, Hajar; Fischer, Thomas; Bohr, Christoph; Auer, Jaqueline; Mathur, Sanjay; Milow, Barbara. "Hierarchically Organized Biomimetic Architectured Silk Fibroin–Ceramic-Based Anisotropic Hybrid Aerogels for Thermal Energy Management". Biomacromolecules (2021): http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.1c00175.
    10.1021/acs.biomac.1c00175
  2. Dilamian, Mandana; Joghataei, Majid; Ashrafi, Zahra; Bohr, Christoph; Mathur, Sanjay; Maleki, Hajar. "From 1D electrospun nanofibers to advanced multifunctional fibrous 3D aerogels". Applied Materials Today 22 (2021): 100964. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2021.100964.
    10.1016/j.apmt.2021.100964
  3. Bruder, Valentin; Ludwig, Tim; Opitz, Stephan; Christoffels, Ronja; Fischer, Thomas; Maleki, Hajar. "Hierarchical Assembly of Surface Modified Silk Fibroin Biomass into Micro-, and Milli-Metric Hybrid Aerogels with Core-Shell, Janus, and Composite Configurations for Rapid Removal of Water Pollutants". Advanced Materials Interfaces 8 5 (2021): 2001892. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/admi.202001892.
    10.1002/admi.202001892
  4. Shahbazi, Mohammad-Ali; Ghalkhani, Masoumeh; Maleki, Hajar. "Directional Freeze-Casting: A Bioinspired Method to Assemble Multifunctional Aligned Porous Structures for Advanced Applications". Advanced Engineering Materials 22 7 (2020): 2000033. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/adem.202000033.
    10.1002/adem.202000033
  5. Mohammad-Ali Shahbazi; Leila Faghfouri; Mónica P. A. Ferreira; Patrícia Figueiredo; Hajar Maleki; Farshid Sefat; Jouni Hirvonen; Hélder A. Santos. "The versatile biomedical applications of bismuth-based nanoparticles and composites: therapeutic, diagnostic, biosensing, and regenerative properties". Chemical Society Reviews (2020): https://doi.org/10.1039/C9CS00283A.
    10.1039/C9CS00283A
  6. Mohammadinejad, Reza; Maleki, Hajar; Larrañeta, Eneko; Fajardo, André R.; Nik, Amirala Bakhshian; Shavandi, Amin; Sheikhi, Amir; et al. "Status and future scope of plant-based green hydrogels in biomedical engineering". Applied Materials Today 16 (2019): 213-246. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2019.04.010.
    10.1016/j.apmt.2019.04.010
  7. Hajar Maleki; Mohammad-Ali Shahbazi; Susan Montes; Seyed Hojjat Hosseini; Mohammad Reza Eskandari; Stefan Zaunschirm; Thomas Verwanger; et al. "Mechanically Strong Silica-Silk Fibroin Bioaerogel: A Hybrid Scaffold with Ordered Honeycomb Micromorphology and Multiscale Porosity for Bone Regeneration". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces (2019): https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.9b04283.
    10.1021/acsami.9b04283
  8. Maleki, Hajar; Huesing, Nicola; Hajar Maleki; Nicola Huesing. "Silica-silk fibroin hybrid (bio)aerogels: two-step versus one-step hybridization". Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology (2019): http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10971-019-04933-4.
    10.1007/s10971-019-04933-4
  9. Maleki H; Montes S; Hayati-Roodbari N; Putz F; Huesing N. "An environmentally benign route for the development of compressible, thermally insulating and fire retardant aerogels through self-assembling the silk fibroin biopolymer inside the silica structure - An approach towards 3D printing of aerogels.". ACS applied materials & interfaces (2018): http://europepmc.org/abstract/med/29864277.
    10.1021/acsami.8b05856
  10. Hajar Maleki; Lawrence Whitmore; Nicola Hüsing. "Novel multifunctional polymethylsilsesquioxane–silk fibroin aerogel hybrids for environmental and thermal insulation applications". Journal of Materials Chemistry A 6 26 (2018): 12598-12612. https://doi.org/10.1039/C8TA02821D.
    10.1039/C8TA02821D
  11. Matias, Telma; Marques, Joana; Conceição, Filipe; Maleki, Hajar; Quina, Margarida J.; Gando-Ferreira, Licínio; Valente, Artur J. M.; Portugal, António; Durães, Luísa. "Towards improved adsorption of phenolic compounds by surface chemistry tailoring of silica aerogels". Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology 84 3 (2017): 409-421. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10971-017-4373-4.
