experience

PhD

Cognitive Neurogenetics Lab
MPI-CBS / FZ Jülich / Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
2021 fall - now

Studying cortical microcircutiry in relation to cortical structure, its development through adolescence, and the risk for schizophrenia.

Research Stay

Institute of Medical Science and Technology, Shahid Beheshti University
2018 fall - 2021 spring

Studied the structural and functional brain abnormalities in neuropsychiatric disorders using coordinate-based meta-analyses and brain imaging techniques.

Medical Doctorate

Mashhad University of Medical Sciences
2011 fall – 2019 winter

Learned basic and clinical medical knowledge and worked as an intern in university hospitals. In addition, self-studied neuroscience, mathematics and programming.

Teaching

  1. Python for Data Science (10 sessions)
    Online course, 2021
  2. NeuromatchAcademy, a computational neuroscience crash course (teaching assistant) (15 days)
    Online course, 2020
  3. Meta-Analysis of Prognostic and Diagnostic Studies (1 session)
    Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (Mashhad, Iran), 2017

Courses and Workshops

  1. Computational Psychiatry Course (1 week)
    University of Zurich (online), 2022
  2. Brain Connectivity Workshop (3 days)
    Online, 2022
  3. Optimizing Writing Strategies for Publishing Research in English (2 sessions)
    Heinrich-Heine University Düsseldorf (online), 2022
  4. Introduction to Supercomputing at JSC - Theory & Practice (1 week)
    Research Center Jülich (online), 2022
  5. The Virtual Brain in Clinical Research (12 sessions)
    Charité University Hospital Berlin (online), 2022
  6. Brain image analysis: from parcel to organisation (17 sessions)
    Research Center Jülich (online), 2021
  7. HIBALL Winter School on BigBrain Data and Tools (2 days)
    Online, 2021
  8. Brain Connectivity Workshop (4 days)
    Online, 2021
  9. Dynamical Causal Modelling Workshop (1 day)
    7th Iranian Human Brain Mapping Congress (Tehran, Iran), 2020
  10. Tensorflow in Practice Specialization (16 weeks)
    DeepLearning.ai (Coursera.org), 2020
  11. Statistics galore: statistical thinking for cognitive and system neuroscience (18 sessions)
    Research Center Jülich (online), 2020
  12. Computational Pschiatry Course (1 week)
    University of Zurich & ETH Zurich (online), 2020
  13. IBRO-VLTP Course in Neuroscience (8 days)
    Tarbiat Modares University (Tehran, Iran), 2019
  14. Neuroimaging Meta-analysis Workshop (1 day)
    5th Congress of Iranian Human Brain Mapping (Tehran, Iran), 2018
  15. Functional and Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging Workshop (3 days)
    5th Congress of Iranian Human Brain Mapping (Tehran, Iran), 2018
  16. Statistics in Medicine (9 weeks)
    Stanford University (edX.org), 2016
  17. Gastroenterology Systematic Reviews Marathon (1 week)
    Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (Mashhad, Iran), 2016
  18. Calculus: Single Variable (13 weeks)
    University of Pennsylvania (Coursera.org), 2014
  19. Principles of Computing (7 weeks)
    Rice University (Coursera.org), 2014
  20. Meta-analysis Workshop (8 sessions)
    Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (Mashhad, Iran), 2014
  21. SPSS Workshop (3 days)
    Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (Mashhad, Iran), 2013
  22. Machine Learning (10 weeks)
    Stanford University (Coursera.org), 2013
  23. Basic Neuroscience Research Techniques Observership Tour (9 days)
    Shefa Neuroscience Research Center (Tehran, Iran), 2013
  24. Medical Neuroscience (13 weeks)
    Duke University (Coursera.org), 2013
  25. An Introduction to Interactive Programmng in Python (8 weeks)
    Rice University (Coursera.org), 2012
  26. 1st National Research Methods Summer School (1 week)
    Mashhad University of Medical Sciences (Mashhad, Iran), 2012