About Nate
I’m a scientist and technology leader interested in how good ideas become useful capabilities—and in the people, decisions, and tools that make that possible.
My foundation is chemical engineering, catalysis, and advanced materials. I enjoy problems where understanding the science is essential, and where performance, reliability, manufacturing, or system integration determines what happens next.
My work has developed a practical habit: connect the question to the evidence, make the assumptions visible, and identify the next decision that would move things forward.
I’m bringing that perspective toward technology strategy, business development, partnerships, and commercialization. I’m interested in the connection between what a technology can do, who could use it, and what would make it worth developing.
Chemecat is my personal platform for this direction. It brings together my public research, independent perspectives, and Cat Lab—the scientific software project I’m building for the long term.
Understand the application and the decision before choosing a method or building a model.
Separate measurement, assumption, interpretation, and ambition. Be clear about what a result supports.
Bring the scientific detail into a conversation that product, engineering, and business teams can use.
University of South Carolina, USA
Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, IR
Isfahan University of Technology, IR
Isfahan University of Technology, IR
My publications appear under Abolfazl Shakouri as well as Nate Shakouri. These selected coauthored papers provide a direct view of the scientific foundation behind my work.
Horie Adabi, Abolfazl Shakouri, Noor Ul Hassan, John R. Varcoe, Barr Zulevi, Alexey Serov, John R. Regalbuto, and William E. Mustain. Nature Energy 6, 834–843 (2021).
Read the publicationHorie Adabi, Pietro Giovanni Santori, Abolfazl Shakouri, Xiong Peng, Karam Yassin, Igal G. Rasin, Simon Brandon, Dario R. Dekel, Noor Ul Hassan, Moulay-Tahar Sougrati, Andrea Zitolo, John R. Varcoe, John R. Regalbuto, Frédéric Jaouen, and William E. Mustain. Materials Today Advances 12, 100179 (2021).
Read the publicationCat Lab starts with a working engineering calculator. My ambition is to grow it into a trusted environment for scientific computing, connected models, and simulation.