• Ph.D.  in Physics  (2014) 

School of Engineering and Science, Jacobs University, Bremen, Germany.

Thesis Title: Electronic transport through two-dimensional transition-metal chalcogenides

Thesis Grade: Summa Cum Laude/Special Distinction

• Permanent Researcher and Research Group Leader (2016-present)

Institute of Ion Beam Physics and Materials Research, 

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf, Dresden, Germany.

• Postdoctoral Research Associate (2014-2016)

Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, 

University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.

• European Microscopy Society (EMS) Outstanding Paper Award 2018 (October 2019).

• Outstanding Reviewer of Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids (March 2018); Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures (June 2018); Journal of Molecular Liquids (March 2017).

• Best Poster, MRS Spring Meeting, Phoenix, USA (April 2017).

• Selected Paper of the Month, Department of Materials Science & Metallurgy, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK (September 2015).

• Best Poster, MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, USA (April 2014).

• Special Distinction (Summa Cum Laude) for Ph.D. dissertation, Jacobs University Bremen, Germany (July 2014).

• First Ranked M.Sc. Student in Physics, IAU, Tehran, Iran (September 2007).

• Computational Grant, 37.1 million core hours, 17th Call, PRACE, HLRS, Stuttgart (2018-2019).

• Travel Grant from Graphene Flagship, ESOF 2016, Manchester, UK (July 2016).

• Marie Curie Early Stage Researcher within the EU Innovative Training Network "Nanoelectronics: Concepts, Theory and Modeling" (2011-2012).

• Ph.D. Scholarship from Jacobs University Bremen, Germany (2010-2011, 2012-2014).