Education:

2011  Defence of PhD (Thesis title: "Investigation on growth and product formation by Bacillus subtilis using a metabolic model")
2006 – 2011  Doctoral studies at Iran University of Science and Technology, School of Chemical, Petroleum and Gas engineering
2004 – 2006  Master studies at Iran University of Science and Technology, School of Chemical, Petroleum and Gas engineering
2000 – 2004  Bachelor studies at Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Faculty of Engineering, Chemical Engineering Group

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Work experience:

Since 2021  researcher researcher at the University of Latvia,  Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Computational Systems Biology Group

Since 2012  academic staff at Tarbiat Modares University, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Department of Biotechnology

2011 – 2012 postdoctoral Researcher at Pasteur Institute of Iran, Drug Design and Bioinformatics Unit
2008 – 2010 researcher at Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, Tehran, Iran
2008 – 2009 lecturer at Mahshahr Azad University, Mahshahr, Iran

 

Projects:

2021 – 2023 Genome scale metabolic modelling linked bioreactor control system (GenCon), funded by ERDF  

 

Teaching activities:

Since 2012 professor at Tarbiat Modares University, Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Department of Biotechnology

 

Supervised doctoral students:

2014 – 2019 Oveis Jamialahmadi ‘Application of genome-scale metabolic models in growth inhibition of hepatocellular carcinoma cells’

2014 – 2019 Mahsa Mekanik ‘Reconstruction of a genome-scale metabolic model to improve hydrogen production using green algae’

2014 – 2020 Narges Pedram ‘Reconstruction of a genome-scalemetabolic modelfor human pathogen streptococcus pneumoniae" 

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Language skills:

Persian – native

English – working professional

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