    10.1007/s10971-017-4373-4
  12. Durães, Luisa; Maleki, Hajar; Vareda, João P.; Lamy-Mendes, Alyne; Portugal, António. "Exploring the Versatile Surface Chemistry of Silica Aerogels for Multipurpose Application". MRS Advances 2 57 (2017): 3511-3519. http://dx.doi.org/10.1557/adv.2017.375.
    10.1557/adv.2017.375
  13. Maleki, Hajar; Durães, Luisa; García-González, Carlos A.; del Gaudio, Pasquale; Portugal, António; Mahmoudi, Morteza. "Synthesis and biomedical applications of aerogels: Possibilities and challenges". Advances in Colloid and Interface Science 236 (2016): 1-27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cis.2016.05.011.
    10.1016/j.cis.2016.05.011
  14. Maleki, Hajar. "Recent advances in aerogels for environmental remediation applications: A review". Chemical Engineering Journal 300 (2016): 98-118. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2016.04.098.
    10.1016/j.cej.2016.04.098
  15. Maleki, Hajar; Durães, Luísa; Portugal, António. "A new trend for development of mechanically robust hybrid silica aerogels". Materials Letters 179 (2016): 206-209. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2016.05.085.
    10.1016/j.matlet.2016.05.085
  16. Maleki, Hajar; Durães, Luísa; Costa, Benilde F.O.; Santos, Rúben F.; Portugal, António. "Design of multifunctional magnetic hybrid silica aerogels with improved properties". Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 232 (2016): 227-237. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2016.06.025.
    10.1016/j.micromeso.2016.06.025
  17. Maleki, Hajar; Rai, Akhilesh; Pinto, Sandra; Evangelista, Marta; Cardoso, Renato M.S.; Paulo, Cristiana; Carvalheiro, Tiago; et al. "High Antimicrobial Activity and Low Human Cell Cytotoxicity of Core–Shell Magnetic Nanoparticles Functionalized with an Antimicrobial Peptide". ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 8 18 (2016): 11366-11378. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b03355.
    10.1021/acsami.6b03355
  18. Maleki, Hajar; Durães, Luisa; Portugal, António. "Development of Mechanically Strong Ambient Pressure Dried Silica Aerogels with Optimized Properties". The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 119 14 (2015): 7689-7703. http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/jp5116004.
    10.1021/jp5116004
  19. Maleki, Hajar. "Synthesis of mechanically reinforced silica aerogels via Surface-Initiated Reversible Addition-Fragmentation Chain Transfer (SI-RAFT) Polymerization". Journal of Materials Chemistry A (2015): http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlelanding/2015/ta/c4ta05618c#!divAbstract.
    10.1039/C4TA05618C
  20. Maleki, Hajar; Durães, Luisa; Portugal, António. "Synthesis of lightweight polymer-reinforced silica aerogels with improved mechanical and thermal insulation properties for space applications". Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 197 (2014): 116-129. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2014.06.003.
    10.1016/j.micromeso.2014.06.003
  21. Maleki, Hajar; Durães, Luisa; Portugal, António. "An overview on silica aerogels synthesis and different mechanical reinforcing strategies". Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids 385 (2014): 55-74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2013.10.017.
    10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2013.10.017
  22. Rocha, Nuno; Mendes, Joana; Durães, Luisa; Maleki, Hajar; Portugal, António; Geraldes, Carlos F. G. C.; Serra, Arménio; Coelho, Jorge. "Poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(4-vinyl pyridine) as a versatile block copolymer to prepare nanoaggregates of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles". Journal of Materials Chemistry B 2 11 (2014): 1565. http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3tb21454k.
    10.1039/c3tb21454k
  23. Rocha, Nuno; Mendes, Joana; Durães, Luísa; Maleki, Hajar; Portugal, António; Geraldes, C. F. G. C.; Serra, Arménio; Coelho, Jorge. "Poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(4-vinyl pyridine) as a versatile block copolymer to prepare nanoaggregates of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles". (2014): http://hdl.handle.net/10316/25537.
  24. Maleki, Hajar; Durães, Luísa; Portugal, António. "Synthesis of lightweight polymer-reinforced silica aerogels with improved mechanical and thermal insulation properties for space applications". (2014): http://hdl.handle.net/10316/80384.
  25. Rocha, Nuno; Mendes, Joana; Durães, Luísa; Maleki, Hajar; Portugal, António; Geraldes, Carlos F. G. C.; Serra, Arménio; Coelho, Jorge. "Poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(4-vinyl pyridine) as a versatile block copolymer to prepare nanoaggregates of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles". (2014): http://hdl.handle.net/10316/80414.
