I have a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering and a master’s degree in Business Administration both from Sharif University of Technology in Iran. After studying in academia, I decided to move to management consulting. For nearly four years, I worked for several commercial and non-profit organizations. Then, I returned to academia to pursue a research career. I completed my PhD program at the Università della Svizzera italiana (University of Lugano) in Switzerland. Then, I visited Hanken School of Economics (HUMLOG institute) by a postdoc.moblity fellowship granted by Swiss National Science Foundation. In 2017, I joined Tampere University of Technology in 2017 as an assistant professor of Supply Chain Management, and continued this position in 2019 at Tampere University. Currently, I am an Academy of Finland Research Fellow, and Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management at Tampere University.

My working and research interest relates to supply chain management in private and public sectors including NGOs and knowledge intensive organizations, socially responsible operations, humanitarian operations and crisis management, and operations in emerging markets.