Academic Experiences

 

ACADEMIC AND TEACHING  POSITIONS

  • Sep 2010 - Present     ---------  Assistant Professor          Department of Geography, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
  • Jan 2011  - Feb 2011  --------- Visiting Scientist               Center for Climatic Research (CCR), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison WI, USA. Host: Dr. Michael Notaro
  • May 2009 - Aug 2009  ---------  Visiting Scientist            Climate & Global Dynamics Division, NCAR, Boulder-CO,USA.Host: Dr. John Fasullo
  • Nov 2007 - Sep 2008  ---------  Assistant Professor       Department of Geography, Tabarestan Institute of Higher Education, Iran
  • Sep 2003 - Oct 2007  ---------  Instructor                             Department of Geography, Tabarestan Institute of Higher Education, Iran
  • Feb 2002 - Jul 2002    ---------  Visiting Instructor           Department of Geography, Noor Azad University, Mazandaran, Iran
  • Sep 1995 - Oct 2004  ---------  High School Teacher       Ministry of Education, Tehran-District 17, Iran

 

TEACHING INTERESTS

COURSES TAUGHT

Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (FUM)

As a tenured full-time instructor, I taught the following courses in the Geography Department:

    • Climatology of Iran (Synoptic and Dynamic Aspects)          2010 (fall semester-graduate course)
    •  Microclimatology                                                            2010 (fall semester- graduate course)
    •  Research Methods                                                         2010, 2011, 2012 (fall semester- graduate course)
  • Fundamentals of Climatology I                                           2011, 2012, 2013 (spring semester)
  • Fundamentals of Climatology II                                          2011, 2012 (fall semester)
  • Weather Maps Analysis                                                     2011, 2012, 2013 (spring semester-graduate course)
  • Fundamentals of Synoptic Climatology                                2011 (fall semester-graduate course)   
  • Synoptic Climatology of Iran                                              2011, 2012 (fall semester-graduate course)     

 

Tabarestan Institute of Higher Education

As a tenured full-time instructor, I taught the following courses in the Geography Department:

  • Philosophy of  Geography                              2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (fall semester)
  • Fundamentals of Climatology                          2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 (spring semester)
  • Global Climate                                               2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 (fall semester)
  • Climatology of Iran (Synoptic Aspects)            2005, 2006, 2007, 2008  (spring semester)
  • Research Methods                                         2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 (spring semester)
  • Principles of Remote Sensing                          2005, 2006 (fall semester)
  • Physical Geography of Iran                             2006 (spring semester)
  • Introduction to Meteorology                           2006, 2008 (fall semester)
  • Weather Maps Analysis                                  2006, 2008 (fall semester)

 

Noor Islamic Azad University

As a visiting instructor, I taught the following courses in the Geography Department:

  • Climatology of Iran (Synoptic Aspects)           2002 (spring semester)
  • Physical Geography of Iran                            2002 (spring semester)

 

Iran Ministry of Education (High Schools)

I have taught as a tenured, full-time teacher in high schools for 9 years. *