Curriculum vitae

Current Situation

Professor at Université du Québec à Chicoutimi,, Department of Applied Sciences since June 2018

Education

  • Post-doctorate, Risk Analysis, 2010/08 – 2011/07, Ecole des Mines de Nancy, Nancy, France.
  • Doctorate in Civil Engineering-Geomechanics, 2006/09-2010/02, Institut National Polytechnique de Lorraine, Nancy, France.
  • Master’s degree in Rock Mechanics, 1997/09-1998/11, Tehran Polytechnic University, Tehran, Iran.
  • Bachelor in Mining Engineering, 1992/02-1995/10, Yazd University, Yazd, Iran.

                        

Professional Experience

  • Canada Research Chair in forecasting and prevention of risks related to hydrogeotechnical hazards at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Département des sciences appliquées,  from 2011/08 – present.
  • Professor at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Département des sciences appliquées,  from 2018/05 – present.
  • Associate Professor at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Département des sciences appliquées,  from 2011/08 – 2018/05.
  • Director of “R2eau” research group at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, Département des sciences appliquées,  from 2011/08 – 2018/05, 2024/01 – 2024/12 and 2026/01 – present.
  • Lecturer (ATER) and post doc. at the Ecole des Mines de Nancy, France, from 2009/09 – 2011/07.
  • Lecturer at University of Kerman, Iran, 2000/09 – 2006/07.
  • Geomechanical engineer in study office (Iran), Responsible for the rock mechanics department for the national project “Gavoshan”, Iran, 1999/05 – 2001/03.
  • Geomechanical engineer, Zamin Sazeh Consultant Co., Iran, 1997/12 – 1998/01.

Awards and Honors

  • John Franklin Award from the Rock Mechanics Division of the Canadian Geotechnical Society 2025

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ)
  • Member of the International Society of Rock Mechanics (ISRM)
  • Member of the Canadian Geotechnical Society (CGS)
  • Member of the Canadian Rock Mechanics Association (CARMA)
  • Member of the American Rock Mechanics Association (ARMA)

Professional Services

Event Administration

  • Co-chair of the Technical Committee of the RockEng 2025 Conference the 23rd Canadian Symposium on Rock Mechanics by the Canadian Association of Rock Mechanics (CARMA).
  • Chair during a technical session technique of the ACEX2024 Conference the 18th International Conference on Advanced Computational Engineering and Experimenting.
  • Chair of the symposium UQAC-MTQ-SCG-Est 2021 by the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, the Government of Quebec, and the Eastern Quebec (Quebec) Section of the Canadian Geotechnical Society.
  • Co-chair of a technical session of the ISRM Conference, Montreal 2015.
  • Member of the Scientific Committee and Co-chair of a session at the Québec Mine 2013 Conference.
  • Member of the Scientific Committee of the symposium « Exploitations minières passées et présentes : impacts environnementaux et sociétaux » as part of the Jacques Cartier Talks, November 26-27, 2013 in Chambéry, France.
  • Member of the Scientific Committee ACFAS 2018 at the UQAC.

Editorial Activities

  • Reviewer of the article “Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering”
  • Reviewer of the article “Bulletin of Engineering Geology”
  • Reviewer of the article “Canadian Geotechnical Journal”
  • Reviewer of the article “Journal of Rock Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering”
  • Reveiwer of the article “Geotechnical and Geological Engineering”
  • Reviewer of the article “CIM Journal”
  • Reviewer of the article “International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences”
  • Reviewer of the article “Landscape and Urban Planning”
  • Invited Editor of the special issue “Prediction and Prevention of Risks Related to Hydro – Geotechnical Hazards” of the article “Water”

Committee Participation

  • Member of the Executive Committee of the DSA at the Université du Québec à Chicoutimi since 2017.
  • Responsible for the Geotechnical Engineering admission exam of the Quebec Order of Engineers since March 2014.
  • Member of the evaluation committee for doctoral and master’s theses to several universities, such as the University of Ottawa, Polytechnique Montréal, Université Laval, UQAC, McGill University and the University of British Columbia, etc., from 2017 to the present.
  • Member of the committee of Fonds de recherche du Québec – Nature et technologies (FRQNT) « Grants for early-career researchers from 2023 – 2024.
  • Member of the selection committee for the nomination of candidates for the Tier II Canada Research Chair “Grants for early-career researchers” in 2023.
  • Member of the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) committee responsible for the “allocation of John R. Evans Leaders Fund (JELF) grants” from 2022 – 2023.
  • Member of several committees of the Canadian Geotechnical Society “Rock Mechanics and Geohazards Committees” in 2018.

International Collaboration Activities

  • Academic collaborator and advisor for KTH Royal Institute of Technology and Luleå University, Sweden, from 2022 – 2025.
  • Collaboration with hydroelectric power – UNIPER for the research project focused on assessing the risks of erosion at dam spillways.
  • Co-supervision of a doctoral thesis in collaboration with Professor Alba Yerro Colom of Virginia Tech, Virginia, USA on the development of the Material Point Method (MPM) for the prediction of sensitive clayey landslides.

Invited Presentations

  • Presentation at the École des Mines de Nancy-INERIS, Nancy, France titled “Development of probabilistic Approaches for the forecasting and prevention of risks related to hydrogeotechnical hazards” in 2024.
  • Presentation to Geotechnical Engineers at WSP Canada entitled “Forecasting and prevention of risks related to hydro-geotechnical hazards” in 2023.
  • Presentation at the Canadian Institute of Mining, Saguenay titled “Backfilling in mining stops: an approach for continuing operations at the Niobec mine” in 2023.
  • Presentation at the 8th Iranian Conference on Rock Mechanics, Shahrood, Iran titled “A damage simulator for the probabilistic assessment of building vulnerability in mining subsidence areas” in 2022.
  • Presentation to the Canadian Geotechnical Society – Eastern Section Quebec City, Quebec, Canada titled “Development of a damage simulator to study the vulnerability of an area subjected to subsidence hazards” in 2021.

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Professor at the University of Quebec at Chicoutimi