Background

Professional Background

• Associate Professor — Sharif University of Technology (2023 – Now)
• Visiting Assistant Professor — Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2022 – 2023)
• Assistant Professor — Sharif University of Technology (2018 – 2023)
• Visiting Assistant Professor — Sharif University of Technology (2017 – 2018)
• Senior Research Fellow — National Elites Foundation (2016 – 2018)
• Research Assistant Professor — Sharif University of Technology (2017 – 2018)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow — Sharif University of Technology (2016 – 2017)

Educational Background

• Dual-Degree PhD — Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (2012 – 2016)
• Dual-Degree PhD — Sharif University of Technology (2009 – 2016)
• MPhil — Sharif University of Technology (2006 – 2008)
• BSc — Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman (2001 – 2005)

Administrative Background

• Dean of International Affairs | Sharif University of Technology (2025 – Now)
• University Deputy in the National Committee of International Students Recruitments (2025 – Now)
• Faculty Recruitment and Evaluation Committee | Department of Civil Engineering (2025 – 2027)
• Executive Secretary of University Graduation Ceremony (2025)
• University Council Member of the Islamic Development Bank Loan (2024 – Now)
• Member of the Reconstruction Committee of Advanced Geotech. Lab. (2023 – Now)
• Coordinator of the Dual-Degree PhD Program with the HKUST (2023 – Now)
• Director of the Geotechnical Group (2023 – Now)
• Scientific Member of the Subsidence Committee of Tavanir Co. (2022 – Now)
• Board of Directors of Iran InterPore Chapter (2022 – Now)
• Research Committee Member of Tehran Urban Planning & Research Center (2022 – Now)
• Member of the Department Laboratories Council (2022 – Now)
• Director of the Green Geotechnology Laboratory (2022 – Now)
• Chair of the Iran Chapter of TC106 Unsaturated Soils | ISSMGE (2021 – Now)
• Head of the Department Mentorship Program for the New UG Students (2021 – Now)
• Member of the Laboratories Development Council (2019 – Now)
• Adjunct member of the Hydraulic Structures Group (2019 – Now)
• Member of the Educational Council (2019 – Now)
• One of the six advisors in the Mentorship Program of the New UG Students (2019 – 2020)
• Executive Chairman of the 5th National Geowall Competition (2018 – 2019)

Membership

• International Society for Porous Media, InterPore (2022 – Now)
• Tehran Urban Planning & Research Center, TURPC (2022 – Now)
• American Society of Civil Engineers, ASCE (2021 – Now)
• International Society for Soil Mechanics & Geotechnical Engineering, ISSMGE (2016 – Now)
• Hong Kong Geotechnical Society, HKGES (2019 – Now)
• Iranian Geotechnical Society, IGS (2016 – Now)
• Iranian Society of Engineering Education, ISEE (2018 – Now)