Nima Hajinajaf is currently a PhD candidate in chemical engineering at Arizona State University working on the metabolic engineering of bacteria, predominantly Cyanobacteria, for the production of biochemicals. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. in chemical engineering from the Petroleum University of Technology, Iran (2015) and the University of Tehran, Iran (2018), respectively. As an M.Sc. student, while his focus was on wastewater treatment and CO2 biofixation by microalgae, he became interested in smart fluids with a special focus on magnetorheological fluids. His research interests are metabolic & genetic engineering of microbes, microbial bioprocess, water and wastewater treatment, biofuel, and smart fluids. In his free time, he goes hiking, plays guitar, or workout.