"Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth."  

Rumi

I am a  Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Medical Physics at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. I received my Ph.D. in Systems Engineering and Operations Research from George Mason University. I received my BSc in Industrial Engineering from the K.N. Toosi University of Technology and an MSc in Industrial Management-Operations Research from Shahid Beheshti University in Iran. My research interests include Optimization, Evolutionary Algorithms, Machine Learning, and Multi-Criteria Decision-Making. My research is focused on integrating machine learning and optimization algorithms for large-scale networks in different application areas. I enjoy playing and listening to music in my spare time and am a soccer player, movie, and video game enthusiast.