Positions held

(1997-1998): Lecturer position in Princeton University.

(1998-        ): Assistant professor in mathematics department in Sharif University of Technology.

(1998-2000): Research fellow in Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics.

(2003-2004): Visiting mathematician in Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.

                     Visiting mathematician in Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques.

Institutes visited

International Center for Theoretical Physics in Trieste/Italy:

Summer 1992 for a period of one month.

Summer 1993 for a period of one month.

Spring and Summer 2005 for a period of three months.

January 2006 for a period of 3 weeks.

Nankai Institute in Tianjin/China:

Summer 1993 for a period of one week.

Max-Plank Institute in Bonn/Germany:

Summer 1994 for a period of one month.

Institute for advanced studies in Princeton/United States:

I was a frequent visitor as a graduate student in Princeton University 1993-1998.

Newton Institute in Cambridge/United Kingdom:

Summer 1996 for a period of one month.

Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics in Tehran/Iran:

Associate member 1998-2000.

Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Bombay/India:

Fall 2003 for a period of three months.

Institut des Hautes Etudes Scientifiques in Bures-sur-Yvette/France:

Winter and Spring 2004 for a period of six months.

Summer 2005 for a period of one month.

Centre International de Rencontres Mathematique in Marseille/France:

April 2004 for a week.

Harish-Chandra research institute in Allahabad/India:

January 2006 for less than a week

Awards

High school awards

(June 1989): Bronze medal of the national physics Olympiad.

(June 1990): Silver medal of the international mathematical Olympiad held in China.

Undergraduate awards

(June 1992): Third rank in the mathematics competition held by the Iranian academy of sciences.

(June 1993): Forth rank in the Iranian annual mathematical competition.

Scholarships

(1990-1993): Undergraduate scholarship from Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics.

(1993-1998): Graduate scholarship from Princeton University, New Jersey, United States.

(1998-2000): Research scholarship from Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics (IPM).

(1998-        ): Research scholarship from Sharif University of Technology.

(2010-2011): Research grant from National Foundation for Elite.