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Ali Qaseminejad Raeini

London, UK |  a.q.raeini@gmail.com
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Professional Experience

Section titled “Professional Experience”

Freelance ,   London, UK

Section titled “Freelance ,   London, UK”

Fullstack development, raeini.com,   Feb 2025 — Now

Section titled “Fullstack development, raeini.com,   Feb 2025 — Now”

  • Frontend: Typescript, Webassembly and Node modules such as AstroJS, React/SolidJS, Sveltia CMS and Google Firebase

  • Backend: Pingora for reverse-proxy and OAuth, Boost-Beast web-sockets for C++ integration, FastAPI for database and machine learning integration

  • Deployment: Bash, Firebase CLI, Docker-compose or Terraform

Pareto.AI,   Sep 2025 — Now

Section titled “Pareto.AI,   Sep 2025 — Now”
  • Physics and Engineering expert in training large language models (LLMs)

Quaisr,   London, UK

Section titled “Quaisr,   London, UK”

Software Developer,   Aug 2024 — Jan 2025

Section titled “Software Developer,   Aug 2024 — Jan 2025”
  • Integrated several simulation and data processing pipelines using Python and Docker, including OpenFOAM simulation, Gaussian Process Regression, 3D data visualization using VTK and Plotly.
  • Developed web APIs using ASP.NET Core and React, for GitHub/OAuth integration.
  • Managed Kubernetes deployments using Helm and Terraform.

Emerson Automation Solutions,   Oxford, UK

Section titled “Emerson Automation Solutions,   Oxford, UK”

Senior Software Developer,   Oct 2021 — Aug 2024

Section titled “Senior Software Developer,   Oct 2021 — Aug 2024”
  • Tempest MORE Reservoir Simulator:
    • Improved parallel decomposition and load-balancing of fractures and locally refined grids.
    • Extended fault seal modelling capabilities to locally refined grids.
    • Leveraged Boost.Python and MPI for loading and decomposing custom user grid data.
    • Improved dynamic wellbore placement and well group management.
    • Added and improved documentation, tutorials and regression tests.
  • Migrated license manager for Tempest MORE (C++), LIFT (C) and ENABLE (Java) from FlexmLM to AspenONE SLM.
  • Upgraded the build platforms and fixed security issues in the Tempest MORE and LIFT.
  • Improved Pytest parallel scripts, reducing the main Jenkins pipeline duration by half.

Imperial College,   London, UK

Section titled “Imperial College,   London, UK”

Research Associate,   May 2013 — 2019

Section titled “Research Associate,   May 2013 — 2019”

Research Fellow,   2019 — Sep 2021

Section titled “Research Fellow,   2019 — Sep 2021”
  • Developed novel pore-network extraction, 3D surface tracking and flow models.
  • Developed C++ and Python pipelines for the analysis and visualisation of 3D networks.
  • Created Python packages for data analysis and model calibration.
  • Designed a parallel C++ library for 3D image processing, IO, compression, segmentation, registration and statistics, with portions released on GitHub.
  • Mentored MSc. and PhD students on coding projects such as porefoam single- and two-phase flow simulators and ContactAngle measurement.
  • Coauthored 30+ journal papers and presented at 50+ conferences and workshops. \end{itemize}

IRock Technologies,   London, UK

Section titled “IRock Technologies,   London, UK”

Consultant,   2014 — 2016

Section titled “Consultant,   2014 — 2016”
  • Dual network and Darcy modelling of flow through heterogeneous porous media.

Imperial Consultants,   London, UK

Section titled “Imperial Consultants,   London, UK”

Consultant,   2011 — 2013

Section titled “Consultant,   2011 — 2013”
  • Pressure signal analysis using analytical solutions of partial differential equations.
  • Conducted parameter estimation/optimisation and what-if scenario analysis, creating significant value for the client.

Education

Section titled “Education”

Imperial College London,   UK,   2009 — 2013,   PhD

Section titled “Imperial College London,   UK,   2009 — 2013,   PhD”

Thesis: Modelling multi-phase flow on micro-CT images of pore space.

Funding: Imperial College Consortium on Pore-scale Modelling.

Sharif University of Technology,   Tehran, Iran,   2006 — 2009,   MSc

Section titled “Sharif University of Technology,   Tehran, Iran,   2006 — 2009,   MSc”

Major: Hydrocarbon Reservoir Engineering.

Thesis: Flow through dual-porosity media using Finite-Elements in logarithmic spaces.

