Samaneh Soroush

Samaneh Soroush

Research Scientist

Midstream, Upstream, Clean Tech
 
United States, Europe, Middle East 

1. What is your profession? Or if you are retired, what was your profession?

Chemical Engineering

2. What are your areas of expertise?

Midstream: Engineering

Upstream: Reservoir Engineering

Upstream Areas: Offshore, Onshore

Clean Tech: Engineering

Types of Clean Tech: CO2 capture, Hydrogen

3. Current Employer:

Assured Flow Solutions

4. Previous Employers:

Delft University of Technology, SGS, Rice University

5. How did you end up in the Energy Industry?

Having grown up in an environment where many successful people around me were working in or had retired from energy industry, I had plenty of motivation and encouragement to pursue my career in this field. Education in chemical engineering and work experience in this industry made me even further interested and proved that I was right in my choice. 

6. Why do you like working with Start-Ups?

I like energy, passion and courage of people working in start ups companies. Such individuals have preferred dealing with challenges of turning a novel idea into a profitable practice to stability of working in a settled corporation. Working with these people always give me hope for a brighter future.

Okay, now for some fun things about Samaneh…

7. What are three of your interests outside of work?

  • Calligraphy

  • Hiking

  • Blockchain and Cryptocurrency

8.  What are your top 3 accomplishments (personal or professional)?  Don’t be shy!  Give ‘em to us.

  • Awarded 5 full scholarships for PhD

  • Got a PhD in Chemical Engineering

  • Working and studying in 3 continents

9.  If I were a superhero, my superpower would be               .

Flying

10. When I was 5, I was pretty sure I'd be a                 when I grew up.

University Professor

11. If I weren't so damn good at what I do now, I'd probably be                 .

a Medical Doctor

12.  My favorite song is               by            .

"Never Give Up" by Sia

13.  If I won the lottery tomorrow, I'd          .

start a Clean Tech company

14.  The best piece of advice I've ever been given is                              .

You can have anything you want. The recipe is consistency, discipline and patience.