Professional Positions
Postdoctoral Researcher
2022-present, SCaDS.AI and MPI-MIS, Leipzig, Germany
At Scads, I am in the department of statistical learning and I had the honer of working in the group of prof. Sayan Mukherjee, who sadly passed way in March 2025.
At MPI, I am in the group of prof. Juergen Jost.
Education
PhD in Mathematics
10/2017-1/2022, International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS), Max Planck Institute for Mathematics in the Sciences, Leipzig, Germany
Dissertation (6/2018- 8/2021): "Topological and Geometric Methods with a View Towards Data Analysis", Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Jost
Grade: Summa Cum Laude for the Defense (Jan 2022) / Magna Cum Laude for the Dissertation
MSc in Pure Mathematics
2012-2014, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
Thesis Title: "Topological Quantum Field Theory (TQFT)", Supervisor: Dr. Amir Jafari
Mark: 19.2/20 (Excellent)
BSc in Pure Mathematics
2008-2012, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran
Academic Awards & Scholarships
FMJH (Fondation Mathématique Jacques Hadamard) Visiting Award from Data Shape Team/INRIA Institute in Paris, France, April-June 2025
(Co-)Winner of SCaDS.AI grants for hiring two PhD students, December 2024
MPG Award (20 K Euros ) for Organizing a Kick-off Workshop in Paris (as an Exchange between MPG, Germany and CNRS, France), January 2025
Selected member of the Max Planck Society for the Salto Exchange Program between CNRS (Paris, France) and MPG (MPI MIS, Leipzig, Germany), January 2024
Member of the American Mathematical Society’s research program (AMS MRC) on "Data Science at the Crossroads of Analysis, Geometry, and Topology" (among the 6 researchers selected from outside the USA, 40 people in total), Fully Funded, March 2022
INdAM-Marie Sklodowska-Curie Scholarship, October 2017 (Declined-“INdAM Doctoral Program in Mathematics and/or Applications Co-founded by Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Funding “Dottorato di Ricerca”)
Travel Awards for participation in: The Joint Mathematics Meeting (JMM) of the American Mathematical Society (AMS), Boston, MA, USA, January 2023 (Fully Funded by AMS)- workshop on Cohomological Methods in Geometry, Freiburg, Germany April 2022- Oxford Applied Topology School, Oxford, UK (Cancelled due to Corona)- workshop on Statistics for Topological and Discrete Data, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, 800 Swiss franc, May 2020 (Cancelled due to Corona)- 4th Meeting of young women in mathematics, Freiburg, Germany, May 2019- Applied Algebraic Topology Conference, Sapporo, Japan, 8-12 August 2017, € 1300 awarded by Professor Kathryn Hess (EPFL, Switzerland) (Before PhD) - workshop in Geometric correspondence of Gauge Theories, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, September 2016 (Before PhD)
Teaching & Supervision
Elham Babaei (PhD student, pure math)
Research project, Since July 2025Arsha Niksa (BSc student, double major in pure math and physics)
Research project, Since June 2025Elahe Karampour (MSc in Engineering)
Master thesis, Graduated with full mark, 2023-2024(Co-)lecturer of the course on Geometry and Topology in Data Science, MPI MIS, Spring 2024
Teacher assistant in in Mathematical Analysis, Alzahra university, Tehran, Iran, 2011-2012
Selected Talks & Conferences
Conference Talks:
• Conference on Mathematics of Machine Learning, Hamburg, Germany, September 2025 (Contributing)
• Conference on Higher Order Opportunities and Challenges, Aachen, Germany, August 2025 (Invited Speaker)
• Symposium of Computational Geometry (SoCG 2025), Kanazawa, Japan, June 2025 (Speaker of an Accepted Paper)
• Workshop on Combinatorial Topological Dynamics (CoToDyn), Kraków, Poland, May 2025 (Invited Speaker)
• Annual Meeting of Data Shape Group of University of Paris-Saclay/ INRIA Institute, Porquerolles, France, May 2025 (Invited Speaker)
• European Congress of Mathematics, Minisymposium of Applied and Combinatorial Topology, Seville, Spain, July 2024 (Invited speaker)
