Research Experience
Research Experience
Research Scientist at Reasoned AI Decisions (2023- present) Fraunhofer Institute for Cognitive Systems IKS/ Subject: Bayesian Belief Networks in Argument Generation and Evaluation.
- Key responsibilities: I investigate the use of causal and Bayesian belief networks in argument generation using machine learning algorithms in human (social) argumentation.
- Key technical skills: Bayesian Networks and Causal Graphs (in R and Python).
Post-Doctoral Researcher (2021 – present) LMU, Munich University, Germany. Subject: Causal Reasoning in humans using belief networks.
- Key responsibilities: I investigate the use of causal and Bayesian belief networks in human reasoning.
- Key technical skills: Bayesian Networks and Causal Graphs (in R and Python).
Ph.D. Researcher (2018- 2021) Harvard University, Boston, USA, and LMU, Munich University, Germany. Subject: Decision-making in (and for) human groups (Ph.D. thesis).
- Key responsibilities: I led three projects related to human decision-making in social contexts (a collaboration between US and Germany), generated the ideas, designed the experiments (online and lab-based), and collected, analyzed, and visualized the behavioral data (more than 2000 participants), interpreted result, and prepared two manuscripts (my papers related to this project: published: collective decisions and under review: moral decisions).
- Key technical skills: Experimental design, Survey-Based Research (programmed in QualtricsXM), Lab-Based research in small groups (programmed in Testable©), Non-linear Regression and Bayesian Mixed effect models (programmed in R, Stan), Open Science (My Projects at OSF), Data Visualization (in R). – my R code (analysis and visualization, OSF, Frankfort Server).
Researcher (2017-2018) University of Bordeaux, France. Subject: neuroimaging investigation of perceptual decision-making using entropy and mutual information.
- Key responsibilities: I collected the data, analyzed the neural data (in SPM, MATLAB), interpreted the result, and prepared the reports (Report on OSF).
- Key technical skills: Experimental design, brain imaging data collection and analysis (programmed SPM, MATLAB), Entropy, and Mutual Information-Based analysis.
Research Assistant (2016-2017) Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany. Subject: The role of introspection and future thinking in self-control.
- Key responsibilities: I collected the behavioral data and pilot neural data, analyzed the behavioral data (in MATLAB), and helped to prepare the manuscript (published article related to self-control).
- Key technical skills: Behavioral and functional MRI experimental design and data collection. General Linear Models in behavioral data analysis (MATLAB), mediation, and path analysis (in SPSS).
Research Assistant - remote (2016-2017) University College of London (UCL), London, UK. Subject: Parsing cultural impact of risk and regret in China, the UK, and Iran.
- Key responsibilities: I was involved in a cross-cultural study in Iran, China, and the UK. I collected the behavioral data and conducted experiments in Iran (parsing cultural impact paper).
- Key technical skills: Game-Based data collection (Gambling Task, via Psych Toolbox©, MATLAB)
Researcher (2015-2016) Tehran University, Tehran, Iran. Subject: The Role of the Internet in Our Moral Decisions.
- Key responsibilities: I led the project, generated the idea, designed the experiments (online survey, 7000 participants), collected the data, analyzed the data, interpreted the result, and prepared the manuscripts related to the effect of the Internet on decision-making.
- Key technical skills: Experimental design, Survey-Based experiments, Logistic Regression Models (in SPSS)
Researcher and Developer (2014-2016) Nillaroad Consulting, Tehran, Iran. Subject: the application of social (neuro)science in leadership training.
- Key responsibilities: I designed and developed a comprehensive training program based on the application of social neuroscience for middle and top-level managers of international companies (e.g., Unilever, Xerox, Nestle). Additionally, I trained the managers to use those applications in their leadership skills (Nillaroad Website).
- Key technical skills: Course Design, Internal and External Science Communication, Leadership Skills.
Science journalist (2012-2014). Danestaniha journal, Tehran, Iran.
- Key responsibilities: I communicated difficult scientific concepts (e.g., quantum computations, collective decisions, biological computers) to scientific professionals and the general public via short and long articles. I appeared in two live TV shows (re cognitive sciences).
- Key technical skills: Science communication, interviewing scientists, and Writing for a broader audience.