Education

Ph.D. Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada (2008).

M.Sc. Electrical and Electronic Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran (1999).

B.Sc. Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Sistan & Baloochestan University, Zahedan, Iran (1996).

Research Experience

Post Doctoral Scholar, Department of Radiology, Stanford University, July 2010 - present

CIHR Research Training Fellow, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Toronto,  Nov. 2008 - June 2010

Post Doctoral Fellow, Department of Medical Biophysics, University of Toronto, Aug. 2008 - June 2010

Research Associate, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, May 2008 – July 2007

Research Assistant, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo, Sept. 2007 – April 2008

Research Assistant, School of Engineering Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Sept. 2004 – Aug. 2007

Research Assistant, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Jan. 1997 - Aug. 1998

Academic /Teaching Experience

Instructor (part-time), School of Engineering Sciences, Simon Fraser University.

Instructor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Bahonar University of Kerman.

Instructor, School of electronic Engineering, Azad University of Kerman.

ESL Teacher (part-time), SIMIN Educational Institute of Kerman.

Courses Taught (Undergraduate level)

ENSC 324 - Microelectronics II (SFU)

Electrical Measurements; Sensors and Instruments; Microelectronics I & II; Modern Physics; Solid State Devices; 

Communication Circuits; English for Electrical Engineers; English for Computer Engineers (University of Kerman)

Industrial Experience

Design Engineer, Activpixel Innovations Inc., Vancouver, BC, Canada.

R&D Engineer, Manzoomeh Sanat Co., Tehran, Iran.

Managerial Experience

Director, School of Electronic Engineering, Department of Engineering, Azad University of Kerman.

Director, Robotics Group, Azad University of Kerman.

Awards and International Recognition

Winner of the EIRR21 Annual Research Day Competition, UofT, 2009.

NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship (PDF), 2009

CIHR Strategic Research Training Fellowship, UofT, 2008

Honorable Mention Poster Awards, SPIE, 2007 and 2008

International Doctoral Student Scholarship, UWaterloo, 2007

Ebco/Epic Graduate Scholarship, SFU, 2006 and 2007

Dean of Graduate Scholarship, SFU, 2005 and 2006

Ranked 1st nationally and 27/160 internationally, H. Dudley Write "Together to Mars" international Student Contest, 

Planetary Society, 1991

Patents

High Gain Imaging Systems, Int. Pub. no. WO/2006/042407; European patent: EP20050799482; US patent pending.

Device and Pixel Architecture for High Resolution Digital Imaging, US patent pending.

Fully Integrated Active Pixel Sensor Imaging Architectures; Canadian patent pending.

Scintillation Light Detection Systems and Methods Based on Monolithic Scintillators; Filed.

Scholarly Contributions  see Publications

Professional Affiliations

IEEE (International Electrical and Electronic Engineers) 

   -  EDS (Electron Device Society)

   -  EMBS (Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society)

AMI (Academy of Molecular Imaging)

SNM (Society of Nuclear Medicine)

SPIE (the Society of Photo-optical Instrumentation Engineers)

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