Hussain Almajed

Research Bio

Hussain is a 5^th year grad electrobuff from our own CU Boulder's Chemistry department. Hussain’s research focuses on modeling and assessment of integrated CO₂ capture and electrochemical utilization. He uses process modeling tools (e.g., Aspen Plus) as well as techno-economic modeling to understand the future feasibility of emerging Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) and electrolysis technologies. Hussain is co-advised by Dr. Bri-Mathias Hodge.

Hussain grew up in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, in a small town called Al Qatif. He likes to play volleyball and football (a.k.a soccer), and he loves to go hiking to some of the breathtaking mountains in Colorado! 

Education

• M.S in Chemical Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, 2021
• B.A. in Chemistry, University of Colorado Boulder, 2019

Scholarships & Awards

• ECEE Outreach Award (2023)
• Saudi Ministry of Education Scholarship (2015-present)

Selected Publications

• Brimley, Paige⁺; Almajed, Hussain⁺; Alsunni, Yousef; Alherz, Abdulaziz*; Bare, Zachary; Smith, Wilson; and Charles Musgrave*, “Electrochemical CO2 Reduction over Metal/Nitrogen-Doped Graphene Single Atom Catalysts Modeled Using Grand-Canonical Density Functional Theory,” ACS Catal., 12, 2022, 10161-10171. DOI: doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c01832.
• Omar J Guerra, Hussain M Almajed, Wilson A Smith, Ana Somoza-Tornos, Bri-Mathias S Hodge, "Barriers and opportunities for the deployment of CO2 electrolysis in net-zero emissions energy systems," Joule, 7, 1111-1133 (2023). DOI: doi.org/10.1016/j.joule.2023.05.002.

⁺Co-First Authors