Resume

Resume#

2023-present: Postdoc, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
- Research: Large-scale synthetic river bathymetry and flood assessment framework
2017-2023: PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, TX
- Thesis: MOSART-Urban: A large-scale urban hydrological modeling framework
2006-2010: MSc in Hydraulic Engineering, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
- Thesis: Numerical simulation of nonlinear water surface waves based on a Volume-of-Fluid technique

Programming: Python\(^\text{P}\), Fortran\(^\text{P}\), High Performance Computing\(^\text{P}\), (C)Make\(^\text{E}\), Git\(^\text{P}\), Shell Scripting\(^\text{P}\), Continuous Integration and Delivery\(^\text{P}\)
Software: E3SM\(^\text{E}\), WRF-Hydro\(^\text{E}\), HEC-HMS\(^\text{E}\), OpenFOAM\(^\text{E}\), Paraview\(^\text{P}\), LaTeX\(^\text{E}\), Blender\(^\text{E}\)

\(^\text{P}\): Proficient, \(^\text{E}\): Experienced

2023-present: Postdoc, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
- Research: Large-scale synthetic river bathymetry and flood assessment framework
2017-2023: Research Assistant, University of Houston, Houston, TX
- Developed HyRiver: An open-source Python software stack, for accessing hydroclimate data through web services with over 230K installations
- Initiated and taught three two-day workshops, titled CFD through OpenFOAM at the Center for Advanced Computing and Data Science with 52 participants including faculties and students
- Mentored two undergraduate students regarding research and career opportunities in the field of hydrology
2014-2016, Full Time Instructor, Khazar University, Baku, Azerbaijan
- Liaised with coordinators from 14 European and non-European universities to coordinate the Development of Training Network for Improving Education in Energy Efficiency project, funded under an EU program called Trans-European Mobility Programme for University Studies (TEMPUS), with a budget of €1.4M
- Served in the curriculum development committee for the Civil Engineering Department
- Manager of the Civil Engineering Laboratory
- Organized four national Spaghetti Bridge Competitions among undergraduate students across Azerbaijan

June 2022: Emphasizing F, I and R in FAIR hydrology: Bottlenecks and solutions to making hydrologic science more reproducible, Frontiers in Hydrology, Puerto Rico, US
June 2021: USGS Hydro Network Linked Data Index Tools, Video: ESIP IT&I, Virtual
May 2021: Accessing Hydrology and Climatology Database Using Web Services Through Python, Video: Pangeo Showcase, Virtual
Sep. 2020: Flow Accumulation Based on Vector Flowlines from NHDPlus Database, Water Hack Week 2020: CUAHSI and University of Washington, Virtual

Summer 2022: Subject-Matter Expert for NASA’s Transform to Open Science (TOPS)
Spring 2022: 2021 ASCE Outstanding Reviewer for the Journal of Hydrologic Engineering
Spring 2021: Graduate Visiting Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado
Summer 2019: Summer Institute 2019, National Water Center, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Summer 2019: Workshop: Introduction to WRF-Hydro, National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), Boulder, Colorado
Summer 2019: Workshop: Critical Timescales of Hydrologic Transport, Berkeley Institute for Data Science, Berkeley, California
Summer 2018: Best Graduate Paper Student, World Environmental & Water Resources (EWRI) Congress 2018, Minneapolis, Minnesota
2017–2018: CACDS Fellowship, Center for Advanced Computing and Data Science, University of Houston, TX
Summer 2017: Workshop: Applied CFD with OpenFOAM, CFD-direct: The Architects of OpenFOAM, Houston, Texas
Summer 2015: Summer School: Water and Human Health in Urban Systems, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany