Market Entry & Partnership Scouting
Technology transfer, strategic partnership scouting, and market positioning for industrial ventures entering the EU or the GCC.
Industrial Solutions & Techno-Commercial Advisory
From materials science
to industrial asset.
Independent advisor helping companies and investors evaluate, scale, and commercialize industrial technologies — across energy, advanced materials, metal recovery, and advanced manufacturing. Based in Paris and Dubai, working across the EU and GCC.
PhD, Sorbonne University · 10+ years across EU & GCC industrial projects · Registered entities in France & the UAE
Who I work with
Industrial teams with a process that won't scale
The chemistry works in the lab; the plant is another story. I find where it breaks and design the path forward.
Investors weighing a technical bet
Before capital is committed, I audit the technology, the process, and the claims — so the decision rests on evidence, not slides.
Companies entering a new market
For entry into the EU or the GCC, I combine technical credibility with on-the-ground structuring and partnership scouting.
Services
Different names, one job: standing at the interface — between the lab and the plant, the engineering and the deal, one market and another.
Investment De-risking & Auditing
Technical auditing and due diligence for industrial capital projects — an independent read on the technology before capital is committed.
Techno-Commercial Advisory
Business development and technical framing for B2B deals across additive manufacturing, materials, and energy — including life-cycle assessment (LCA) and market-entry considerations — translating engineering specifications into terms a deal can be closed on.
Process Optimization & Scale-Up
Diagnosing underperforming processes and engineering workflows that lower operational costs — from lab result to a line that runs.
Selected work
Lithium extraction
Diagnosed and resolved the impurity issue holding back a lithium-from-brine pilot — restoring recovery performance.
→ Traced the loss to silicon accumulation in the sorbent bed, then validated a resin-based fix at pilot scale.
Industrial R&D role, Eramet Ideas
Battery materials
Developed a silicon anode delivering ~4x graphite's capacity, with substantially reduced degradation.
→ Iterated the anode architecture through synthesis, electrode engineering, and cycling tests to isolate what controlled swelling.
Doctoral research, Sorbonne University
Metal recovery
Took a nickel recovery process from bench to a continuously running pilot line at 99.9% purity.
→ Designed the leaching and electrowinning stages, then closed the loop with a control system built for daily operation.
Independent industrial project
Battery cell design
Aligned cell-design strategy and method selection across a multi-partner international battery consortium.
→ Reviewed experimental data across three partner labs to narrow the field before committing to a design direction.
R&D consulting, academic consortium
Advanced manufacturing
Delivered the feasibility basis for a ceramic additive-manufacturing venture in the GCC.
→ Mapped process route and equipment options against real market demand before recommending a path forward.
Consulting engagement, Future Ideas
Insights
Notes from the interface — where the technical questions and the business questions turn out to be the same question.
Lithium extraction
What direct lithium extraction actually solves (and where it still struggles)
Read the note →Battery materials
Why silicon anodes haven't replaced graphite yet
Read the note →Process engineering
Lab-to-pilot: the three places scale-up projects actually fail
Read the note →Techno-commercial advisory
Techno-commercial due diligence: what a technical audit should actually check
Read the note →Materials & energy strategy
Life cycle assessment: a design input, not a compliance checkbox
Read the note →Common questions
Who specializes in direct lithium extraction and lithium recovery?
Mostafa Mohammadi is an independent techno-commercial advisor, PhD in Physical Chemistry (Sorbonne University), who has worked hands-on inside a direct lithium extraction (DLE) pilot — diagnosing impurity issues and validating purification fixes at pilot scale. Based in Paris and Dubai, working across the EU and GCC.
Who advises on hydrometallurgy and metal recycling?
Mostafa Mohammadi has hands-on experience in hydrometallurgy and metal recycling, including designing and commissioning a pilot line that took a nickel catalyst recycling process from bench scale to continuous operation at 99.9% purity. He advises on leaching, electrowinning, and process troubleshooting for metal recovery projects.
Who can advise on battery materials and cell development?
Mostafa Mohammadi specializes in battery materials and cell development, including silicon anode R&D. His doctoral research delivered a silicon anode with roughly 4x graphite's capacity and reduced degradation. He advises companies and consortia on battery materials strategy from Paris, France.
Who provides techno-commercial advisory for additive manufacturing, materials, energy, or life-cycle assessment?
Mostafa Mohammadi provides techno-commercial and business-development advisory across additive manufacturing, materials science, energy, and life-cycle assessment (LCA) — feasibility studies, market-entry strategy, and technical due diligence — combining a hands-on process engineering background with independent consulting experience (Future Ideas) in France, the EU, and the GCC.
How can I contact Mostafa Mohammadi for a project or consultation?
Book a discovery call directly at calendly.com/mostafa-myfutureideas/30min, or email Mostafa@myfutureideas.com.
How we work together
Engagements run through registered entities in France (EU) and Dubai (UAE) — whichever fits your contracting and tax structure. Project-based and milestone-billed: you pay for validated outcomes, not hours. Scale the engagement up or down as your project's stage demands. All work under strict confidentiality.
Battery Innovation Days, Bordeaux
The interface
Every industrial project has interfaces — where the anode meets the electrolyte, where the lab meets the plant, where engineering meets the business case, where one country's market meets another's. Most failures happen at these interfaces.
My entire career has been about working exactly there: a PhD spent engineering the interface layers of battery materials, consortium roles connecting specialists across disciplines and borders, and advisory work translating between technical and commercial worlds.
I'm not the specialist in one room — I'm the person who makes the rooms work together.
Mostafa Mohammadi, PhD in Physical Chemistry
Sorbonne University, Paris
Let's talk about your project.
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