Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics
Affiliate Faculty, Science and Math Teaching Center
Honors and Awards
Top Prof, Cap and Gown Chapter of Mortar Board, University of Wyoming (2015)
Certificate of Excellence in Reviewing, Journal of Natural Gas Science & Engineering
(2013)
Robert M. and Ann. T. Bass Fellowship, Stanford University (2007-2012)
Centennial Teaching Assistant Award, School of Earth Sciences, Stanford University
(2009)
Best Master’s Thesis Award, The Masonry Society (2006)
Tau Beta Pi, University of Texas - Arlington (2002)
Chi Epsilon, University of Texas - Arlington (2002)
University Service & Professional Activities
Co-chair of Poster Pitch Presentation Session GS4, 9th International Conference on
Porous Media & Annual Meeting (Interpore), Rotterdam, The Netherlands, May 2017.
Judge for the Outstanding Student Paper Award, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA
(2015)
Invited Speaker: School of Energy Resources, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY (2015)
Co-chair of Wettability and Fluid Recovery session at 12th International Symposium
on Reservoir Wettability and its Effects on Oil Recovery, University of Kansas, Lawrence,
KS (2015)
NSF Review Panelist (2015)
Judge for the International Student Paper Contest, SPE Annual Technical Conference
and Exhibition, New Orleans (2013)
Faculty Advisor for the University of Wyoming Chapter of the National Society of Black
Engineers (2015-2017)
Faculty Advisor for the Persian Student Association, University of Wyoming (2015-2016)
Faculty Advisor for the Student Chapter of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, University
of Wyoming (2014-2015)
Graduate Committee Member, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, University
of Wyoming (2013-2015)
Graduate Committee Member, Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of Wyoming
(2015)
Curriculum Committee Member, Department of Petroleum Engineering, University of Wyoming
(2015)
Invited Speaker: Department of Mathematics, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY (2013)
Invited Speaker: McDougall School of Petroleum Engineering, University of Tulsa, Tulsa,
OK (2013)
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University, Energy Resources Engineering (2012)
M.S., University of Texas - Arlington, Civil Engineering - Structures & Applied Mechanics
(2006)
B.S., University of Texas - Arlington, Civil Engineering - Summa Cum Laude (2003)
Other Education
Summer Institute of Entrepreneurship (SIE), Stanford Graduate School of Business (2009)
Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford (d.school), Summer Workshop (2008)
