• Since 2023: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Chair of Soil Mechanics, Foundation Engineering, and Environmental Geotechnics (Prof. Torsten Wichtmann), Ruhr University Bochum
• Since 2023: Member of the Open Network on DEM Simulations, COST Action CA22132
• Since 2023: Member of the European Materials Informatics Network, COST Action CA22143.
• 2021-2022: Visiting Researcher at the Chair of Continuum Mechanics (Prof. Daniel Balzani), Ruhr University Bochum
• 2018-2023: Ph.D. in Soil Mechanics and Environmental Engineering, Shiraz University of Technology, Shiraz, Iran.
• 2015-2017: M.Sc. in Geotechnical Engineering, School of Civil and Survey Engineering, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Kerman, Iran.
• 2010-2014: B.Sc. in Civil Engineering, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran.

• 2024: Awarded a Young Researcher Group Grant by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
• 2023: Graduated with distinction for the best Ph.D. thesis, earning the highest grade among fellow PhD students in the Department of Civil Engineering at Shiraz University of Technology, Shiraz, Iran
• 2022: Granted SFB scholarship by the German Research Community (DFG SFB 837)
• 2021: Awarded a scholarship by the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology of the Islamic Republic of Iran
• 2019: Achieved a top-tier ranking, placing within the top 1% of 8000 applicants in the Ph.D. qualification exam
• 2017: Ranked 1st GPA in master's degree.

• Application of artificial intelligence in geotechnical engineering
• Finite element analysis using advanced constitutive models
• Developing thermodynamically consistent constitutive models for simulating granular soil behavior
• Examining the effect of particle breakage on the mechanical behavior of soils
• Micro to macro-scale analysis of soil behavior under different loading paths
• Environmentally friendly techniques for soil improvement

• Gründungsvarianten (M.Sc.)
• Bodenmechanik (B.Sc.)
• Grundbau (B.Sc.)

Master CompEng / Master SubsurfEng:

• Design of Geotechnical Structures
• Introduction to the Design of Geotechnical Structures according to EC7
• Design of special geotechnical structures

• Ammar Mohammad Mahmoud Khalifeh (MA, 2024): Investigation and calibration of hypoplasticity for crushable soils
• Said Enes Nuray (MA, 2024): Evaluation and calibration of YADE for simulation of Karlsruhe fine sand
• Hossam Abdellatif (MA, 2024): Implementation of a hypoplastic model for cemented sand