Teaching
University of British Columbia
Neuroanatomy – Vancouver Summer School (Guest Lecturer) July–August 2025 · Undergraduate · 24 students
Simon Fraser University
ENSC 475/875 – Biomedical Instrumentation (Sessional Instructor) January–April 2025 · Undergraduate & Graduate · 17 students
University of Alberta
Math 102 & Physics 130 (Teaching Assistant) January 2021–April 2024 · Undergraduate
Amirkabir University of Technology
Logic Circuits Lab, Control Systems Lab, and Microprocessors Lab (Instructor) February 2015–August 2017 · Undergraduate · 15 students
Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning (Teaching Assistant) February 2016–August 2016 · Graduate
Biological Systems Modelling (Volunteer Teaching Assistant) February 2016–August 2016 · Graduate (international students, taught in English)
Tafresh University
Linear Systems Control (Volunteer Teaching Assistant) February 2014–August 2014 · Undergraduate
Mentorship & Supervision
Co-Supervisor – UBC WorkLearn Undergraduate Student September 2025–April 2026 · University of British Columbia
Research Mentor – Dr. Sanjay Kalra’s Lab, University of Alberta May 2020–2024 · 4 mentees
I advised and mentored undergraduate summer students and one neurology resident (2020–2024), providing guidance on MRI fundamentals, data processing, statistical analysis, application of machine learning, and presentation of results.
- 2023 – Socrates Temraz; Project: Cerebral degeneration in ALS using T2-weighted MRI
- 2022 – Adam Elamy; Project: Functional connectivity of basal ganglia in ALS
- 2021 – Ekhlas Assaedi (Neurology resident); Project: Multimodal MRI texture analysis in ALS
- 2020 – Andrew Wu (now a Neurology resident); Project: Longitudinal FLAIR MRI texture analysis in ALS
Event Organization
UBC Postdoctoral Research Day (Lead Organizer) September–December 2025 · UBC Postdoctoral Association
Led the organization of the annual UBC Postdoctoral Research Day as President of the UBC PDA, coordinating with executive team members to deliver a successful event showcasing postdoctoral research across the university.