Work Experience

Highlights:

7+ years experience working in chemistry labs with a focus on nano/microfabrication. Become familiar with wet chemistry and sample preparation, operating labs, ensuring proper chemicals and samples disposal and maintain a clean work environment         

5+ years experience in characterizing materials by electron microscopies like SEM and TEM, EDS, BET, TGA, DMA, DSC, FTIR, XPS, XRD, UV-Vis and PL·         

5+ years experience as a research and development specialist and a production engineer in a steel casting company and familiar with ASTM, DIN, and ISO standards

3+ years of experience in MRI, CT, and X-ray characterization instruments such as XRD, XPS, and EDS, with expertise in operation and Python-based data analysis.

3+ years of experience working in class 100 cleanroom in micro and nano-fabrication using photolithography followed by spin coating, wet/dry etching

2+ years experience in gas sensing for environmental and e-nose applications of materials, using electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and resistivity measurements

Skilled in Backscatter and Secondary Electron (B/SE) detectors, CCD, PMT, CMOS sensors, scintillator detectors, and CT/PET scan detectors

Proficient in working independently and in a team, maintaining a safe work environment, planning and managing the design of experiments (DOE) and establishing good communication skills for any internal and external relationships

Excellent written and verbal skills

Work Experience:

Powder Coating Industrial Painter, J.S. Foster Corporation, Saanichton, BC, Canada        January 2025- Present

Prepared surfaces via cleaning, polishing, and sandblasting for optimal coating adhesion

Applied and cured powder coatings to meet quality and durability standards

Research Assistant

Microfluidic and Nanofabrication (MiNa) Lab, University of Victoria, Victoria, B.C., Canada                                           January 2022-January 2024

Optimized and fabricated (MOSs) and Transition Metal Dichalcogenides (TMDs), using hydrothermal, solvothermal and CVD methods

Fabricated gold nanoparticles-MOSs and prototyping sensing device for detecting Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), characterized and optimized the fabricated device

Designed and fabricated gas sensing chambers by using SolidWorks and 3D printers

Was trained for SEM, EDS, XRD and change their detectors as required

Fabricated and characterized MOSs, porous polymers such as Molecularly Imprinted Polymers (MIPs) and Non-Imprinted Polymers (NIPs), and Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs) tailored for the detection and capture of predominantly carbon-based organic compounds and gases.

·       Worked on a sensing project with the collaboration of the German Aerospace Center (DLR)

Prepared documents such as technical reports, SOPs, presentations, and publications

FortisBC Energy, Hetek Solutions, UBC, and UVic, Victoria, B.C., Canada                                                                        January 2022-April 2023

Assisted in designing a chamber and prototyping a gas-sensing device for H2 detection project by fabricating zinc oxide semiconductors for gas sensing with a value of $1.5M

Worked as a part of a multidisciplinary team (Nanofabrication, Modeling, Computational, etc. groups) to collectively contribute to the project's successful completion

Developed materials, including MOSs and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) to enhance the hydrogen-sensing response

Generated comprehensive documents, reports, and presentations to effectively communicate the progress and outcomes of the industrial partnership

College of Engineering and Physical Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, On., Canada                                                  May 2021-January 2022

Fabricated Graphitic Carbon Nitride (gC3N4), using the thermal condensation method

Wrote technical reports including proposals and a review paper on semiconducting materials for applications in electronic, sensing, and transistors like BJT, FET, TFT, etc., and became familiar with lithography procedure 

Was trained for thermal analysis like DSC, TGA, and DMA, and trained other students to work with these instruments determining characteristics of polymeric materials

Awarded Ghanimat Azhdari Memorial Scholarship, funding the research project

GlassyAge Research Group, The Pennsylvania State University, Pennsylvania State, United States                               July 2020-May 2022

Collaborated within a diverse international team consisting of members from the USA, Italy, and Brazil, while focusing on biomedical applications of materials

Reviewed recent works on the applications of glass ceramics for magnetic hyperthermia and dentistry, and cooperation with international researchers in writing review papers

Chemistry and Magnetic Materials (CMML) Laboratory, Sharif University of Technology                           January 2018-December 2020

Fabricated magnetic graphene quantum dots for MRI contrast agents and fluorescence imaging; characterized materials using UV-Vis, XRD, XPS, SEM, and TEM.

Characterized materials, using optical techniques such as PL, UV-Vis, XRD, XPS, SEM, and TEM instruments

Worked independently and in a group to drive projects to successful completion

Trained students to work with analytical testing like Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS), determining materials’ characteristics

Conducted research focused on the synthesis and characterization of advanced materials in biomedical applications, demonstrating expertise in material science and chemistry

During my Internship at Parsa Polymer, I obtained experience in Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) product manufacturing, participated in continuous improvement projects

Teaching Assistant, University of Victoria, and University of Guelph                                                                                   May 2021-December 2023

Lectured students on various detectors in electron microscopy and X-ray instruments, including Backscatter and Secondary Electron (B/SE) detectors, CCD, PMT, CMOS sensors, scintillator detectors, as well as CT and PET scan detectors

Interacted and communicated with other TAs, improving the delivery of course materials 

Lectured students, presented course outlines in chemistry and mechanics labs, trained them to work with the instruments, and marked lab reports, and assignments in analytical chemistry and solid of mechanics I, II, and characterization, fabrication and engineering of materials

Lectured students and explained different electron microscopic techniques (TEM, SEM, STEM, EELS, etc.) and assisted them in applying these methods in their research

Production Engineer, Abrah Ettesal Mehr (AEM), steel casting company                                     August 2017- July 2020

Conducted market research and analysis, providing client services, and understanding customer needs, industry trends

Collaborated with stakeholders in and out of the country, including public and private organizations, increasing sales of company product

Received training in ASTM and DIN standards implementation

R&D Engineer, Abrah Ettesal Mehr (AEM), steel casting company                                                  June 2015-August 2017

Was responsible for purchasing, equipping, installing and maintaining the laboratory equipment and optimizing installed equipment (calibration, design, automation, etc.)

Conducted laboratory testing like microstructure characterization, mechanical testing, and analyzing data, providing reports to the R&D manager and the management group

Planed, designed experiments, executed, and monitored the process and decision-making processes using Six Sigma methodologies. Apply tools like run charts and histograms for process improvement, and compile concise technical plan reports.

Completed periodic line inspection, including sampling the melted cast iron within furnaces every day, ensuring the casting process’s efficiency, and machining equipment’s performance by applying statistical process control (SPC) techniques, using Minitab software