Professional activities

Academic service, recognition, and teaching.

Memberships, awards, editorial work, grant and journal review, invited education, conference activity, and recommendation references are consolidated here from the current website and linked CV.

Recognition

Honors & awards

February 2026

E. K. Zavoisky Stipend Award

2026 ISMRM & ISMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Cape Town, South Africa

November–December 2025

Student Innovation Award 2025

International Alliance of ALS/MND Associations

Recognition for PhD research developing a comprehensive multimodal MRI framework to identify biomarkers beyond the motor cortex in ALS.

August 2025

USERN Prize 2025 — Second Round

Universal Scientific Education and Research Network

Selected among the top 200 applicants (top 0.1%) following a nomination for high-impact (Q1) publications from a pool of over 200,000 nominees under the age of 40.

December 2024

Best Thesis Content Award 2024

13th Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Congress

Recognition dedicated to the PhD research.

August 2019

1st Rank, PhD Entrance Examination

Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education

August 2016

11th Rank, MSc Entrance Examination

Iranian Ministry of Health and Medical Education

Affiliations

Professional memberships

Member of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine (ISMRM)

Society website

Member of the European Society of Radiology

Society website

Service & education

Professional activity

Peer & grant review

2025
Established reviewer status with major academic publishers subsequent to a review conducted for The Lancet Group and Nature Portfolio - May 2025
2025
Reviewer for grant from the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw) - March 2025
2025
Reviewer for grant proposal from Parkinson's UK - March 2025

Professional service

2025
MR Neuroimaging at Oral and Maxillofacial Radiolog y, associated with the 16th International Congress of the Iranian Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiologists - January 2025
2021
Methods of Cognitive Neuroscience; associated with the AJUMS Brain & Cognition Association; Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, June 2021
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MRI (A to Z): physics, technique, and clinic [Lecturer and Organizer]; associated with the Galleny and Neuroimaging & Analysis Group, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Member of the research committee; associated with the Hamadan University of Medical Sciences and Health Services

Teaching & invited education

2020
Advanced MRI Teacher Assistant (TA) from 2020 to 2024, associated with the Department of Neuroscience and Addiction Studies, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. Reference: Dr. Seyed Amir Hossein Batouli
2023
Tumor Mapping Workshop 2023 [Lecturer and Organizer]; associated with the Neuroimaging & Analysis Group, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
2022
DTI Workshop 2022 [Lecturer and Organizer]; associated with the Neuroimaging & Analysis Group, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Basic Principles of Neuroimaging in Neuromuscular Diseases, focusing on Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Webinar ; associated with the National Brain Mapping Laboratory
2022
fMRI Workshop 2022 [Lecturer and Organizer]; associated with the Neuroimaging & Analysis Group, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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The 10th Interdisciplinary Seminar of Iran’s Brain Mapping Student Branch, associated with the National Brain Mapping Laboratory
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Advanced Neuroimaging Analysis Course; [Lecturer and Organizer]; associated with the Galleny and Neuroimaging & Analysis Group, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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CT scan and Radiological Techniques, associated with the Kurdistan University of Medical Sciences

Editorial service

2024
Neuroscience International | Science Publications: Dubai, Sheikh Zayed Rd, AE | [2024 -0 1 to present | Editorial Board Member]
2024
Special Issue: Advanced Magnetic Resonance Neuroimaging Techniques in the Neurodegenerative Process | Enpress Publisher: El Monte, California, USA | [2024- 1 2- 1 9 | Section Editor]
2024
Special Issue: Advanced MR Neuroimaging in Neuroinflammation and Neurodegenerative Diseases | Enpress Publisher: El Monte, California, USA | [2024-02-29 | Guest Editor]

Scientific meetings