We sincerely welcome Prof. Dr. Rahim Zahedi from University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, to join the Editorial Board of Recent Progress in Sciences. Rahim Zahedi is an Assistant Professor of the department of energy governance, University of Tehran, Iran. He has a PhD in energy systems engineering from the same University. He has a BSc in mechanical engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology and MSc in energy systems engineering from the same University. He got the highest score in energy systems engineering PhD entrance exam of Iran in 2020 and became the first rank of the country. His field of interest is energy modeling and he has published more than 80 ISI papers in this field. He was recognized as author of the most cited article in Energy Science & Engineering journal in WILEY from January 2021 to December 2023. He is assigned 2023 JTACC-V4 Young Scientist Award, the best worldwide young scientist in the field of thermal sciences, in the Conference: Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry Conference (JTACC) and 9th V4 (Joint Czech-Hungarian-Polish-Slovakian) Thermoanalytical Conference (JTACC+V4 2023), Balatonfüred, Hungary. He has obtained the first rank of the country's best industrial plan in the national oil and gas event and received a certificate of appreciation for the best researcher in the field of petroleum engineering. He has won the National Renewable Energy Award and is chosen as the national best young researcher in the field of energy. He is also assigned 2024 Alborz Prize (Iranian Nobel), the best young scientist of the country. He has done a lot of research in terms of energy and environment and his research area is dedicated to them and also his research interest area is BEM and LCA. We appreciate Prof. Dr. Rahim Zahedi for his participation and support.
May 7, 2024