EDUCATION

• Ph.D. Candidate at the Computer Science Department of Aalto University
• Master of Science in Physics,  Complex Systems and Nonlinear Dynamics, Shahid Beheshti University (SBU), Tehran, Iran, 2018
• Bachelor of Science, Solid State Physics, SBU, Tehran, Iran, 2016

PAPERS

• Directed Percolation in Random Temporal Network Models with Heterogeneities
• Directed Percolation in Temporal Networks
• Epidemic Spreading and Digital Contact Tracing: Effects of Heterogeneous Mixing and Quarantine Failures
• Stability of Imbalanced Triangles in Gene Regulatory Networks of Cancerous and Normal Cells, Front. Physiol., 20 January 2021 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fphys.2020.573732
• Topological Analysis of Interaction Patterns in Cancer-Specific Gene Regulatory Network: Persistent Homology Approach
• Optimized Memory Reveals the Survival Strategy for a Multi-agent Competition- arXiv:1908.03076
• Dynamics‬‬ ‫‪of‬‬ ‫‪Growth‬‬ ‫‪in‬‬ ‫‪Social‬‬ ‫‪Networks‬‬ ‫‪in‬‬ ‫‪Accordance‬‬ ‫‪with‬‬ ‫‪Preferential‬‬ ‫‪Attachment‬‬ ‫‪and‬‬ ‫‪Tension‬‬ ‫‪in‬‬ ‫‪the‬‬ ‫‪Network‬‬ .PACS No 6300.  2015, CCNSD, SBU, Tehran, Iran. A poster in the “8th Conference on Statistical Physics, Soft Condensed Matters, and Complex Systems”

COMPUTER SKILLS

• Languages & Software: Proficient in Python and Matlab (and thus in GNU Octave), Familiar with C++, bash, and Mathematica, LaTeX, and Google Docs.
• Operating Systems: GNU/Linux, Windows.

TALKS & WORKSHOPS in Science Communication

• “The Story of Complexity: Why more is different?!” – Sar Conference. December 2018, Iran Science and Technology Museum, Tehran, Iran

• “Can Physicists Model Social Networks?” – 3rd Link Symposium August 2018, Shahid Beheshti University (SBU), Tehran, Iran

• “What do  Physicists and Complexity Scientists do?” – SBU Physics Open Day. December 2017, Shahid Beheshti University (SBU), Tehran, Iran

• “The 1st Workshop on Complexity For Non-Expert People”. August 2017, Allameh Helli High School, Tehran, Iran

EXPERIENCES as a TA

• Mathematical Methods for Network Science – Aalto University- winter 2021
• Topics in Complex Systems – Aalto University – Spring  2020
• Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos – Aalto University – Winter  2019
• Physics of Complex Systems – Shahid Beheshti University (SBU) – Spring  2018
• Statistical Mechanics – SBU- Fall 2017
• Physics III – SBU – Winter 2016- Spring 2017

AWARDS & HONORS

• First Rank Among the Master Students of Physics of Complex Systems. Spring 2018, Shahid Beheshti University (SBU), Tehran, Iran

• Best Science Reporter in the 21st Iranian Conference on Optics and Photonics (ICOP) and the 7th Iranian Conference on Photonics Engineering and Technology (ICPET). 2015, Shahid Beheshti University (SBU), Tehran, Iran

VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES

• Organizer, Complex Systems Weekly Seminars & Journal Clubs. 2017 – 2019, Physics Department, Shahid Beheshti University (SBU), Tehran, Iran

SCIENCE COMMUNICATION & OUTREACH, MAGAZINES & WEBSITES

• Sitpor.org: Science Writer and Journalist, 2013 – Present
• Sitpor_Media: Instagram Science, 2020 – Present
• #ComplexityExplained: A booklet for explaining complexity, 2019
• Complexity for Pedestrians: complexity.sitpor.org, 2019 
• Complex Systems Studies, Channel in Telegram  t.me/ComplexSys, 2016 – Present
• SBU Quanta Magazine:  Science Writer 2014-2018, Physics Department, SBU, Tehran, Iran
• SBU Salam Magazine: Popular Science Writer 2015 – 2019, SBU, Tehran, Iran

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:

• Aalto University – Finland: Mathematical Methods for Network Science
• SBU – Iran: Neuroscience, Complex Systems, NonEquilibrium Statistical Physics, and Critical Phenomena
• ICTP – Italy: Hierarchical Inference, Statistics of Extremes in Correlated Systems, Reinforcement Learning

RESOURCES

Prof. Mikko Kivelä

• Department of Computer Science, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland

Dr. Amirhossein Shirazi

• Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Québec, Canada

Prof. G. Reza Jafari

• CCNSD, Physics Department, Shahid Beheshti University (SBU), Tehran, Iran
• The Institute for Brain and Cognitive Science (IBCS),  Shahid Beheshti University (SBU), Tehran, Iran