About me

Welcome! I am currently a Sr. Computational Biologist at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), New York City and serve as Deputy Editor of Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (JMRI). When I am not working, I enjoy cooking, reading books, listening to podcasts and audiobooks, and playing tennis and backgammon. Check out my website to find more information about my research, and publications.

Education and Experience

   2020-present: Sr II Computational Biologist

• Computational Oncology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York City, New York, USA
  • Clinical image analysis of various types of cancer using machine learning techniques

    2017-2020: Postdoctoral Associate

• Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York City, New York, USA
  • Assessing human blastocyst quality, digital MRI Image analysis of prostate cancer, and classification of heterogeneous digital pathology images using deep convolutional neural networks

  2014-2017: Postdoctoral Fellow

• School of Biological Sciences of Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  • Developing new methods for detecting biomarkers and critical molecular changes during cancer progression using expression data

   2012-2013: Visiting Research Scholar

• Donnelly Center for Cellular and Biomolecular Research, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Developing an algorithm for assigning types to interactions in gene regulatory networks inferred from microarray data

     2009-2014: Ph.D., Bioinformatics

• Department of Bioinformatics, Institute of Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB), University of Tehran, Tehran, Tehran, Iran
  • Thesis: Dynamical analysis of cellular networks via studying interaction and hub types
  • Supervisors and Advisor: Prof. Bahram Goliaei, Prof. Gary Bader, and Prof. Mehdi Sadeghi

     2007-2009: Research Scientist

• Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII), Karaj, Alborz, Iran
  • Tissue culture, DNA extraction, PCR, Flow cytometry, Cytogenetics, and Fluorescence microscopy

     2004-2007: M.Sc., Plants Breeding

• University of Mazandaran, Sari, Mazandaran, Iran
  • Dissertation: Producing new roses by chromosome doubling
  • Supervisors and Advisor: Prof. Gorban Ali Nematzadeh, Prof. Maryam Jafarkhani Kermani, and Prof. Mohamad Reza Bihamta

     2003-2004: Learning English as a Second Language

• Shokouh Institute, Shiraz, Fars, Iran
  • Speaking, Writing, Listening, Reading

     1999-2003: B.Sc., Agronomy and Plants Breeding

• University of Bahonar, Kerman, Kerman, Iran
  • Dissertation: Effect of different levels of nitrogen fertilizer on yield and yield components of triticale
  • Supervisor: Prof. Mehri Safari