Resume

Currently

PhD Research Assistant at Swiss Tropical and Public Health

Occupation

Sep 2020 - present PhD Research Assistant at Swiss Tropical and Public Health
Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute, Switzerland

Developed a Spatio-temporal ML model of exposure to airborne pollen
Developed Python package (pochas-geoutils) to support DE and ML pipeline
Extract, load and transform big spatial-temporal satellite data
Wrangling and analysis of long-term collected pollen data (60 years)
Collaboration with supervisors to define brand-new techniques to handle uncertainties in the data
Conduct research and publish papers in journals

Mar 2019 - Dec 2022 Geo Data Scientist
CollectiveCrunch oy. Finland

Developed a CNN model to detect Wind Damage Stands using SAR Images
Developed an ML model to detect Dead Trees using the Drone Images

Geo Data Engineer

Developed Python CLI package on top of SentinelHUB Batch API service to generate a cloudless mosaic
Designed and developed a streamlined AWS pipeline to generate cloud-optimized GeoTIFF
Build and aggregate Geo-datasets using ELT principles that underlay insights and visualizations
Conducted research and innovated new methods and tools for the development of predictive forest models in partnership collaboration with a team of four engineers
Document data requirements and processes to bring transparency and ensure data integrity with privacy by design
Build reliable and reusable data products that service analysts and non-technical stakeholders

Geomatics Engineer

Compiled, manipulated, and analyzes Geo-spatial data
Designed, developed, and maintains databases and systems of GIS data
Created reports, maps, applications, and visualizations conveying the results of spatial analyses
Provided GIS training or assistance to other organization members

Jun 2018–Dec 2018 Geographic Information Systems Specialist
Regio Ltd., Estonia

Digitizing & labeling
Utilizes scripting languages to refine GIS data pipelines and processes.

Aug 2015–Jun 2017 Geomatics Engineer
Pars Pol Arian construction Company, Iran

Supervises the work of a survey party by planning, organizing, assigning, directing, and reviewing the work of subordinates
Plans and organizes surveying work by determining the logistics for conducting each survey; setting and adhering to project deadlines; assigning responsibilities to subordinates; and managing ongoing work

Education

Sep 2020 - Dec 2023 Basel University, Basel (Switzerland)
PhD. in Envionmental Exposure Science

Sep 2017 - Jan 2020 Tartu University, Tartu (Estonia)
M.Sc. in Geoinformatics for Urbanized Society

Oct 2018 - Aug 2019 Augsburg University, Augsburg (Germany)
M.Sc. in Geoinformatics (Exchange Student)

Sep 2011 - Jun 2013 Tabriz University, Tabriz (Iran)
B.Sc. in Geomatics Engineering of Technology

Jan 2009 - Mar 2011 Tabriz University, Tabriz (Iran)
Associate Degree in Civil Engineering Technician - Geomatics

Publications

Jan 2020 Mapping Wildfire Susceptibility of Sardinia Island, Italy
M.Sc. thesis – Grade: A (Excellent)

Sep 2019 Fuzzy Logic Based Burned Severity Classification and Mapping with Landsat-8 data
Photogrammetric Image Analysis & Munich Remote Sensing Symposium
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Apr 2019 Accessibility to Green Areas in Tartu City, Estonia
Estonian Esri Young Scholars Award scholarship program

Apr 2019 Deforestation monitoring of Arasbaran Forest change detection using NDVI Future Space
B.Sc. thesis: Grade: 20 (Out of 20)

Awards

Sep 2019 Dora Plus Short-term mobility Scholarship for participation of young researchers and Master’s degree students in the international exchange of knowledge
European Regional Development Fund

Oct 2018 Study allowances to study M.Sc.
Ministry of Education and Research of Estonia

Oct 2018 Erasmus scholarship for 12 months to study abroad
Erasmus+ program in European Community

Sep 2017 Tuition-waiver scholarships to study M.Sc. in Geoinformatics for Urbanized Society
Tartu University - Estonia