I am an assistant professor at the University of Utah’s Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering since August 2021. My research involves laboratory and numerical simulations to model the coupled thermal, hydraulic, and mechanical behavior of geomaterials using high-resolution, multi-scale, and multi-phase process monitoring techniques. Before joining the U, I was a research scientist at Caltech, where I studied the behavior of hydraulic fractures in shales through laboratory experiments, as well as the elasto-plastic behavior of particle impacts. I also worked as a lecturer at California State University, Long Beach, for two years. I received my Ph.D. degree from Georgia Tech and my M.Sc. degree from the Amirkabir University of Technology, both in geotechnical engineering. I have worked in the civil and geotechnical engineering industry for six years and am a holder of a Professional Engineering License from the State of Utah.