My Biography
( Hanif Bayat Movahed )
Education:
· 2005-Now , PhD candidate of theoretical chemical physics at Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, Course GPA: A+, Research GPA: A,
Courses: Molecular Dynamics and Chemical Dynamics in Liquids (Chem1485) A+, Biological Physics (PHY2701) A+ & Current Interpretations of QM (PHY1491) A
· 2003-2005, Department of Physics, GWPI (Guelph-Waterloo Physics Institute) program at University of Guelph, M.S. degree in Physics (Oct. 2005), GPA: 83 out of 100
Courses: Quantum Information (PHY B-, Statistical Physics I (PHY704) A-, Molecular Biophysics (PHY752) A+, Biomathematics (MATH6071) A+
· 1998-2002 Department of Physics, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, B.Sc. in physics (Feb. 2003), GPA: 83 out of 100
· Participating in Computer Olympiad workshop that was held in 1997.
· 1994-1998 Allame Helli High School, under the supervision of NODET (National Organization for Developing Exceptional Talents), Tehran, Iran, High school Diploma in Mathematics and Physics major.
Professional Experience:
1. Researcher at department of chemistry, University of Toronto since Sept. 2005. My area of research is about the numerical observation of the protein folding process.
2. Working as a TA for the third year course of “Experimental physical chemistry” for the chemistry department (Winter 2006, Winter 2007) and “first year physics lab” for the physics department (Fall 2005, Winter2006, Fall 2006, Winter 2007 & Summer 2007).
3. Sept. 2003-Aug. 2005, Researcher in GWPI under supervision of Prof. Sullivan. The area of research was related to using computational methods to observe phase transition in liquid crystals (Isotropic-Nematic-Smectic). To find more please refer to my academic site.
4. Working as a TA for the course of "Physics For The Biological Sciences" Sep. 2003-May. 2005. I have done TA in the first two semesters of each year (Totally four times). To find more about the course, please refer to the site of the book.
5. 2001-2002 School of Intelligent System (SIS), Institute for Studies on Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, Tehran, Iran
Research Areas: Artificial neural networks for TTS (Text to Speech), E-learning, Psychophysics (Using computational approach for designing models for apparent motion)
(Part Time Researcher)
Additional Professional Experience:
1. Participant in the school on “Statistical Physics, Probability Theory and Computational Complexity” The Abdus Salam international center for theoretical physics, Trieste, Italy, selected with full financial support, August 2002
2. Participant in Summer School on Computational Physics, IPM, Tehran, Iran, Summer 2001.
Research Interests and Current Projects:
Current Project: Protein interactions with itself and the solvent by using DMD (Discontinuous molecular dynamic) technique.
Master project: "Coupling between conformation and thermodynamics of semiflexiable hard sphere chains"
Previous/other projects:
The ability of ANN (Artificial Neural Networks) in Persian language. (TTS and STT).
Using computer simulations in E-learning.
Giving models for apparent motion. (Psychophysics)
Glass transition in Polymers
Analyzing some of the bugs in Iranian culture and trying to categorize them (published in Persian language)
Research Interest:
Application of computer and mathematics in modeling and simulation of complex systems such as physics of liquid crystal, epidemiology, protein folding and financial mathematics.
I like to use the intuition and techniques which I learned in science to give model and analyzing society as well as large economical systems. Giving model for some of the society behaviors has been in my interest for long time and I have read and worked a lot on that.
Publication & Posters:
1. Course paper (non-refereed) for The Current Interpretations of QM course, “The Role of Decoherence in the Copenhagen Interpretation of Quantum Mechanics”, UofT, Canada, 2007
2. "The phase transitions of semiflexible hard sphere chains liquid" by Hanif Bayat Movahed, Raul Cruz Hidalgo, and D. E. Sullivan, Phys. Rev. E 73, 032701, March 2006, Abstract
3. Master thesis submitted to University of Guelph under GWPI program, August 2005
4. Presenting the poster regarding my master project results at the annual poster section of Guelph-Waterloo Physics Institute, Waterloo, Canada, July 2005.
5. Course paper (non-refereed) for Molecular Biophysics course, "Simulation of Protein Folding", UofG, Guelph-Waterloo Physics Inst., Canada, 2004
6. Course paper (non-refereed) for Quantum Information Processing course, "Quantum key Distribution and Privacy Amplification, QKD&PA" , UofG, Guelph-Waterloo Physics Inst., Canada, 2003
7. Giving an algorithm and simulating the text to speech process for Persian language at “Institute for the theoretical physics and mathematics” (IPM), 2001-2002. Small part of the work has been presented in 5th Irano-Armenian workshop as a talk. Beside this the algorithm has been used in the special Persian editor program (Fmailer)
Computer skills:
Professional level: Programming with C++, Delphi (Visual Pascal) and Pascal, Web Designing and IT (Front page+ related internet works), PowerPoint, gnu plot, LATEX and windows operation.
- Familiar with: Table curve, Photoshop, Net operating, visual basic, Assembling computer and Linux system.
Community Activities:
Executive member of ISA-UoG university of Guelph Sep.04-Sept.05.
Member of physics student syndicate of Sharif university Spring 2001-Autumn2002
Member of physics student syndicate of Sharif university Winter 2000-Spring 2001.
Internet activities:
Web manager and IT supporter of my own home pages http://www.hanifworld.com, https://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/~hanif/ and http://www.chem.utoronto.ca/~hbayat/
Web manager and IT supporter of Iranian meals finder site: www.ghazayab.com
Web manager and IT supporter of IWTF2003 (International workshop on Physics and Technology of Thin Films 2003) http://mehr.sharif.edu/~iwtf2003
Web manager and IT supporter of General Physics Courses in Sharif University of Technology for three terms. http://mehr.sharif.edu/~gphys, 2000-2002
- Administrator of Sharif physics computer Site. 1999-2001
Honors:
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Nominated for Van Kranendonk Teaching Award, Physics Department, University of Toronto, May 2006
UTF-fellowships, University of Toronto, Canada, Sept. 05, Jan. 06, May 06, Sept. 06, Jan. 07 & May 07
Getting scholarships from University of Toronto for the difference of tuition between international and domestic students (2005-now).
Getting six scholarships from GWPI for the difference of tuition between international and domestic students (2003-2005).
Getting full financial support for participating in “Statistical Physics, Probability Theory and Computational Complexity” Conference in Trieste, Italy, August 2002
Admitted as a researcher in two different fields of research in the best scientific research institute of Iran (IPM), 2001-2002
Admitted in Sharif University of Technology, best technological university of Iran, among more than 300,000 participants in the Nation-Wide Universities Entrance exam, 1998
Awarded Bronze medal in the final level of computer Olympiad in Iran, 1997
Passed the first stage of physics, mathematics, and computer Olympiads among thousands of participants, 1996
Admitted in exceptional talents guidance and high school. 1991, 1994
Hobbies:
- Thinking about any complex aspects of human life and trying to design models for them such as Society problems, Cultures, Relation and Communication between people
- IT and computer stuffs
- Photography, (To see samples of my photos refer to Canada Photo Gallery)
- Listening to different kinds of music
- Watching and analyzing movies (To find out about my favorite movies refer to My Favorite Movies)
- Increasing knowledge about human sciences
- For more refer to http://www.hanifworld.com/my_hobbies.htm
Last Update: 05/27/2007