CV

Current Position

PhD Student, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Education

• May 2026–Present

  PhD, Civil Engineering

  University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

  Supervisor: Prof. Mohammed Basheer

• Sep 2021–Apr 2024

  MSc, Earth Sciences - Water

  University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

  Thesis: Chlorophyll-a Mapping in a Large Lake Using Remote Sensing Imagery: A Case Study of Western Lake Ontario

  Supervisors: Prof. Philippe Van Cappellen, Prof. Homa Kheyrollah Pour

• Sep 2018–Aug 2021

  MSc, Civil Engineering - Environmental

  Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Tehran, Iran

  Thesis: Designing and Developing a WebGIS-Based Decision Support Tool for Sustainability Assessment of Water-Energy-Food Nexus

  Supervisors: Prof. Motahareh Saadatpour, Prof. Mario Giampietro

• Sep 2014–Mar 2018

  BSc, Civil Engineering

  Persian Gulf University, Bushehr, Bushehr, Iran

Work Experience

• May 2024–Apr 2026

  Research Assistant II (Geomatics Technician)

  Ecohydrology Research Group, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

  Developed and calibrated PCSWMM hydrological models of stormwater management ponds in Kitchener, ON, to simulate urban runoff and storage dynamics.

  Installed and maintained automated loggers, water quality sensors, and conducted field sampling of water and sediments for laboratory analysis of nutrients and water chemistry parameters.

  Curated and processed multi-source geospatial datasets and optical and thermal imagery from space- and airborne platforms to develop environmental and water quality models calibrated with in-situ matchups.

  Designed and implemented machine learning and deep learning workflows to predict greenhouse-gas fluxes, microplastic loads, and other biogeochemical variables on local or global scales.

  Performed GIS-based susceptibility and risk assessments for urban eutrophication and natural hazards under varying climate-change and land use scenarios.

  Retrieved, harmonized, and analyzed global and continental-scale hydrometeorological datasets for environmental modeling.

  Classified high-resolution aerial imagery to produce land use land cover (LUCL) maps using supervised classification techniques.

  Pulled water‑quality data from DataStream and discharge records from HYDAT via APIs, then applied the Canadian Lake River Hydrofabric (CLRH) GIS layer to spatially co‑register and clean time‑series datasets for chemical‑load calculations in Lake Winnipeg Basin rivers.

  Projects:

  Chemical Load Assessments for Watersheds: Automation and Visualization Experience (CLAWAVE)

  Adaptive management of green stormwater infrastructure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from urban watersheds

  The Microplastics Fingerprinting at the watershed scale: from sources to receivers

  Managing Urban Eutrophication Risks under Climate Change: An Integrated Modeling and Decision Support Framework

• Feb 2020–Feb 2021

  Research Assistant

  Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran, Tehran, Iran

  Extracted and processed time-series radar and optical satellite imagery to delineate long-term dynamics and seasonality in wetland water extent.

  Retrieved and analyzed soil-moisture products from SMAP and other remote sensing platforms for hydrological assessment.

  Derived water-surface temperatures from thermal-infrared satellite bands to evaluate the wetland's thermal dynamics.

  Delineated the Meighan Wetland's immediate watershed by integrating digital elevation models and land use land cover layers.

  Assisted in drafting the environmental assessment report for the Department of Environment (Iran), summarizing analytical results, as well as management recommendations.

  Project: The Environmental Report on the Meighan Wetland

• Sep 2019–Nov 2019

  Supervising Environmental Engineer

  S.A.P. Consulting Engineers Co., Tehran, Tehran, Iran

  Project: Tehran Integrated Waste Management Master Plan

• Jun 2017–Sep 2017

  Intern Civil Engineer

  ATEC Consultants, Shiraz, Fars, Iran