• Ph.D., chemical engineering, The State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, NY (GPA: 3.62) 02/2020

— Honorable mention in school of engineering and applied science poster competition, 2018
— Excellence in research award, chemical and biological engineering symposium, 2017

— Honorable mention in school of engineering and applied science poster competition, 2017

— Best poster award, chemical and biological engineering symposium, 2016

— Selected coursework: polymer science and engineering, advanced reactor design, advanced mathematics

• M.Sc., chemical engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran (GPA: 3.88) 12/2013

— Admitted to the program without taking national MSc entrance exam

— Selected coursework: interfacial phenomena, fluidization

• B.Sc., chemical engineering (dual major petroleum engineering) , Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran (GPA: 3.91) 07/2011

— Class rank: 1st

— 5th place in the 16th national scientific chemical engineering olympiad

— 6th place in the 15th national scientific chemical engineering olympiad

— Won 3 MSc scholarship to pursue MSc degree in nation’s most prestigious universities

— Selected coursework: process design and scale-up, (physical, general, organic, and analytical) chemistry, (refining, petrochemical, and gas) process, product manufacturing and economics, unit operations (drying of solids, crystallization, distillation, leaching and extraction, gas absorption, adsorption, humidification)

• Scientist - Analytical Development — Moderna Therapeutics 2022-present

— Developing and performing biophysical characterization, stability, and analysis methods for mRNA-LNP drug products

— mRNA higher-order structure analysis

• Postdoctoral Researcher— Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY 2020-2022

— Led the process development and formulation of size-exclusive PEG-based microgels, ensuring affordability and quality (application: protein/cytokine adsorption and blood purification, manuscript in preparation)
— Synthesis of charged-hydrophobic dendrimers based on solid-phase peptide chemistry for protein adsorption

• Research Assistant (Ph.D.) — The State University of New York (SUNY), Buffalo, NY 2014-2020

— Dissertation: polymer-based nanostructures for encapsulation, conjugation, and therapeutic delivery
— Conducted cross-functional collaboration with 3 labs in teamwork manner, leading to peer-reviewed publications
— Accomplished various projects on nanoparticles for therapeutics delivery (diblock polymer-drug conjugate micelle, cationic biodegradable polymer for delivery of plasmid DNA, layer-by-layer (LBL) preparation of nanocapsules)

• research Assistant (M.Sc.) — Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran. 2011-2013

— Thesis: numerical simulation of flow and heat transfer of a ferrofluid in a partially filled porous channel in COMSOL
— Other projects in MATLAB: (1) drug release and diffusion to the eye in spherical coordinate (2) equilibrium flash calculation a multicomponent separation (3) stage prediction for liquid-liquid extraction column (4) dynamics of velocity, pressure, and temperature of a natural gas pipeline

— Demonstrated a high level of administrative competence in group safety and management
— Led and collaborated in a team of 4 students to make a simple scientific video about polymer adhesive (link)
— Led and advised 5+ master and undergraduates students in their technical training and projects
— Demonstrated leadership ability as the president of Argentine tango graduate student associations, SUNY — 02/2017-05/2017 achieving: (1) coordinated club advertisements over the campus, social media, and verbal communication approach, (2) increased the club members from ~20 people to 50+, (3) established a productive and positive way of communication in club management team, and (4) generated ~$60 per week revenue by holding weekly tango lessons