CV

Education

 

2003-2007: B.Sc.: (Senior Physics undergraduate student) Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

2007-2009: M.Sc.: (Physics graduate student) Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. Thesis: Data reduction of XMM-NEWTON06 with THELI pipeline and mass reconstruction using KSB method in weak lensing.

December 2009, PhD student at Argelander Institut fuer Astronomie, Universitaet Bonn, Bonn, Germany. Thesis: New method for processing and reducing ACS/ HST images to find Hubble constant on B0218+357 strong gravitational lensing system.

 

Teacher Assistance

 

2007 spring: During B.Sc.,TA of special relativity.

2008 spring: During M.Sc.,TA of special relativity.

2008 winter: During M.Sc.,TA of general physics 3.

2009 spring: During M.Sc.,TA of special relativity.

2009 spring: During M.Sc., TA of general physics2 lab.

2010 spring- 2011 Winter: During PhD, TA of Astro-lab (observation at Hoher-List observatory)

 

Schools and Conferences

 

Gravitational Lensing Techniques (ISGLT07) - Part I

November 24–29, 2007

Tehran, IRAN

Gravitational Lensing Techniques (ISGLT07) - Part II

January 9-11, 2008

Tehran, IRAN

Gravitational Lensing Techniques (ISGLT08)

March 8–11, 2008

Tehran, IRAN

Weak Lensing and Photo-z Techniques (ISWLP08)

July 2– 8, 2008

Tehran, IRAN

School of Astrophysics Francesco Luccin

June 27-2July, 2010

Madonna di compiglio, Italy

Glow interferometry school

30 August - 03 September 2010

Hamburg, Germany

Hands-on Strong Gravitational Lensing School

June 14-17, 2011

Garching, Germany

SnowPAC 2012

March 19-23, 2012

Salt Lake City, USA

 

Research Experience

 

1. A project (physics project B.Sc.) named “relation between Initial Mass Function of stars and interstellar medium” (summer 2004-2006, Dr. S. Rahvar ).

2. A research on “magnetic monopoles” during spring-winter 2004.

3. A research on “Changes in the shape of objects in relativistic velocities” (winter 2004, Prof. R. Mansouri).

4. A research on “tidal forces and their effects” (spring 2005, Prof. R. Mansouri).

5. A research and lecture on “information lost in black holes’’ (Dr. N. Sadooghi, 2005).

6. A research on “worm holes” (spring 2006 on PhD course (general relativity 2), Dr. S. Rahvar).

7. A research and lecture on “structure formation” (on PhD course (structure formation) Dr. S. Rahvar, winter 2006).

8. A research on “Voids formation” (Dr. S. Rahvar, on PhD course (structure formation), winter 2006).

9. A research on “Modified Gravity through Palatini” (winter 2007on PhD course (special topics in cosmology), Dr. S. Rahvar).

 

Individual Experiences

 

· Contribution to write a book by Prof. R. Mansouri on special relativity.

· Contribution to write a book by Prof. R. Mansouri on cosmology for everyone.

· Participation in IPM workshop on “INO instrumentation and foci” (Iranian National Observatory) as a reporter.

 

Computer Skills

 

 Programming: C, C++, Python, Operating systems: Windows, Linux

 Software tools: Maple, Mathematica, Source Extractor, Scamp, Stuff, Skymaker, SuperMongo, iraf.

 Libraries: Cfitsio, gsl, pyfits.

 

Extra curriculum

 

· Research on “historical evolution in educational system in Iran in last centuries” with Prof. R. Mansouri.

· Cooperation with 'Tarvij e elm' society (society for improvement in education).

· Cooperation with 'Bonyad e danesh' society (society for improvement in education).

· Writing some articles for 'Danesh' magazine about cosmology.

· Learning ancient languages in Persia.

· Manager of the astronomy group of Sharif University during 2004-2005 (4 observation night in deserts of Iran and several seminars and workshops on astronomy for students).