Sanaz Koohfar
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Mail code: 2080Campus: Poly
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Sanaz Koohfar is an Assistant Professor at the Polytechnic School and a faculty member of the Clean Energy Program.
She received her B.S. in Physics from the University of Tehran and earned her Ph.D. in Physics from North Carolina State University in 2019. Following her doctoral studies, she joined the Interfaces for Electrochemical Laboratory at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a postdoctoral researcher, where she investigated interfacial phenomena for improving the stability of energy conversion systems. Sanaz Koohfar’s research focuses on interfacial phenomena in electrochemical and magnetoelectric systems, aiming to uncover structure–function relationships in oxide materials to advance sustainable energy technologies and multifunctional device applications.
Interfaces-Oxides Nexus Electrochemical Laboratory (IONE Lab)
Sanaz's research interests span broad areas of electrochemical energy storage and conversion, as well as magnetoelectric devices, with an emphasis on interfacial effects. Her work focuses on laying the scientific groundwork for designing more sustainable and efficient devices and on establishing structure–function relationships driven by novel interfacial phenomena in oxides, with applications in multiferroicity and clean energy.
Courses
2026 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| MSE 792 | Research |
| EGR 520 | Engineering Analysis I |
2025 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| EGR 520 | Engineering Analysis I |