Physics

 

Research Interests:

Black Holes

Quantum Fields in Curved Space-time

AdS/CFT

Quantum Gravity

Education:

BSc. & MSc. in Physics Sharif University

Honors/Awards:

Spring 2011: Teching award from BU: Certificate of Extraordinary Achievement as a Teaching Fellow.

Fall 2006: Merit-based admission to MSc program in physics as top 5 students of graduating class, Sharif University.

  

TEACHING AND TUTORING

I have been teaching and tutoring physics for many years now. I have earned an award from BU for my teaching and have consistently tried to better my teaching. The most recent comment I got from a Chinese student of mine who scored 99/100 on her final test) was I "should be put as TA for more advanced courses". So, whether you are just trying to score high in physics or math at MCAT or trying to gain deep insight into an advanced physics course, you won't regret seeking my help.  

I have TA'ed for:

Quantum Mechanics 2 in 2007,

Electroacoustics lab 2007,

Intermediate mechanics lab 2010,

Modern Physics 2011,

Physics for premeds and Biology (PY105 & 106), 2009, 2010, 2011,

Physics for Engineers (PY212) 2010, 2012

 

Research Descriptions:

Black Holes and Quantum Fields in Curved Space-time.

My work concerns the behaviour quantum fields in space-times with a black hole background. It follows the work of Hawking and Unruh from the 70's and the more recent work in AdS/CFT for blackholes and Kerr-CFT originally proposed by Strominger 2008.  

I am trying to understand the properties of the quantum vacuum in the presence of near extremal Reissner-Noerdstrom (charge close to mass) and Kerr (angular momentum close to mass) blackholes. This is an extension of the work already done in the context of AdS/CFT and string theory for extremal black holes (RN: Q=M, and Kerr: J=M.) some recent work by Strominger et al suggests that even away from extremality the equation of motion for scalar fields exhibit some symmetry previously only discoverd for extremal black holes. The physical interpretation of their work needs yet to be determined, and that's part of what I am currently working on.