Current roles
Academic research and industry practice
These roles reflect two related but separate areas of work: research in complex systems and professional quantitative analysis for financial markets.
Researcher · Center for Complex Networks
Research interests include complex systems, complex networks, econophysics and data-driven modelling.
Center for Complex NetworksQuantitative Research Analyst · Belfortcorp
Buy-side quantitative research for financial markets, connecting mathematical modelling, data analysis and risk-aware system development.
BelfortcorpPrevious research at IPM
At the Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (IPM), I worked with the theoretical group of the School of Particles and Accelerator. My research explored mathematical approaches to quantum gravity, including algebraic geometry, topology, moduli spaces, topological field theory, BTZ black holes and gravitational partition functions.
2020-2022
After my BSc, I found an appropriate perception to think about my academic career and I decided to enroll in MSc in theoretical physics. Because it would provide me with an opportunity to do some high-level research. During my MSc program (Kharazmi university), I passed some advanced courses such as quantum field theory, gravitation, cosmology, etc. Also, I have been tracking some online open courses and materials (The Theoretical Minimum by Lenard Susskind, String Theory and Holographic Duality at MIT by Hong Liu, etc.). My MSc thesis is entitled "study critical phenomena via holographic approach"(see my MSc thesis draft). I chose this subject for different reasons. First and foremost, to improve my background in string theory, the holographic principle, AdS/CFT correspondence, D-branes, black holes, the information paradox, and quantum gravity. Overlay, I think it would be great having a background in those topics prior to starting a Ph.D. program. In my MSc thesis, I reviewed some aspects of black holes, the Holographic principle, and finally the application of a Holographic (Karch- O'Bannon) model of the D3/D7 brane system to compute conductivity. And it is shown that in this kind of Holographic model, there exists a kind of unexpected phase transition with negative differential resistivity. As the final part of my dissertation, colleagues and I have been working on a Holographic Weyl semimetal and a Holographic Chiral Magnetic effect to show phase transition and compute critical exponent numerically. Our paper “Holographic Chiral Magnetic effect and Nonequilibrium Critical Phenomena” is almost ready and will be posted on arXiv soon and prepared for submission to JHEP.
2015-2020
When I decided to pursue physics as a future career. I was in the top 5 percent of the national university entrance examination in Iran, and I was able to choose one of the best physics departments in the country. I got admitted to Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), and there I passed many undergraduate and graduate courses.
Before 2015!
My journey to the center of physics started from the roof of our house with my father. When we were peering into the darkness and glowing stars, as a peculiar and curious child, I attempted to ask astonishing questions of my father about gravity, the sun, moon, etc. In middle school, I found the study of nature elegant. Also, I researched ants and their contribution to nature based on La vie des fourmis by Maurice Maeterlinck. And I was selected as a young researcher among students in the state. In high school, I got admitted to the National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (NODET). NODET provides a great opportunity for me to get familiar with some aspects of physics and math to understand the character of physical law. Therefore, I found physics and human beings as an integral part of my life. In other words, Carl Sagan says: "We are a way for the universe to know itself".
