I was born in Bandar-e Anzali, Iran, where I grew up and finished high school in Mathematics and Physics. I completed my B.Sc. and M.Sc. in mechanical engineering from the University of Guilan, Iran, in 2007 and 2010, respectively. In my Master's degree, my research focused on the post-buckling analysis of functionally graded material cylindrical shells under axial loading. I received my Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Manitoba, Canada, under the supervision of Professor Quan Wang in February 2014. My doctoral research involves molecular dynamics simulations and the nonlocal continuum modeling of carbon nanotubes and graphenes as nano-resonator sensors.

My key expertise is Computational Mechanics of Materials. I have gained a wide range of experience in this field and developed numerous accurate and robust computational methods, including finite element and meshfree methods based on the nonlocal continuum theory. I have experience with multiscale modeling, nonlinear finite element analysis, phase-field modeling, nonlocal continuum damage mechanics, constitutive modeling, reaction-diffusion modeling, and multi-objective optimization. The methods have been implemented in open-source software either as small Matlab codes in particular for training students or large-scale in-house codes. My research interests include atomistic simulations of polymers and nanomaterials (such as reactive and non-reactive molecular dynamics, hyperdynamics, metadynamics, and parallel replica dynamics) and coarse-grained simulations of polymer nanocomposites. Furthermore, I have experience with the thermo-chemo-mechanical characterization and testing of polymer composites shown by several publications.

I have been involved in different research projects such as 'Failure Prediction Models for Multidirectional Short-fiber Polymer Composites,' 'Computational Modeling and Design of Lithium-ion Batteries,' during my career and 'Multiscale Modeling of Nanoparticle Reinforced Polymer Composite Structures.' The methods implemented and developed in these projects cross the boundaries between materials science and mechanical engineering. My excellence in research is proven by awards such as the Humboldt Research Fellowship for Postdoctoral Researchers by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in 2017, several fellowships, memberships of scientific societies, commissions of trust, and invited presentations/seminars/lectures.

My work experience also includes supervision of graduate students, lecturer and teaching assistant of various class sizes, supervising labs, and giving lectures in workshops. I have been serving as a reviewer for over 30 international journal papers since 2011, including Scientific Reports, Nanotechnology, Nanoscale, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering, Composite Part B, Composite Structures, Journal of Applied Physics, and Journal of Sound and Vibration.

During my academic career, I have pursued my research interests by sharing my expertise with solid and diverse teams of researchers in nanotechnology and computational mechanics and collaborating with renowned scientists worldwide. I have engaged in multinational research collaborations with internationally distinguished scholars such as Prof. Wang (University of Manitoba and City University of Hong Kong), Prof. Rabczuk (Bauhaus University Weimar), Prof. Thijsse (Delft University of Technology), Dr. Simone (Delft University of Technology), Prof. Steeneken (Delft University of Technology), Prof. Park (Boston University), Prof. Varadan (University of Arkansas), Prof. Liew (City University of Hong Kong), Prof. Duan (Monash University), Dr. Wu (University of Manitoba), Dr. Jiang (Shanghai University), Dr. Zhuang (Leibniz University Hanover) and Dr. Alijani (Delft University of Technology).