Experience

Queen's University - Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Postdoctoral Fellow (Chemical Engineering Department)

  • Jul 2023 - Present

• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Project Leader (Civil Engineering Department)

  • Jun 2021 - Jun 2023

   Project leader of Queens’s University campus wastewater surveillance of SARS-CoV-2 Established a program for localized sewage sampling in collaboration with Queen’s University, Public Health, and Utilities Kingston Performed wastewater characterization study on Wastewater Surveillance Initiative Project for COVID virus detection using PCR Coordinated meetings and site visits, organized and scheduled appointments for research purposes  Compiled, analyzed, summarized, and reported research data and results Show less



PSAC 901

• Kingston, Ontario, Canada

• Vice-President of Postdoctoral Scholars

  • Apr 2023 - Present



Ryerson University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PDF, Project Coordinator

  • Sep 2017 - May 2019

  My activities include: 1) Coordinated four industrial-driven projects in the area of waste treatment and resource recovery 2) Designed, evaluated, and developed anaerobic digestion process using thermal hydrolysis to produce biogas from several types of solid waste such as municipal solid waste, source-separated organics, lignocellulosic biomass, and thin stillage 3) Collaborated with both municipal and industrial partners across Ontario including City of Toronto, Ashbridge Bay wastewater treatment plant, PlanET Biogas Solutions, Trojan Technologies, Greenfield Global, and Toronto Disco Road Organics Processing Facility 4) Monitored project progress, prepared technical reports and delivered progress report via multimedia and electronic presentations 5) Co-supervised two environmental engineering graduate students Show less



Sustainable office of Amirkabir University of Technology

• Tehran, Iran

• Research Coordinator and Sustainability Officer

  • Sep 2011 - Jun 2015

  My activities include: 1) Led a team of 12 people involved in projects related to water, energy, and environment 2) Organized and delivered three national workshops in the area of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) 3) Prepared the university first Green Building Council Guideline and translated the LEED Rating System Guideline for the first time 4) Environmental impact assessment of landfill and dam development sites using multi-criteria decision making- analytic hierarchy process (MCDM-AHP) model Show less



Amirkabir University of Technology - Tehran Polytechnic

• Iran
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Water and Wastewater Engineering Research Assisstant

  • Sep 2008 - Jun 2015

  1) Designed and performed a novel combined chemical and biological wastewater treatment process integrating sequencing batch reactor and advanced oxidation processes (Fenton process)2) Integrated graphene oxide with biological processes for enhanced treatment of textile wastewater 3) Collaborated with researchers from the Department of Chemistry to synthesis graphene-based products for industrial water treatment 4) Investigated the feasibility of pulp and paper industrial wastes as inexpensive adsorbents for treatment of textile wastewater using adsorption process5) Conducted experimental design, data analysis and prepared graphs, tables and diagrams using Excel and MINITAB software Show less

• Instructor of Water Treatment

  • Jan 2014 - Jan 2015

   Designed and delivered on-line lectures to environmental engineering students for the first time  Prepared course materials via multimedia presentations for effective learning  Advised students in choosing successful career paths in the field of environmental engineering Collaborated with a teaching team for consistent and effective curriculum development



amirkabir university

• Accounting
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Instructor of Environmental Engineering Laboratory

  • Jan 2013 - May 2015

   Defined and delivered learning materials according to the laboratory guidelines  Prepared, administered, and graded laboratory assignments, examinations, and reports  Utilized practical learning tools such as field trips  Defined and delivered learning materials according to the laboratory guidelines  Prepared, administered, and graded laboratory assignments, examinations, and reports  Utilized practical learning tools such as field trips



Amirkabir University of Technology

• Teaching assistant of Water and Wastewater Treatment

  • 2012 - Jun 2012

   Prepared and graded assignments, exams, and course project reports  Applied active learning methods such as quizzes and class brainstorming  Provided various learning resources to students (e.g., textbook, video clips, and industrial reports)

• Teaching assistant of Wastewater Treatment

  • Sep 2011 - Jan 2012

   Taught in the form of solving many examples Applied active learning methods such as group assignments and quizzes