Petroleum University of Technology,   Ahwaz, Iran,   2002 — 2006,   BSc

Section titled “Petroleum University of Technology,   Ahwaz, Iran,   2002 — 2006,   BSc”

Major: Petroleum Reservoir Engineering.

Thesis: Simulation of foam-injection enhanced oil recovery.

Publications

Section titled “Publications”

  1. M Amiri, J Qajar, AQ Raeini, A Raoof, Assessing rheology effects and pore space complexity in polymer flow through porous media: A pore-scale simulation study, Water Resources Research, 60 (5), e2023WR036125 (2024)

  2. G Zhang, S Foroughi, AQ Raeini, MJ Blunt, B Bijeljic, The impact of bimodal pore size distribution and wettability on relative permeability and capillary pressure in a microporous limestone with uncertainty quantification, Advances in Water Resources, 171, 104352 (2023)

  3. LM Giudici, AQ Raeini, T Akai, MJ Blunt, B Bijeljic, Pore-scale modeling of two-phase flow: A comparison of the generalized network model to direct numerical simulation, Physical Review E, 107 (3), 035107 (2023)

  4. T Pak, HS Rabbani, A Qaseminejad Raeini, N Shokri, Effects of the pore morphology on multiphase fluid displacement in porous media — A high-resolution modeling investigation, ACS omega, 8 (4), 3889—3895 (2023)

  5. LM Giudici, AQ Raeini, MJ Blunt, B Bijeljic, Representation of fully three-dimensional interfacial curvature in pore-network models, Water Resources Research, 59 (4), e2022WR033983 (2023)

  6. K Singh, T Bultreys, AQ Raeini, M Shams, MJ Blunt, New type of pore-snap-off and displacement correlations in imbibition, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 609, 384—92 (2022)

  7. Y Zhang, Q Lin, AQ Raeini, Y Onaka, H Iwama, K Takabayashi, MJ Blunt, B Bijeljic, Pore-scale imaging of asphaltene deposition with permeability reduction and wettability alteration, Fuel, 316, 123202 (2022)

  8. M Ramezanpour, M Siavashi, AQ Raeini, MJ Blunt, Pore-scale simulation of nanoparticle transport and deposition in a microchannel using a Lagrangian approach, Journal of Molecular Liquids, 355, 118948 (2022)

  9. AQ Raeini, LM Giudici, MJ Blunt, B Bijeljic, Generalized network modelling of two-phase flow in a water-wet and mixed-wet reservoir sandstone: Uncertainty and validation with experimental data, Advances in Water Resources, 164, 104194 (2022)

  10. AM Selem, N Agenet, Y Gao, AQ Raeini, MJ Blunt, B Bijeljic, Pore-scale imaging and analysis of low salinity waterflooding in a heterogeneous carbonate rock at reservoir conditions, Scientific Reports, 11 (1), 15063 (2021)

  11. Y Gao, AQ Raeini, MJ Blunt, B Bijeljic, Dynamic fluid configurations in steady-state two-phase flow in Bentheimer sandstone, Physical Review E, 103 (1), 013110 (2021)

  12. Q Lin, B Bijeljic, AQ Raeini, H Rieke, MJ Blunt, Drainage capillary pressure distribution and fluid displacement in a heterogeneous laminated sandstone, Geophysical Research Letters, 48 (14), e2021GL093604 (2021)

  13. A Alhosani, A Scanziani, Q Lin, AQ Raeini, B Bijeljic, MJ Blunt, Pore-scale mechanisms of CO2 storage in oilfields, Scientific reports, 10 (1), 8534 (2020)

  14. Y Gao, AQ Raeini, AM Selem, I Bondino, MJ Blunt, B Bijeljic, Pore-scale imaging with measurement of relative permeability and capillary pressure on the same reservoir sandstone sample under water-wet and mixed-wet conditions, Advances in Water Resources, 146, 103786 (2020)

  15. S Foroughi, B Bijeljic, Q Lin, AQ Raeini, MJ Blunt, Pore-by-pore modeling, analysis, and prediction of two-phase flow in mixed-wet rocks, Physical Review E, 102 (2), 023302 (2020)

  16. T Bultreys, K Singh, AQ Raeini, LC Ruspini, PE Øren, S Berg, M Rücker, B Bijeljic, MJ Blunt, Verifying pore network models of imbibition in rocks using time-resolved synchrotron imaging, Water Resources Research, 56 (6), e2019WR026587 (2020)

