Rafee Iftakhar Hossain, Research Engineer

Rafee Iftakhar Hossain is a research engineer with a background in chemistry and chemical engineering. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry from Saint Mary’s University and a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Dalhousie University. Rafee’s capstone research project used Otter Lake landfill emissions as a feed and reformed steam methane to produce blue hydrogen gas.
His work at FluxLab focuses on designing experiments for SIMFLEX (Simulation and Measurement Facility for Landfill Emission Experiments) and providing logistical support for controlled methane release studies. Rafee is also a MSc student where he investigates the efficacy of landfill methane measurement technologies ranging from truck based to aerial/satellite-based methodologies. Outside of his work, Rafee enjoys practicing all kinds of martial arts such as karate, jiujitsu, and boxing.