I am a final year Ph.D. student in Management Science/ Operations Research at The University of Chicago, Booth School of Business. My research advisors are René Caldentey and Rad Niazadeh.

I study the interplay of operations, economics, and computer science, applying a mathematical lens to real-world platform challenges. I am fundamentally driven by the operational frictions of the modern gig economy: how can platforms run highly scalable, automated algorithms while simultaneously managing the complex incentives of a decentralized, independent workforce? To resolve this tension, my Ph.D. research tackles the challenges arising from this tight coupling of operations and incentives, exploring new paradigms in online resource allocation, marketplace matching, and platform market design.

I completed my undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering at Sharif University of Technology, Iran. Before joining Booth, I did a master’s in Finance & Economics at London School of Economics, UK.

I am on the 2026-2027 academic job market!

Upcoming Talks

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• November 14, 2026 — WORDS, Fuqua School of Business, Durham
• November 3, 2026 — INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco
  1:15 PM - 2:30 PM, Moscone South-50 (Lower Mezz)
  Session: Mechanism Design and Operations in Platforms
• November 3, 2026 — INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco
  11:00 AM - 12:15 PM, Moscone South-203 (Level 2)
  Session: Revenue Management, Matching, and Assortments

Prophet Inequalities with Cancellation Costs

• November 1, 2026 — INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco
  4:15 PM - 5:30 PM, Moscone South-312 (Level 3)
  Session: APS Student Competition Finalists

A Stochastic Growth Model for Online Platforms

• November 1, 2026 — INFORMS Annual Meeting, San Francisco
  1:15 PM - 2:30 PM, Moscone South-151 (Upper Mezz)
  Session: MSOM Student Paper Competition I

Past Talks

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• August 31, 2026 — Rotman Young Scholar Seminar, Online
• July 21, 2026 — RMP Conference, Ross School of Business, Ann Arbor
• July 14, 2026 — MSOM Conference, Harvard Business School, Boston
• April 23, 2026 — Operations Management Rookiepalooza, Kellogg School of Management, Evanston
• March 27, 2026 — IOE-ISyE-MS&E Rising Stars Workshop, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor