Curriculum Vitae

M.Sc. in Biomedical Engineering, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.   GPA: 17.08 out of 20 - (3.84 out of 4)

M.Sc. Thesis

Title: “Prediction of treatment response to rTMS in major depressive disorder using EEG and brain connectivity”

Supervisor: Dr. Ahmad Shalbaf (PhD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

Advisor: Dr. Reza Rostami (MD, PhD), University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, School of Engineering, Razi University of Kermanshah, Kermanshah, Iran.   GPA: 14.83 out of 20 - (2.81 out of 4)

B.Sc. Thesis

Title: “Design and Simulation of Digital Taste Interface”

Supervisor: Dr. Gholamreza Karimi (PhD), Razi University of Kermanshah, Kermanshah, Iran

High School Diploma In Mathematics and Physics, Magnet High School, Gonbad Kavus, Iran.

GPA: 18.77 out of 20 - (4 out of 4)

Nobakhsh B, Shalbaf A*, Rostami R, Kazemi R, Rezaei E, Shalbaf R. An effective brain connectivity technique to predict repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation outcome for major depressive disorder patients using EEG signals. Physical and Engineering Sciences in Medicine Journal. 2022 Nov 29. (doi).

Nobakhsh B, Shalbaf A*, Rostami R, Kazemi R. Graph-based analysis to prediction repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment outcome in major depressive disorder patients using EEG signals. Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Journal. 2024 Mar 1;15(2). (doi).

Sadat Shahabi M., Nobakhsh B., Shalbaf A.*, Rostami R., Kazemi R. “Prediction of treatment outcome for repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in major depressive disorder using connectivity measures and ensemble of pre-trained deep learning models.” Biomedical Signal Processing and Control Journal. 2023 Aug 1;85:104822. (doi)

Shahabi MS, Shalbaf A*, Nobakhsh B, Rostami R, Kazemi R. Attention-Based Convolutional Recurrent Deep Neural Networks for the Prediction of Response to Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for Major Depressive Disorder. International Journal of Neural Systems. 2022 Nov 4. (doi)

Oral presentation: “Prediction of treatment response to repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in major depressive disorders”, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Oral presentation: “Directed Functional Networks in Alzheimer’s Disease: Disruption of Global and Local Connectivity Measures”, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Oral presentation: “effective brain connectivity measures”, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Oral presentation: “Brain stimulation techniques: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and Transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)”, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

“Classification of PIMA Diabetic dataset with KNN, SVM, Random Forest, Bayesian and combiner classifier” Pattern Recognition course.

“Compute frequency analysis, system identification and Independent Component Analysis on speech signals” Biomedical Signal Processing and System Identification course.

“Modeling and Simulation of Lung, Muscle, Nerve fiber and mechanics of Breathing” Modeling and Simulation of Physiological Systems course.

“Design and Implementation of light control system by smartphone and Bluetooth module” Microprocessor design course.

MATLAB, C/C++, Python

EEG, TMS, fMRI, Machine Learning, Signal Processing, Image Processing, Statistical Analysis, Electronic Circuits Design

EEGLAB, Brain Connectivity Toolbox (BCT), BrainNet viewer toolbox, SPM12, Atmel Studio, Proteus Design Suite

Participated in “Advanced Course on Neuroscience Data Processing with Deep Learning Techniques based on Python”, Date & Place: June 2023, Online, Duration: 21 hourse, NBML, Tehran, Iran.

Participated in “Neuroscience based biomarkers: past, present and future trends Panel”, Date & Place: 5 August 2021, Online (Skyroom Platform), NBML, Tehran, Iran.

Participating in "Principles of fMRI 1", by Dr. Martin Lindquist and Dr. Tor Wager, Date & Place: Coursera- Johns Hopkins University, online, (May 2021)

Participated in the virtual BCI & Neurotechnology Spring School, from April 12-21, 2021, organized and hosted by g.tec medical engineering GmbH. Participants have successfully completed 96 hours of high-level online education.

Participated in 4th Iranian Symposium on Brain Mapping Updates (ISBM2020), July 1-2,2020

Participated in On Day Workshop on “High-performance Computing in Neuroscience”, by Dr. Reza Khosro-Abadi, Date & Place: 5 May 2019, NBML, Tehran, Iran

Participated as executive committee in 3rd Iranian Symposium on Brain Mapping Updates (ISBM2019), 1st & 2nd May 2019

Participated in The Workshop on “Brain Signal Processing and its Application in Computational Neuroscience”, by Dr. Ali moti Nasr-Abadi & Dr. Mohammad Mika’ili, Date & Place: 13-15 February 2019, Tehran, Iran

Participated in 2nd Iranian Symposium on Brain Mapping Updates (ISBM2020), 10th & 11th October 2018

Participated in One Day Skills Training Seminar on ”Machine Vision and Image Processing” A Brain Mapping Approach, Date & Place: 3 October 2018, NBML, Tehran, Iran 

Participated in On Day Workshop on “The Clinical Application of rTMS in Psychiatric Disorders”, by Dr. Reza Kazemi, Date & Place: 28 September 2018, NBML, Tehran, Iran 

Part time R&D Engineer, Knowledge Enterprise Amiran Teb Noafrin, Kermanshah, Iran, on the project of design and implementation of portable physiotherapy device with electrical and magnetic stimulation, Under supervision of Dr. Mahmood Amiri, summer 2016 

Teaching Assistant, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, “Digital Signal Processing” course

Teaching Assistant, Razi University of Kermanshah, “Electronic Circuits I” course

Ranked 2nd among M.Sc. students of the Biomedical Engineering Programs, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences.

Ranked 14th among 900 students in Iran’s Medical Science Universities Entrances Exam in Master of Biomedical Engineering.

Dr. Ahmad Shalbaf (PhD), Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering and Medical Physics, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

Email: shalbaf@sbmu.ac.ir 

Dr. Reza Rostami (MD, PhD), Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education and Psychology, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. 

Email: rrostami@ut.ac.ir 

Dr. Reza Kazemi (PhD), Assistant Professor, Department of Entrepreneurship Development, Faculty of Entrepreneurship, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran. 

Email: rkazemi@ut.ac.ir