CV

Education:

  •  Doctoral degree – Physics  (Western University, London, Ontario, Canada)
    Thesis: “Quantum Coherence and Interference in Metallic Photonic Crystals and Hybrid Systems”
  •  Master of Science – Physics (Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran)                     Thesis: “Muon Cycling Studies in D/T Mixture Including Doubly Muonic Four Body Molecule Formation”
  •  Bachelor of Science – Physics ( Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran)                 Thesis: “Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy”

Positions:

  • Professor (July 2024 – Present) – Computational Nanophotonics, Department of Computer Science and Mathematics, Nipissing University
  • Associate Professor (July 2020 – June 2024) – Computational Nanophotonics, Department of Computer Science and Mathematics, Nipissing University 
  •  Assistant Professor (July 2017 – June 2020) – Computational Nanophotonics, Department of Computer Science and Mathematics, Nipissing University 
  • Assistant Professor – LTA (July 2014 – June 2017) – Computational Nanophotonics, Department of Computer Science and Mathematics, Nipissing University 
  • Postdoctoral Fellow- LP2L  (2012 –2014) Department of Engineering Physics – The École Polytechnique de Montréal
    – Modeling basic mechanisms of plasmonic enhanced femtosecond laser optoporation and transfection of living cells
    – Modeling of  thermodynamic response of gold nanoparticles to laser irradiation: continuous wave, short and ultrashort pulse
    – Developed a theory on nanoplasmonic enhancement of spontaneous emission of light for biosensing application
  •  Research Assistant (2008 – 2012)   Department of Physics – The University of Western Ontario
     – Developed computational method on Metallic Photonic Crystals
     – Modeled quantum dot optical switches
     – Developed the theory on controlling the dynamics of spontaneous emission from quantum dots by photonic crystals
     – Developed computational approaches to semiconductor nanostructures
     – Simulated optics of nanostructure assemblies (quantum dots conjugated with metallic nanoparticles)

Honours and Achievements

  • NSERC Discovery Development Grant               2024-2026
    Title: Fundamental and Theoretical Studies of Photothermally Induced Processes in Phase-change Material Enhanced Photonic Structures
  • Support of Research, Scholarly, and Creative Activities (ARSCA)                       2024, Nipissing University, Canada
  • Research Achievement Award                             2019
    Nipissing University, Canada
  • NSERC Discovery Grant                                      2016 – 2022
    Title: Fundamentals and Design of Metal/Semiconductor Nanostructures for Plasmon-Enhanced Applications
  • Internal Research Grant (IRG)                             2015 – 2016
    Nipissing University, Canada

  • Start-Up Research Grant (SURG)                        2014 – 2015                  Nipissing University, Canada

  • FQRNT Scholarship (Québec Fund for Nature and Technology Research)      2014 – 2016 Postdoctoral fellowship program (declined), UoT, Canada

  • GRSTB Scholarship (Groupe de recherche en sciences et technologies biomédicales) 2012 – 2014 École Polytechnique de Montréal, Montreal, Canada

  • Province of Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)        2011 – 2012 Government of Ontario, Canada.
  • Western Graduate Research Scholarship (WGRS)       2008 –2011
    The University of Western Ontario; London, ON.