EDUCATION
2005-2006
PhD in mineralogy (economic geology) at University of Tübingen, Germany,
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. G. Markl, Prof. Dr. E. Pernicka, and Prof. Dr. M. Momenzadeh
Topic of research: Mineralization of Au, W, Cu, and Sn in Sarband-Astaneh area, west, Central Iran, cum laude
Available online at: http://tobias-lib.ub.uni-tuebingen.de/volltexte/2006/2533/
2001-2005
PhD student in economic geology, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. P.M. Herzig, Prof. Dr. E. Pernicka, and Prof. Dr. M. Momenzadeh.
1997-2000
MSc in economic geology, Research Institute for Earth Sciences (affiliated to the Geological Survey of Iran), Tehran, Iran, summa cum laude (first rank)
Subject of thesis: Study on metallic minerals of Natanz area, Central Iran
Supervisors: Prof. Dr. Momenzadeh, Prof. Dr. Emami and Prof. Dr. Pernicka
1993-1997
B.Sc. in geology, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.
WORK EXPERIENCE
2007-Present
Assistant professor of economic geology at the Science and Research Branch of the Islamic Azad University, Tehran
2007-Present
Lecturer at the Central Tehran Branch of the Islamic Azad University, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Department of Restoration and Conservation, Tehran
2007-Present
Inspector of the Geological society of Iran
2004-Present
Member of the Zarneh (Exploration) Research Group, Tehran, Iran
2007
Co-supervisor of two MSc thesis projects in Archaeology at Tarbiat Modares University
2007
Lecturer of geology at Payame Noor University (Open University), Varamin
2003-2006
Supervisor of the survey of ancient mining and mineral potential of the Sialk Reconsideration Project, Kashan, Iran
2000-2001
Economic geologist at the Zaryaban Exploration Company
1999-2001
Scientific cooperation with the Iranian-German project team "Arisman Project" in old mining and metallurgy research activities in central Iran
TRAINING COURSES
- SGA short course on gold mineral systems, June 5-9, 2006, GeoZentrum Munich, Germany.
- 6th Freiberg Short Course in Economic Geology, “Exploration Geology – Discuss and Learning”, November 11-14, 2004, Freiberg, Germany.
- Short course on "Geochemistry, mineralogy and metallogeny of platinum-group deposits", October 12-14, 2004, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic.
- Short course on “Advanced Ore Microscopy”, July 23-27, 2003, Freiberg, Germany.
- Short Course on “Introduction to Fluid Inclusion Studies”, June 11-14, 2003, Heidelberg, Germany.
- Compact course on “Stable Isotope Geochemistry and Geochronology”, April 24 – May 4, 2003, Freiberg, Germany.
- Compact course on “Fluid Inclusion Studies”, March 10-14, 2003, Freiberg, Germany.
- 5th Freiberg Short Course in Economic Geology, “Platinum Group Element and Magmatic Sulfide Deposits”, December 11-13, 2001, Freiberg, Germany.
- Compact Course on “old mining and metallurgy”, October 16-26, 1999, Kashan-Natanz, Iran
LANGUAGE SKILLS
English and German
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
- Travel grant from the SEG and the Newmont Mining Corporation to the SEG 2006 Conference, Keystone, Colorado, USA (May 2006)
- Quenstedt-Jahresfeier poster price, University of Tübingen (July 2005)
- SGA travel grant to the 8th SGA Meeting, Beijing, China (August 2005)
- Scholarship from Curt-Engelhorn Zentrum-Archaeometrie (March 2005-September 2006)
- Support from the PHD-program of the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology for studies at Freiberg and field work costs (October 2002- May 2005)
- Scholarship from the DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) including German language course (June 2002-October 2004)
- Scholarship from TU Bergakademie Freiberg and Prof. Dr. E. Pernicka for PhD course in Germany (October 2001-April 2002 and October 2004-March 2005)
MEMBERSHIP
- Iranian Mining Engineering Organization, Tehran Province Branch (since 2007)
- International Association on the Genesis of Ore Deposits (IAGOD) (since 2004)
- Gesellschaft fuer Naturwissenschaftliche Archaeologie (since 2004)
- Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA) (since 2003)
- Society of Economic Geologists (student membership 2003-2006)
- Geological Society of Iran (since 1996)
