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Behnam Jafarpour is a Professor of Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, and Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Southern California. He serves as the Director of the CO2-SMART Center, a National Science Foundation Industry-University Cooperative Research Center that addresses research needs in industrial decarbonization and CO2 sequestration. He is also the Associate Director of the USC Ershaghi Center for Energy Transition, where he holds the Energi Simulation Foundation's Industrial Research Chair in Subsurface Energy Data Science. Dr. Jafarpour earned his PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 2008. His research focuses on the intersection of machine learning and subsurface energy science, aiming to develop physics-informed AI solutions for industrial applications. He leads an interdisciplinary research lab at USC that combines deep learning algorithms with domain knowledge to tackle complex, high-dimensional energy systems, providing practical solutions for prediction and control. His research has garnered support from government entities, industry, and nonprofit foundations.
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