General Information:

   Born: 1977, Esfahan, Iran
   Citizenship: Iranian

Education:
  
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
         Ph.D. in Mathematics, 1999-2003.
         Thesis Title: Lines on Fano hypersurfaces.
         Thesis Advisor: Prof. A.J.de Jong.
      
  • Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.
         B.S. in Mathematics, 1995-1999.

    Positions:
      
  • Post-doctoral Fellow, MSRI, Berkeley, 2006--2007.
      
  • Assistant Professor, Washington University in St. Louis, 2006 --
      (On leave 2006--2007).
      
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Queen's University, Kingston, Canada, 2004--2006.
      
  • Guest, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Mathematik, Bonn, Germany, 2003--2004.

    Research Interests:

       Algebraic geometry, Arithmetic geometry