• Workshop on Geometry and Machine Learning, MPI MIS, November 2023 (Invited Speaker)
• Focus program on Geometric Constraint Systems, Fields Institute, Toronto, Canada, July-August 2023 (Invited Talk, Canceled due to visa delay)
• Hybrid Conference on Applied Geometry for Data Sciences, China, July 2022, (Invited Speaker)
• ATMCS 10, Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, 23 June 2022 (Contributing)
• Conference in Applied Topology, Bedlewo, Poland, July 2022 (Contributing)
• Online talk, VIIth Mexico Workshop on Geometric and Topological Data Analysis, September 2021 (Invited Speaker)
• (Internal- One Day) Workshop, MPI MIS, July 2021 (Invited Talk)
• Workshop on Complex Networks: Theory, Methods and Applications, Lake Como, Italy, May 2019 (Contributing)
• 4th meeting of young women in mathematics, Freiburg, Germany May 2019 (Invited Speaker)
Invited Seminars:
• Invited Talk at Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study (KUIAS), Kyoto, Japan, July 2025 (Canceled due to personal issues)
• Seminar, IPM Institute, Tehran, Iran, February 2025
• Weekly Seminar of the Data Shape Group, Mathematics Institute, University of Paris-Saclay, Paris, France,
October 2024, Title: Topology as Fluid Geometry
• Group Seminar, Department Of Mathematics, EPFL, Laussane, Switzerland, May 2024,
• Talk at ICICS, UBC, Vancouver, Canada, October 2023
• Online Weekly Data Analysis Seminar, Queen Mary University of London, UK, November 2021
• Online Weekly Seminar for undergraduate students (in Persian), Amirkabir University, Tehran, Iran, October 2021
• Online Weekly Geometry-Topology Seminar, Oregon State University, USA, January 2022
• Online weekly seminar, Applied Algebraic Topology Research Network (AATRN), USA, April 2021 (Video)
• Online Weekly seminar, Mathematical Institute, Oxford University, Jan 2021
• Non- linear Algebra Course Seminar, MPI MIS, Jan 2018
Poster Presentations:
• Spires 2024, Mathematics Institute, Oxford University, UK, August 2024
• Conference on Cohomological Methods in Geometry, (Participation by Invitation), Freiburg, Germany, April 2022
• BIRS-CMO (Online) Workshop on Geometry and Learning from Data, (Participation by Invitation), Banff In-
ternational Research Station, Canada, October 2021
• The 8th International Conference on Complex Networks and Their Applications, Lisbon, Portugal, December
2019 (This presentation was invited for publication in the special issue of the conference in the journal of
Applied Network Sciences
Services
Journal Editorial Board:
Guest Editor, Vietnam Journal of Mathematics, Special Issue on the Memory of Prof. Sayan Mukherjee
(Selected) Peer Review Invitations (Since 2019):
The Journal of Linear Algebra and Its Applications (Q1)
SIAM Journal on Mathematics of Data Science (SIMODS) (Q1)
The Journal of Experimental Mathematics (Q1)
The Journal of Information and Inference, Oxford University Press (Q1)
The Journal of Advances in Theoretical and Mathematical Physics (ATMP) (Q1)
The Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR) (Q1)
The Journal of Calculus of Variations and Partial Differential Equations (Q1)
The Journal of Discrete and Computational Geometry (Q1)
The Journal of Analysis and Geometry in Metric Spaces (Q1)
The European Journal of Combinatorics (Q1- Declined)
The Journal of Supercomputing (Q1- Declined)
(Co-) Organizer of:
Workshops/ events:
Workshop on Higher Order Interactions at the Intersection of Topology and Geometry, Paris Saclay University, Paris, December 2025
Mini-Workshop on Mathematical Modeling and Learning in Biology, IPM Institute, School of of Biology, Tehran, Iran, September 2025
Workshop on Math 4 AI, AI 4 Math, Max Planck Institute (MPI MIS), Leipzig, Germany, February 2024
Scientific Speed-Dating, MPI MIS/ MPI CBS, March 2024
Seminars:
Bi-weekly meetings on Mathematics and AI between MPI MIS, MPI CBS and SCaDS.AI Institutes, Since October 2025
Seminar Series on Stochastic Topology and Its Applications at MPI MIS, 2022-2024
Group Seminar on Metic Geometry, MPI MIS, Summer 2021