ME AND MORE …
I studied solid state Physics at the University of Tehran, and then I enrolled in the Seismology program at the Institute of Geophysics, University of Tehran. I am pursuing toward the doctoral degree under supervision of Emile A. Okal at Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University (Evanston, IL).
Programming Abilities:
FORTRAN, UNIX shell scripting, LATEX (familiar with C, python and MATLAB)
Languages:
– Fluent in English, Farsi
– Fair in Arabic
– Familiar with Aramaic, Sumerian, Avestan and Latin
I spend my spare time:
– Studying ancient (preferably dead!) languages.
– Watching movies (here is a list of some of the movies I have watched and what I think about them)
– Playing around with data visualization techniques.
Favorites:
– Movie: L’avventura (1960)
– TV Shows: Rome (2005-2007), House of Cards (1990), Yes, Minister (1980)
– Rock Music: Leonard Cohen, The Doors
– Movie Soundtrack: The Last Temptation of Christ (1988)
– Literature: Epic of Gilgamesh (~5000 B.C.), The Greek Passion [Christ Re-Crucified] (1948)
– Line of Poetry: زمانه قصة تکرار خواب و بیداریست
– Type of Wave: T
Currently, I regularly listen to:
– Avaz e Sokoot (Tune of Reticence), Ashkan Kamangari & Amirhossein Sam, Avaz e Sokoot, 2015 (listen)
Currently, I am reading:
Naser al-Din Shah Qajar’s Personal Journal from His First Tour through the Mazandaran Province (1866), Payam-e Baharestan, 2010.
Herodotus, The History of Herodotus, vol 1 & 2, translated by: G. C. Macaulay, Macmillan, 1914.
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