Main Research Interests

Satellite geodesy; GNSS and InSAR applications; crustal and ground deformation measurements and analysis; tectonic geodesy and geodynamics; geodetic infrastructure and ground motion monitoring.

Academic Qualifications and Education

2015 — Habilitation (Docentship) in Geodynamics, Uppsala University, Sweden
2008–2009 — Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto, Canada
2007 — PhD in Geodynamics, Uppsala University, Sweden
2006 — Filosofie Licentiatexamen (LicSc/MPhil) in Geodynamics, Uppsala University, Sweden
1996 — MSc in Geodesy, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
1991 — BSc in Surveying Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran

Current Positions

January 2016–present — Senior Lecturer in Applied Geodesy, Department of Computer and Geospatial Sciences, University of Gävle, Gävle, Sweden
April 2015–present — Senior Geodesist, Department of Geodetic Infrastructure, Lantmäteriet (the Swedish national mapping, cadastral, and land registration authority) , Gävle, Sweden

Previous Work Experience

November 2013–April 2015 — Researcher, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University
November 2009–November 2013 — Research Associate (Forskarassistent), Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University
2010–2013 — Webmaster, Solid Earth Geology Section, Uppsala University
October 2007–November 2008 — Guest Researcher, Department of Earth Sciences, Uppsala University
June–October 2007 — Field Geophysicist, Geological Survey of Sweden
1998–2003 — Head of Geodynamics Department, National Cartographic Center (NCC), Tehran, Iran
1992–1998 — Surveying Engineer, National Cartographic Center (NCC), Tehran, Iran
May–August 2000 and February–April 2002 — Guest Researcher, Montpellier University, Montpellier, France

Collaboration within Research Projects

2025 — Data Fusion of Medium-Resolution Satellite-Based InSAR Data and High-Resolution LiDAR Data for Improved Infrastructure Monitoring, funded by the Swedish National Space Agency; led by Total Digital in collaboration with the Swedish Transport Administration and the University of Gävle

2025–present — InSAR Sverige (SGI national EGMS service): an open WebGIS platform for visualising and providing Sentinel-1 ground-motion data from the Copernicus European Ground Motion Service. Developed by the Swedish Geotechnical Institute with funding from the Swedish National Space Agency, the Swedish Transport Administration, SMHI (MNKA) and SGI.

2023–2025 — SBAS: A New InSAR Technique for Analysing Ground Stability in Transport Construction Projects, funded by the Swedish Transport Administration (project 2023/14721) and led by Chalmers University of Technology. The project tested combined SBAS and PSI monitoring at Trafikverket sites using medium- and high-resolution radar data validated against ground measurements.

2020–2022 — InSAR-Sweden: Evaluation and Benefit Analysis of a Nationwide InSAR Service, coordinated by the Swedish National Space Agency with the Swedish Transport Administration and developed with the Geological Survey of Norway and Swedish partners. The project evaluated a free Sentinel-1/PSI ground-motion service and supported Lantmäteriet’s national corner-reflector infrastructure; results were published as Lantmäterirapport 2023:1 (DOI 10.23701/lmr.2023.01).

2021 — Satellite Monitoring of Railways Using Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR), funded by the Swedish Transport Administration (grant 7194); a Lund University–University of Gävle–Luleå University of Technology–Sweco study comparing PSI InSAR with Optram survey-train measurements on the Kiruna–Riksgränsen section of Malmbanan.

2019–2021 — Geodetic SAR for Baltic Height System Unification and Baltic Sea-Level Research (ESA Baltic+ Theme 5), led by the Technical University of Munich with Lantmäteriet and Baltic-region partners. SAR observations from 12 stations co-located with tide gauges or permanent GNSS were combined with GNSS, tide-gauge and geoid data to support height-system unification and sea-level research.

Research Service

Editorial roles:
2023–present — Editorial Board Member, Pure and Applied Geophysics
2019–present — Reviewer Board Member, Remote Sensing
2016–2023 — Review Editor, Structural Geodesy and Tectonics, Frontiers in Earth Science
2015 — Guest Editor, Special Issue “Tectonic Evolution and Mechanics of Basement-involved Fold-and-thrust Belts”, Geological Magazine
2014–present — Editorial Board Member, International Journal of Earth & Environmental Sciences

Evaluation and review panels:
2025 — Evaluator of Research Outputs (Remote Referee), Evaluation of Research and Professional Activity of Research-Oriented Institutes of the Czech Academy of Sciences for the period 2020–2024.

2024 — External Reviewer, Icelandic Research Fund, Physical Sciences and Mathematics Panel
2023 — Invited Evaluator, Belgian Science Policy Office, Project Proposals
2020 — Invited Evaluator, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institutional Evaluation 2015–2019

Peer review activity:
2007–present — Reviewer for international journals including Scientific Reports, Remote Sensing, Tectonophysics, Journal of Geodynamics, Journal of the Geological Society, Geological Magazine, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Acta Geodynamica et Geomaterialia, Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica, Journal of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering, Journal of Geodetic Science, Journal of Geophysics and Engineering, Journal of Geospatial Engineering, IAG Symposia, among others.

Other professional service:
2000–2003 — Head of Research Committee, National Cartographic Center (NCC), Tehran, Iran

Teaching Experience

January 2016–present — Surveying and geodesy courses/projects for Bachelor, Master, and PhD students, University of Gävle
February–March 2015 — Scientific Publication and Review, for PhD students, Uppsala University
January 2015 — Tectonic Analogue Modeling, for PhD and Master students of Uppsala and Stockholm Universities
November 2013 and 2014 — Resources and Environment, for undergraduate students, Uppsala University
November–December 2010–2014 — Tectonic Analogue Modeling and Tectonic Geodesy, for Master students, Uppsala University
November 2007 — Tectonic Modeling Laboratory, for Master students, Uppsala University
October 2003 — GAMIT/GLOBK Software Course, for postgraduate and undergraduate students, NTNU University, Trondheim, Norway
January 1996–March 2003 — Surveying and geodesy courses for Bachelor students at universities in Tehran, Tabriz, Elm-o-Sanat, and K. N. Toosi University, Iran

Experience as Supervisor and Examiner

October 2023 — Member of Grading Committee for PhD candidate Saeid Aminjafari, Stockholm University
2018–2026 — Co-supervisor, PhD student Arash Jouybari, University of Gävle
2017–2022 — Co-supervisor, PhD student Hadi Amin, University of Gävle
2017–2020 — Co-supervisor, PhD student Nureldin Gido, KTH Royal Institute of Technology
2014–2017 — Co-supervisor, PhD student Camellia Yazdanfar, Golestan University, Iran
2010–2015 — Co-supervisor, PhD student Hongling Deng, Uppsala University
2010–2014 — Co-supervisor, PhD student Zhina Liu, Uppsala University
2013–2014 — Co-supervisor, Master student Masoud Joudaki, Isfahan University, Iran
2011–2012 — Supervisor for two Master students: Kai Xue and Wahab Nawaz, Uppsala University
2016–present — Supervisor or Examiner for numerous Master and Bachelor students in Surveying Engineering and Geomatics, University of Gävle