  17. PA Gago, AQ Raeini, P King, A spatially resolved fluid-solid interaction model for dense granular packs/soft-sand, Advances in Water Resources 136, 103454 (2020)

  18. TG Baychev, AP Jivkov, A Rabbani, AQ Raeini, Q Xiong, T Lowe, PJ Withers , Reliability of algorithms interpreting topological and geometric properties of porous media for pore network modelling, Transport in Porous Media, 128 (1), 271—301 (2019)

  19. Y Gao, AQ Raeini, MJ Blunt, B Bijeljic, Pore occupancy, relative permeability and flow intermittency measurements using X-ray micro-tomography in a complex carbonate, Advances in Water Resources, 129, 56—69 (2019)

  20. K Singh, BP Muljadi, AQ Raeini, C Jost, V Vandeginste, MJ Blunt, G Theraulaz, P Degond, The architectural design of smart ventilation and drainage systems in termite nests, Science Advances, 5(3), eaat8520, (2019)

  21. AQ Raeini, J Yang, I Bondino, T Bultreys, MJ Blunt, B Bijeljic, Validating the generalized pore network model using micro-CT images of two-phase flow, Transport in Porous Media, 130 (2), 405—24 (2019)

  22. T Bultreys, Q Lin, Y Gao, AQ Raeini, A AlRatrout, B Bijeljic, MJ Blunt, Validation of model predictions of pore-scale fluid distributions during two-phase flow, Physical Review E, 97 (5), 053104, (2018)

  23. M Shams, AQ Raeini, MJ Blunt, B Bijeljic, A numerical model of two-phase flow at the micro-scale using the volume-of-fluid method, Journal of Computational Physics, 357, 159—182 (2018)

  24. M. Shams, AQ Raeini, MJ Blunt, B Bijeljic, A study to investigate viscous coupling effects on the hydraulic conductance of fluid layers in two-phase flow at the pore level, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 522, 299—310, (2018)

  25. AQ Raeini, B Bijeljic, MJ Blunt, Generalized network modelling: Capillary-dominated two-phase flow, Physical Review E, 97 (2), 023308, (2018)

  26. AQ Raeini, B Bijeljic, MJ Blunt, Generalized network modeling: Network extraction as a coarse-scale discretization of the void space of porous media, Physical Review E, 96 (1), 013312 (2017)

  27. A AlRatrout, AQ Raeini, B Bijeljic, MJ Blunt, Automatic measurement of contact angle in pore-space images, Advances in Water Resources, 109, 158—69 (2017)

  28. C Xie, AQ Raeini, Y Wang, MJ Blunt, M Wang, An improved pore-network model including viscous coupling effects using direct simulation by the lattice Boltzmann method, Advances in water resources, 100, 26—34 (2017)

  29. BP Muljadi, MJ Blunt, AQ Raeini, B Bijeljic, The impact of porous media heterogeneity on non-Darcy flow behaviour from pore-scale simulation, Advances in Water Resources, 95, 329—40, (2015)

  30. AQ Raeini, B Bijeljic, MJ Blunt, Modelling capillary trapping using finite-volume simulation of two-phase flow directly on micro-CT images, Advances in Water Resources, 83, 102—10 (2015)

  31. N Alyafei, AQ Raeini, A Paluszny, MJ Blunt, A sensitivity study of the effect of image resolution on predicted petrophysical properties, Transport in Porous Media, 110 (1), 157—169 (2015)

  32. AQ Raeini, MJ Blunt, B Bijeljic, Direct simulations of two-phase flow on micro-CT images of porous media and upscaling of pore-scale forces, Advances in Water Resources, 74, 116—26, (2014)

  33. AQ Raeini, B Bijeljic, MJ Blunt, Numerical Modelling of Sub-pore Scale Events in Two-Phase Flow Through Porous Media, Transport in Porous Media, 101 (2), 191—213, (2014)

  34. B Bijeljic, AQ Raeini, P Mostaghimi, MJ Blunt, Predictions of non-Fickian solute transport in different classes of porous media using direct simulation on pore-scale images, Physical Review E, 87, 013011, (2013).

  35. AQ Raeini, MJ Blunt, B Bijeljic, Modelling two-phase flow in porous media at the pore scale using the volume-of-fluid method, Journal of Computational Physics, 231 (17), 5653—68 (2012)

  36. AQ Raeini, M Masihi, A Shojaei, Fracture reservoir simulation using finite element method with logarithmic shape functions, Iranian Journal of Chemical Engineering, 10(54):8-21 (2011)