  26. Maleki, Hajar; Durães, Luísa; Portugal, António. "An overview on silica aerogels synthesis and different mechanical reinforcing strategies". (2014): http://hdl.handle.net/10316/80385.
  27. Maleki, Hajar; Durães, Luísa; Portugal, António. "Synthesis of lightweight polymer-reinforced silica aerogels with improved mechanical and thermal insulation properties for space applications". (2014): http://hdl.handle.net/10316/80384.
  28. Rocha, Nuno; Mendes, Joana; Durães, Luísa; Maleki, Hajar; Portugal, António; Geraldes, Carlos F. G. C.; Serra, Arménio; Coelho, Jorge. "Poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(4-vinyl pyridine) as a versatile block copolymer to prepare nanoaggregates of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles". (2014): http://hdl.handle.net/10316/80414.
  29. Maleki, Hajar; Durães, Luísa; Portugal, António. "An overview on silica aerogels synthesis and different mechanical reinforcing strategies". (2014): http://hdl.handle.net/10316/80385.
  30. Rocha, Nuno; Mendes, Joana; Durães, Luísa; Maleki, Hajar; Portugal, António; Geraldes, C. F. G. C.; Serra, Arménio; Coelho, Jorge. "Poly(ethylene glycol)-block-poly(4-vinyl pyridine) as a versatile block copolymer to prepare nanoaggregates of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles". (2014): http://hdl.handle.net/10316/25537.
  31. Maleki, H.; Simchi, A.; Imani, M.; Costa, B.F.O.. "Size-controlled synthesis of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles and their surface coating by gold for biomedical applications". Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 324 23 (2012): 3997-4005. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2012.06.045.
    10.1016/j.jmmm.2012.06.045
  32. Maleki, H.; Simchi, A.; Imani, M.; Costa, B.F.O.. "Size-controlled synthesis of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles and their surface coating by gold for biomedical applications". (2012):
    10.1016/j.jmmm.2012.06.045
  33. Halimehjani, Azim Ziyaei; Maleki, Hajar; Saidi, Mohammad R.. "Regiospecific iodocyclization of S-allyl dithiocarbamates: synthesis of 2-imino-1,3-dithiolane and 2-iminium-1,3-dithiolane derivatives". Tetrahedron Letters 50 23 (2009): 2747-2749. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.03.127.
    10.1016/j.tetlet.2009.03.127
  34. Maleki, Hajar. "ChemInform abstarct: Regiospecific iodocyclization of S-allyl dithiocarbamates: synthesis of 2-imino-1, 3-dithiolane and 2- iminium-1, 3-dithiolane derivatives,". ChemInform (2009):
    10.1002/chin.200937109
Thesis / Dissertation
  1. Maleki, Hajar. "Development of mechanically reinforced polymersilica aerogels for thermal insulation in Space applications". PhD, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/27027.
  2. Maleki, Hajar. "Development of mechanically reinforced polymersilica aerogels for thermal insulation in Space applications". PhD, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10316/27027.
Distinctions

Award

2020 Grant awarded from Kopf Frei - Postdoc-Programme for Female Professors Programme III of University of Cologne, 07/ 2020.
2019 Grant award from the Fonds der Chemischen Industrie for material cost allowances (Sachkostenzuschüsse) for young university teachers, 07/2019.
2019 Grant awarded from Postdoc-Kids & ElderCare within the Female Professors Programme II of University of Cologne, 12/ 2019.
2018 Grant awarded from German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany. Project Number: 78002333.11/2018
2016 Fellowship award for the prestigious Lise Meitner postdoctoral fellowship - Austrian Science Fund (FWF), Project Number: M 2086-N34, 05/2016.
2014 Ph.D. thesis approved/passed with honors/ distinction, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Coimbra, Portugal, 12/2014.
2012 Fellowship award for competitive European Funded Marie Curie ITN project, MANANO (Manufacturing and Application of Nanostructured Materials (MANANO), Project Reference: 264710, 01/2012.

Other distinction

2019 Most downloaded article award from Elsevier Publisher, for a review paper ‘’H. Maleki*, et al., 385, 2014, An Overview of silica aerogels synthesis and different mechanical reinforcing strategies, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids’’, 06/2019
2017 Best oral presentation award in International Sol-Gel meeting, Liège, Belgium for Session: ‘’Biomaterials, biohybrids and bioinspired materials’’, 09/2017.
2011 Scholarship award from Iran Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, for financial aid on research developed on University of Coimbra, Portugal, 03/2011
2006 17th best student, out of ca. 4000 participants in national M.Sc. exam (Iran), 09/2006.