​BIOGRAPHY

I was born and raised in Iran, and moved to the USA for my Ph.D. Afterwards, during my post-docs, I have moved across the globe like many of my colleagues, first to Switzerland, then back to the USA and currently in Switzerland again. Here is a brief overview of my academic trajectory: 

​​Current Position:

• Feb 2019 - Present:  Senior Research Associate (Maitre-Assistant) at University of Geneva, Switzerland

​Previous Positions: 

• Feb 2019 - Oct 2019: Associate Scholar at Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

• Sept 2016 - Feb 2019: Post-doctoral Fellow at Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

• Oct 2013 - Aug 2016: Tomalla Post-doctoral Fellow at University of Geneva, Switzerland

​Education:​

• June 2013:  Ph.D. in Physics, State University of New York (SUNY) at Buffalo, USA

                           Ph.D. Advisor: William H. Kinney
                           Thesis Title: Cosmological perturbations and the physics of the early universe:
                                               Model-independent studies of viable scenarios 

• ​June 2013:  Advanced Graduate Certificate in Computational Science (M.S. equivalent, dual degree with physics)​
• Oct 2007: B.Sc. in Physics, University of Tehran, Iran  ​