CV

Education

  • 2012-2017: PhD in Mechanical Engineering
    Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

  • 2009-2012: MSc in Mechanical Engineering
    Sharif University of Technology, Iran

  • 2004-2009: BSc in Mechanical Engineering
    Sharif University of Technology, Iran

Academic positions

  • July 2022- Present: Associate professor in Mechanical Engineering
    Department of Engineering, Durham University, UK

  • Nov 2018- June 2022: Assistant professor in Mechanical Engineering
    Department of Engineering, Durham University, UK

  • 2017-2018: Postdoctoral Researcher
    Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

  • 2012-2017: Graduate research assistant
    Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland

Honors and awards

  • 2021: Teaching Excellence Award
    Department of Engineering, Durham University, July 2021


  • 2017: ENAC Earth Sciences and Engineering Award
    for the best publication in the field of environment engineering
    EPFL’s School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering, 23 May 2017



  • 2014: Best Poster Presentation
    21st Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence, Leeds, United Kingdom 9-13 June 2014


  • 2013: Best Poster Award
    Green days, EPFL, Switzerland


  • 2010: Best Student of Higher Education
    Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran


  • 2009: Gold Medal in the Nationwide Mechanical Engineering Olympiad
    Tehran, Iran


  • 2009: Ranked 1st in the Nationwide M.Sc. Entrance Exam in Mechanical Engineering
    Among more than 15000 participants, Tehran, Iran