Mohammad Javad Abdolhosseini Qomi
Biography
Mohammad Javad Abdolhosseini Qomi, Ph.D., is Professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, Irvine. His research focuses on the mechanics and physics of porous media, including cement and concrete science, sustainable materials, geologic materials and processes, chemo-poromechanics, nanoscale interfacial phenomena, carbon mineralization, enhanced geothermal systems, and machine learning applications to porous and fractured media. Abdolhosseini Qomi received a Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from MIT in 2015.
Abdolhosseini Qomi has secured over $11 million in research funding as lead principal investigator, including a DOE Early Career Award from the Basic Energy Science office in Geoscience (2021) and an NSF CAREER Award from the Engineering for Civil Infrastructure program (2022). His research portfolio includes a $6 million award from the University of California Office of the President AI Science at Scale Initiative for developing a foundation model for subsurface processes, and a $1.8 million DOE Energy Earthshot Center subcontract through Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. His work spans from molecular-scale mechanisms of carbon mineralization in nanoscale interfacial water films to urban-scale physics of flooding.
Abdolhosseini Qomi has published over 60 refereed journal articles with more than 4,500 citations and h-index of 35. His work has appeared in journals including Nature Communications, Physical Review Letters, and Nature Reviews Chemistry. He received the Le Chatelier Award from Cement and Concrete Research Journal in 2025, the Hellman Fellowship for early career scientists in 2019, and the Maseeh Award for Excellence in Teaching from MIT's Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering in 2015. He served as Conference Co-Chair for the Engineering Mechanics Institute's Annual Conference in 2025.
Return to topEducation
- Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT, 2015
- M.S. in Civil Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, 2008
- B.S. in Civil Engineering, Tehran University, 2006
Distinctions
- DOE Early Career Award, Basic Energy Science office in Geoscience Area, 2021
- NSF CAREER Award, CMMI Engineering for Civil Infrastructure, 2022
- Le Chatelier Award, Cement and Concrete Research Journal, 2025
- Hellman Fellowship for Early Career Scientists, 2019
- Maseeh Award for Excellence in Teaching, CEE Department, 2015
- Schoettler Fellowship, CEE Department, 2009
- Tavakkoli Prize for Best Master Thesis, 2009
- Outstanding Educator Award, Orange County Engineering Council, 2016
Areas of Expertise
- Porous Media Mechanics
- Calcium Silicate Hydrate Nanostructure
- Molecular Dynamics Simulations
- Cement Hydration Kinetics
- Carbon Mineralization Pathways
- Enhanced Geothermal System
- Urban Flooding Physics
Recent Publications
- J Stapper, Q. Miller, R. Detwiler, M.J. Abdolhosseini Qomi, “Quantifying the effect of temperature on belite hydration kinetics through quasi in situ XRD”, Cement and Concrete Research, vol. 199, pp. 108038, 2026.
- J. Hur, L. Mai, S. Singh, Y. Abousleiman, K. Hull, M.J. Abdolhosseini Qomi, “Decoding Kerogen Oxidation”, Chemical Engineering Journal, vol. 520, pp. 165562, 2025.
- M. Youzi, J. Stapper, E. Thompson, T. Schaef, K. Rosso, Q. Miller, M.J. Abdolhosseini Qomi, “Carbon Mineralization Pathways in Interfacial Adsorbed Water Nanofilms”, Communications Earth and Environment, vol. 6, pp. 478, 2025.
- Y. Tao, P. Martin, H. Manzano, M.J. Abdolhosseini Qomi, “Mesoscopic Mechanisms of Dicalcium Silicate Dissolution”, Cement and Concrete Research, vol. 189, pp. 107660, 2025.
- S. Balaian, B.F. Sanders, M.J. Abdolhosseini Qomi, “How Urban Form Impacts Flooding”, Nature Communications, vol. 15, pp. 6911, 2024.
- J. Hur, Y. Abousleiman, K.L. Hull, M.J. Abdolhosseini Qomi, “Modeling Kerogen Decomposition with Sodium Oxychlorine Oxidizers”, Fuel, vol. 366, pp. 131296, 2024.
- J. Hur, Y. Abousleiman, K.L. Hull, M.J. Abdolhosseini Qomi, “A ReaxFF Potential for Modeling Organic Matter Degradation with Oxybromine Oxidants”, ChemPhysChem, pp. e202300860, 2024.
- P. Martin, J.J. Gaitero, X.M. Aretxabaleta, M.J. Abdolhosseini Qomi, H. Manzano, “A Kinetic Monte Carlo Study of the C₃S Dissolution Mechanism”, Cement and Concrete Research, 2024.
- M.J. Abdolhosseini Qomi, Q.R.S. Miller, S. Zare, H.T. Schaef, J. Kaszuba, K.M. Rosso, “Molecular-Scale Mechanisms of CO₂ Mineralization in Nanoscale Interfacial Water Films”, Nature Reviews in Chemistry, vol. 6, no. 9, pp. 598-613, 2022.
- S. Zare, K.M. Salah Uddin, A. Funk, Q. Miller, M.J. Abdolhosseini Qomi, “Nanoconfinement Matters in Humidified CO2 Interaction with Metal Silicates”, Environmental Science: Nano, vol. 9, no. 10, pp. 3766-3779, 2022.
- S. Zare, A. Funk, M.J. Abdolhosseini Qomi, “Interfacial Reaction Pathways for Docking Carbon Dioxide in Natural and Synthetic Rocks”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, vol. 126, no. 28, pp. 11574–11584, 2022.
- Y. Tao, S. Zare, F. Wang, M.J. Abdolhosseini Qomi, “Atomistic Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Belite Dissolution”, Cement Concrete Research, vol. 157, pp. 106833, 2022.
- M. Shishehbor, D. Sakaniwa, D. Stefaniuk, K.J. Krakowiak, M.J. Abdolhosseini Qomi, “On the Significance of Interfacial Chemistry on the Strength of Fly Ash-Cement Composites”, Cement Concrete Research, vol. 151, pp. 106619, 2022.
- M.J. Abdolhosseini Qomi, L. Brochard, T. Honorio, I. Maruyama, M. Vandamme, “Advances in Atomistic Modeling and Understanding of Drying Shrinkage in Cementitious Materials”, Cement Concrete Research, vol. 148, pp. 106536, 2021.
- S. Zare, M.J. Abdolhosseini Qomi, “Reactive force fields for aqueous and interfacial magnesium carbonate formation” (opens in new tab), Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics, 2021.
- J. Hur, K.L. Hull, Y. Abousleiman, M.J. Abdolhosseini Qomi, “Reactive force fields for oxidative degradation of organic matter in geological reservoirs”, RSC Advances, vol. 11, no. 47, pp. 29298-29307, 2021.
Contact Information
Website: https://engineering.uci.edu/users/mohammad-javad-abdolhosseini-qomi
Email: mjaq@uci.edu
Phone: (949) 824-0612
Address: 844D Engineering Tower, Irvine, CA 92697-2175
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Last updated on 6/25/2026.