Resume

I studied physics at the University of Tehran, in Iran where I am from. Even though I got into the master's program there as a top student without taking an entrance exam, I decided to challenge myself by studying abroad. My interest in quantum mechanics and complex systems led me to Jörg Schmiedmayer's lab at the Technische Universität Wien (TU Wien) for my master's studies. In my master's, I designed and built an optical setup to produce arbitrary optical traps for atom chip experiments. As a Ph.D. candidate in the same group, I pursued my passion for quantum physics and focused on studying the non-equilibrium dynamics of many-body quantum systems with one-dimensional Bose gases. I've always been fascinated by how order emerges in living organisms, and I never missed an opportunity to attend biophysics-related lectures in Tehran or Vienna. Finally, I was fortunate to receive a fully-funded secondment as a VCQ (Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology) fellow, which allowed me to work on the cutting edge of active biological matter in Prof. Rob Phillips' group at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).

Professional Experience

Postdoctoral fellow

09/2023 - Present

TU Wien

Visiting Researcher

01/2023 - 05/2023

Caltech

Ph.D. Candidate

07/2017- 09/2023

TU Wien

Education

M.Sc. in Physics

09/2013 - 06/2017

TU Wien

I obtained my master's degree in technical physics with distinction. For my thesis, I worked in Jörg Schmiedmayer’s atom chip lab, building an optical setup to trap one-dimensional Bose gases arbitrarily.

B.Sc. in Physics

09/2009 - 07/2013

University of Tehran

I finished my bachelor's degree in physics at the University of Tehran (GPA: 85/100). My bachelor project was the post-processing of molecular dynamics simulations.

Mentorship

Nikolaus de Zordo

06/2020 - 10/2020

Bachelor's project at TU Wien

Niki implemented a laser power stabilization setup for the optical dipole trapping.

Nicolas Sebe

10/2021 - 08/2022

Master's project at TU Wien and FU Berlin

Nicolas gained hands-on experimental experience in the lab by building an optical setup to modulate laser intensity using an AOM. He was then involved in the data analysis and theory calculations of correlation propagation in quantum field theory on curved spacetime.

Nataliia Bazhan

06/2023 - 08/2024

Ph.D. candidate at TU Wien

Nataliia brought her expertise on simulations and theory and wants to apply them to the experimental data. She is taking over one of my projects, measuring the soliton statistics in a cold atom field simulator of the sine-Gordon model with engineered Dirichlet boundary conditions.

Honors & Awards

VCQ Secondment

01/2023

TU Wien

Granted a fully-funded secondment as a Ph.D. candidate at Vienna Center of Science and Technology (VCQ).

MSc scholarship awarded by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology

09/2013

University of Tehran

Granted exam-free entrance to the Master studies at the University of Tehran as a top-student.

Top student (1st Rank)

07/2013

University of Tehran

Graduated from the University of Tehran as the top student of the class of 2013.

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