I am a senior lecturer in engineering alloys at Imperial College London, UK. I also hold an adjunct senior lectureship position with the School of Materials Science & Engineering at UNSW. I was awarded my PhD in 2017 from Deakin University (Australia), for a thesis on thermo-mechanical processing of duplex stainless steels. I am a former Victoria Fellow and Alfred Deakin Research Fellow, and recipient of Thermo Fisher Scientific Cowley-Moodie...view more
I am a senior lecturer in engineering alloys at Imperial College London, UK. I also hold an adjunct senior lectureship position with the School of Materials Science & Engineering at UNSW. I was awarded my PhD in 2017 from Deakin University (Australia), for a thesis on thermo-mechanical processing of duplex stainless steels. I am a former Victoria Fellow and Alfred Deakin Research Fellow, and recipient of Thermo Fisher Scientific Cowley-Moodie award for an outstanding contribution to physical sciences using Electron Microscopy in Australia (2018). In the last six years I have also been a visiting scientist at The University of British Columbia and McGill University in Canada, Max-Planck-Institut für Eisenforschung GmbH in Germany and TU-Vienna in Austria. I was the lead researcher of the UNSW-based team of the AUSMURI project (2018-2023) on the role of interfaces during additive manufacturing.
My Qualifications
- Ph.D., Institute for Frontier Materials, Deakin University, VIC, Australia (2014 - 2017)
- M.Sc., University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran ( 2010 - 2013)
My Awards
- Victoria Fellowship, Victoria’s Government financial support for a study mission in a world-class overseas laboratory (2018)
- Cowley-Moodie award, for an outstanding contribution to Physical Sciences through electron microscopy (2018)
- Alfred Deakin Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (2018)
- Finalist for the “Victoria’s International Student of the Year” recognized by Victoria’s Government (2017)
- Acta Materialia Student Award (2017)
- Runner-up in the competition for the Philosophical Magazine’s James Clerk Maxwell Writers Prize (2017)
- Finalist for the Alfred Deakin Medal for the best doctoral thesis with significant research impact, Deakin University (2017)
- Graduate Dean's Entrance Scholarship, College of graduate studies, The University of British Columbia (2013)
- University Graduate Fellowship, College of graduate studies, The University of British Columbia (2013)
- Best Masters Student Research Award, School of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, University of Tehran (2012)
- Institute for Frontier Materials’ early career research (ECR) award to attend THERMEC conference in Paris, France (2018)
- Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society’s Award to attend IMC19 conference in Sydney (2018)
- Institute for Frontier Materials’ Publication Scholarship (2017)
- Best Student Research Award in the 6th International Conference on Recrystallization and Grain Growth (ReX&GG 2016), Pittsburgh, USA (2016)
- Australian Microscopy and Microanalysis Society’s bursary to attend ACMM24 conference in Melbourne (2016)
- Institute for Frontier Materials’ Travel Award to undertake research at McGill University (2016)
My Research Activities
My Research Supervision
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Areas of supervision
Physical Metallurgy; Additive Manufacturing; Electron microscopy
My Engagement
Materials Australia Councillor of NSW (2020- ongoing)
Deakin’s representative in the Materials Australia Victoria Council (2016)
Australian Microscopy & Microanalysis Society
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My Teaching
- MATS6101 (Thermodynamics and Phase Equilibria)
- Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgist for Materials Australia NSW
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2163-8949