About

Career Type:

Scientist/Researcher/Academic

Organization Type:

Universities and Academia

Expertise Fields/Interests:

Water Resources Systems; Flood Resilience; Artificial Intelligence; Hydroinformatics

Major Achievements:

⬧ 2023: Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER), National Science Foundation (NSF) ⬧ 2023: Best Research-Oriented Paper Award, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) ⬧ 2023: Early Career Applied Research Award, Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR) ⬧ 2022: South Carolina Technical Merit Award, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) ⬧ 2021: South Carolina Young Civil Engineer of the Year, American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) ⬧ 2018: Member of South Carolina Floodwater Commission appointed by Governor H. McMaster ⬧ May 2018 and 2021: Outstanding American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Reviewer, Journal of Water Resources Planning and Management ⬧ June 2020: Advanced Support for Innovative Research Excellence Award, University of South Carolina ⬧ Mar 2018: Roland Schlich Early Career Scientist's Support (ECSTS), European Geosciences Union (EGU) ⬧ 2018: Journal of Contemporary Water Research & Education (JCWRE) Paper of the Year, Universities Council on Water Resources (UCOWR) ⬧ May 2016: Best Speaker Award, awarded at the UC Davis Postdoctoral Research Symposium. ⬧ Jan 2015: Eva Nieminski Honorary Graduate Science and Engineering Scholarship, Intermountain section of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) ⬧ Apr 2014: Best American Water Resources Association (AWRA) Students’ Paper Award, (Awarded at the 9th Annual AWRA-Utah Student Conference, Logan, UT, J. Paul Riley AWRA Utah Section). ⬧ Oct 2012: Best National Master Thesis in Engineering (Awarded at the 15th national festival of the best student thesis, Tehran, Iran)