Education - Doctor of Philosophy cum laude (2006-2010) Delft University of Technology
- Master of Science (2004-2006), Amirkabir University of Technology
- Bachelor of Science (2000-2004), Iran University of Science and Technology
Professional experience- Antoni van Leeuwenhoek Professor, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), 2017-present.
- Chaired Professor of Biomaterials & Tissue Biomechanics, Department of Biomechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, 2017-present.
- Chair of Professor of Biomaterials & Tissue Biomechanics section, Department of Biomechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, 2014-2017.
- Associate Professor, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), 2014-2017.
- Visiting Scholar, Institute for Biomechanics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Nov 2013-Jan 2014.
- Assistant Professor, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology (TU Delft), 2010-2014.
- PhD researcher, Materials innovation institute (M2i), The Netherlands, 2006-2010.
- Graduate Research Assistant (GRA), Biorobotics and Virtual Reality Research Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, 2004-2006.
Administrative experience- Coordinator, Master Specialization: Tissue Biomechanics and Implants, Department of Biomechanical Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical, Maritime and Materials Engineering, Delft University of Technology, 2010-present.
- Committee Member, Education Board, Masters of Biomedical Engineering Program, Delft University of Technology, 2010-present.
Editorial services
- Editorial Board, Journal of Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials
- Academic Editor, PLOS ONE.
- Editorial Board, Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group).
- Guest Editor, Journal of Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials, Special issue: “Mechanics of 3D printed and additively manufactured biomaterials” (in progress).
- Guest Editor, Annals of Biomedical Engineering, Special issue: “Additively manufacturing and 3D printing of biomaterials: from nano- to macro-scale” (in progress).
- Guest Editor, J Biomech Eng-Trans ASME, Special issue: Cells, tissues, and biomaterials: mechanics of life at different scales.
- Guest Editor, Materials, Special issue: Mechanics of Biomaterials.
- Guest Editor, Metals, Special issue: Metallic Biomaterials (in progress)
- Academic Editor, PeerJ journal.
- Editorial Board, Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, specialty section: Frontiers in Biomechanics.
- Editorial Board, Applied Bionics and Biomechanics.
- Editorial Board, The Scientific World Journal, section: Mech Eng.
- Editorial Board, PeerJ Computer Science.
- Jean Leray scientific achievement award from European Society of Biomaterials (2018).
- Supervisor of the PhD research winning the European Society of Biomechanics’ runner-up award for the best PhD thesis (2017).
- ERC starting grant, European Research Council, 1.5 m€ (2015).
- Early Career Award, J Mech Behav Biomed Mater, Elsevier (2015).
- Certificate of excellence in reviewing from J Biomechanics (2012).
- Veni personal research grant, 250 kEuro (2011)
- Supervising the best Bachelors End Project of TU Delft (together with Dr. Gabrielle Tuijthof), the project was awarded a shared Imtech/UfD grant of 2 kEuro (2011)
- Gratification award from Materials Innovation Institute (M2i, Netherlands) for “unique accomplishment” in my PhD research (c.a. 2.5 kEuro) (2010).
- PhD research fellowship, Materials innovation institute (M2i), The Netherlands (2006-2010)
- Conference travel grant, International Neuroscience Conference, Al-Ain, UAE (2005)
- Prizewinner of the Departmental Students Research Pioneers Celebration (2002)
- University Outstanding Student (2002)
- Second place of the National Computer Programming Competition (2001)
- Prizewinner of the First National Kharazmi Youth Festival of Scientific Innovation (2000)
Review services
- Acta Biomaterialia
- Langmuir
- Osteoarthritis & Cartilage
- J Mech Behav Biomed Mater
- J Biomech
- J Biomech Eng-Trans ASME
- J App Physiology
- Scand J Med Sci Sports
- Human Movement Sci
- Biofabrication
- J Amer Chem Soc
- J Biomed Mater Res A
- Mater Sci Eng C
- J Royal Soc Interface
- J Orthop Res
- Med Sci Sports & Exercise
- Sports Med
- IEEE Trans Med Imaging
- Europ J App Physiology
- Gait & Posture
- Clinic Biomech
- Med Eng Phys
- PLOS ONE
- J Sports Eng Tech (Proc IMechE P)
- J Mech Med Biology
- Computers Bio Med
- Int J Plasticity
- Int J Mech Sci
- Metallur Mater Trans A
- Mater Sci Eng A
- App Surface Sci
- Measurement Sci & Tech
- Sci Tech Weld Join
- J Mater Proc Tech
- J Mech Sci Tech
- J Eng Manufac (Proc IMechE B)
- J Test Eval (ASTM)
- Int J Mater Forming
- J Orthop Trauma
- Int J Sports Med
- J Electromyography Kinesiology
- J Eng Med (Proc IMechE H)
- J Med Bio Eng
- Int J Solids Struct
- J Bio Phys
- J Phys D: App Phys
- Front Bioeng Biotech
- Materials
- Smart Mater Struct
- J Manufac Sci Eng- Trans ASME
- Mater & Des
- J Mater Eng Perform
- Energy
- Int J Mater Manufac – Trans SAE
- Int J Heat Mass Trans
- J Res Practice
- Sci World J
- Procedia Eng
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