Mahdi Khishvand

Chief Technology Officer at Piri Technologies

Laramie, Wyoming, United States

About Mahdi Khishvand

Mahdi Khishvand is Chief Technology Officer at Piri Technologies. Location: Laramie, Wyoming, United States.

Technical lead for R&D studies across major hydrocarbon assets—including the Permian, Bakken, DJ basin, Brazil's pre-salt, West Africa, Guyana, and the Middle East—for Tier-1 global energy leaders. Subject-matter expert in: Flow and transport through porous media, reservoir characterization, Enhanced Hydrocarbon Recovery, and emerging subsurface energy solutions (geothermal, CO2 sequestration, and geological hydrogen storage/production). At the University of Wyoming, I have supported and mentored graduate students in pursuing their research in flow dynamics, micro-/nano-scale imaging, wettability and interfacial phenomena, complex fluids, and CO₂ sequestration.

Skills

  • Reservoir Characterization

Additional experience

  • Co-Founder and Technical Lead

    Piri Technologies

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, University of Wyoming
  • MSc, Amirkabir University of Technology - Tehran Polytechnic