Experience

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  AstroForge

  • Huntington Beach, California, United States

  • Physicist

    • Feb 2023 - Sep 2023
    • Huntington Beach, California, United States

    Conducted research and development in materials characterization, extraction, and refinement in an extraterrestrial environment subject to vacuum, extreme-temperature, and microgravity conditions

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  College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Madison, Wisconsin, United States

  • Physics Instructor

    • Jul 2022 - Jul 2022
    • Madison, Wisconsin, United States

    Teaching physics course at the Engineering Summer Program

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  University of Wisconsin-Madison

  • Lecturer in Physics

    • Aug 2021 - May 2022

    Teaching university physics courses

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  College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin

  • Madison, Wisconsin, United States

  • Physics Intsrustor

    • Jul 2021 - Jul 2021
    • Madison, Wisconsin, United States

    Virtual physics instructor of the Engineering Summer Program

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  Medical College of Wisconsin

  • Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

  • Research Scientist

    • Jun 2019 - Aug 2020
    • Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

    Quantitative MRI research using machine learning and deep learning

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  Truman State University

  • Kirksville, Missouri, United States

  • Assistant Professor of Physics

    • Aug 2017 - May 2019
    • Kirksville, Missouri, United States

    Teaching college physics and modern physics courses

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  University of Missouri-Columbia

  • Columbia, Missouri, United States

  • Postdoctoral Researcher

    • Jan 2016 - Jul 2017
    • Columbia, Missouri, United States

    Research on the quantum Hall states in graphene, electronic properties of trimer molecules from the Hubbard model, and density-functional theory

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  Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid (ICMM - CSIC)

  • Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow

    • May 2014 - Dec 2015
    • Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

    Research on the defect-induced Kondo physics and magnetism in graphene

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  University of Missouri-Columbia

  • Columbia, Missouri, United States

  • Graduate Research And Teaching Assistant (Physics)

    • Aug 2006 - Dec 2013
    • Columbia, Missouri, United States

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  Tak Tam Co. (a private joint-stock medical equipment company)

  • Tehran, Iran

  • Founding director of the scientific department

    • Apr 2003 - Jul 2006
    • Tehran, Iran

    -- Member of the board of directors and shareholder-- Training of healthcare professionals including physiotherapists, urologists, dermatologists, dentists, ENT doctors, and surgeons in the physics of lasers (low- and high-power units), laser-tissue interactions, and electrosurgery particularly radiofrequency tissue ablation-- Exclusive representative of the following German companies:1) RJ-Lasers: a manufacturer of low-power diode lasers for their photobiostimulative effects with applications in various medical fields including physiotherapy, sports medicine, and dermatology, 2) Celon AG (later acquired by Olympus): a manufacturer of a unique bipolar radiofrequency thermal ablation technology with applications in ENT, Surgery, and Urology, and3) Syneron Medical (now joined with Candela): the inventor of electro-optical synergy (elos) technology manufacturing elos-based devices with applications in dermatology and cosmetics.