Mohammad Reza Govahi

Sayyed MohammadReza Govahi | CV M.Sc. Student in Software Engineering, Shaid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran H (- · k- Research Interests ♦ Basic Neuroscience (Electrophysiology, GABAergic Interneurons, Microcircuits) ♦ Neurodegeneration (Alzheimer’s Disease, Glia cells, Memory, Oxidative Stress) ♦ Celltype-Specific Pathology ♦ Computational Neuroscience (Celltype Classification, Neuronal Modeling, Signal/Image Processing) Education ♦ Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran M.Sc. in Software Engineering GPA (So far): 3.4/4 2016 – 2018 [Expected] ♦ Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran B.Sc. in Information Technology GPA (Last 2 years): 3.31/4 2011 – 2016 Thesis Project: Designing adaptive interfaces by tracking user’s interactions & experiences in Android applications. Adviser: Dr. Seyed Majid NoorHoseini ♦ Shahrood University of Technology, Semnan, Iran B.Sc. in Information Technology 2010 – 2011 [Transferred] Selected Research Experiences ♦ GABAergic Interneurons Oxidative-stress-related Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease 2018 Summarizing about 200 articles for a focused review article about the pathology of Parvalbumin, Somatostatin and Vasoactive intestinal peptide interneurons in Alzheimer. ♦ Glia Cells, Excitation-inhibition imbalance and Neurodegenerative diseases 2018 Summarizing and Presenting 10 articles in a talk at Neuroscience Research Center. ♦ Alzheimer’s Disease and the role of Oxidative Stress 2017 Preliminary study for starting a Focused review article on the mentioned Topic. ♦ Identification of a Corticohabenular Circuit Regulating Socially Directed Behavior. 2017 Presenting the paper of Biological Psychiatry as a journal club, analyzing the method and techniques. ♦ Superior Colliculus Orientational and Directional selectivity in mice. 2017 Feasibility study for performing in vivo patch-clamp on Superior Colliculus, previous methods and results. ♦ Optogenetic Cholinergic Modulation of Neural Responses to Visual Features in Superior Colliculus. 2017 Presenting the paper of Journal of Neurophysiology as a journal club, analyzing the method and techniques. ♦ Invasive and non-invasive methods of Electrophysiology and applications 2017 Gathering, Writing and Designing a syllabus for teaching to Medical students ♦ A two-parted review study on the effect of THC and CBD on the human brain. 2017 From the molecular level of inhibiting GABA to behavioral changes. ♦ A study on UX design of different smart-phones interfaces and causes of users’ preferences. 2015 Considering effective human factors (like: age, gender and acquaintance with technology) to find causes of users’ tendency to use a particular interface or brand. ♦ A survey on methods of designing dynamic interactive interfaces 2015 Regarding Human-Centered Design and effective psychological and cognitive factors. ♦ Design and implementation of a hybrid method for creating a Sentiment Analysis System 2014 Using to recognize users’ mood in order to adapt the interface design with that. ♦ A survey On Sentiment Analysis, tools and implementations 2014 Python, NLTK, TextBlob, Lexicons & Twitter Corpus. ♦ A study on prediction of users’ tendency of returning a shipment after purchases 2014 Based on behavioural models extracted from corpus of DMC 2014 competition Page 1 | 3 ♦ A survey on methods of dealing with unbalanced data sets considering fraud detection 2014 Using Weka & Matlab. ♦ Designing a new interactive method of implementing E-Tourism via mobile games 2013 Based on geographical specifications of Kish Island In collaboration with the Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran Teaching Experiences ♦ EEG Interpretation and Analysis As the Education deputy of Neuro Imaging Network at USERN, for medical students. Spring & Summer 2017&2018 ♦ Data Mining Shahram Khadivi, Spring 2015 Duties:Teaching assistant; designing and grading the assignments and course projects, giving lectures to amend the taught lessons, holding training sessions to prepre For DMC competition ♦ Behavioral Management in Information Technology Alireza Hashemi Golpayegani, Spring 2015 Duties:Teaching assistant; designing and grading course projects, holding classes to check out practical problems ♦ Technical English in Computer Science Seyed Majid NoorHoseini, Fall 2014 Duties: correcting and grading the assignments including reading, writing and Listening ♦ Fundamental of Programming C Mahdieh Geraeilou, Spring 2011 Duties: designing and grading the assignments and course projects, holding classes to solve the problems presented in assignments Work Experience ♦ Research Assistant Since Fall 2017 NeuroImaging Analysis Group (NIAG), Tehran University of Medical Sciences. Responsible for assembling and establishing a Computational server for NeuroImaging and installing LORIS database while working with FSL and SPM for Analyzing fMRI Data. ♦ Research Assistant Since Spring 2017 Cortical Networks Dynamics of the Brain Lab of Neuroscience Research Center of Shahid Beheshti University ♦ Scientific Writer and Translator Since Fall 2016 Neurosafari Website Responsible for Translating scientific news and papers, and writing survey essays regarding Neuroscience. ♦ IT Professional Summer 2014 Internship, Pergas Rayan Afzar Responsible for designing a Sentiment Analysis system ♦ Junior Software Engineer Fall 2013 Tose’e System Zigoorat Responsible for planing and designing RUP procedure and UML documentation for ”IT Project Manager” software ♦ Member Of IT Management Group Spring 2013 Pergas Rayan Afzar Responsible for planing and designing the road map of a project called ”The Guest Of Tehran” and related mobile apps Publications ♦ Review: GABAergic Interneurons Oxidative-stress-related Pathology in Alzheimer’s Disease. Under Review Authors: S.M. Govahi, S. Alaein, M.S. Safari Tehran, Iran ♦ Determination Of An E-Tourism Course Using QRism Technology (Kish Island Case Study) May 2013 Poster presented at 9th National Conference of The Persian Gulf Tehran, Iran Authors: S.H. Shavarani, H. Faraji Sabokbar, S. Khoshbakht, F. Tavafi, S.M. Govahi, H. Oroji Neuroscience-Related Experiences and Positions ♦ Member of NeuroImaging Analysis Group (NIAG) in Neurostatistics and Database sub-group Since Fall 2017 Tehran University of Medical Sciences ♦ Managing Director and Education Deputy of Neuro Imaging Network(NIN) Since Spring 2017 Neuro-Imaging Network of USERN, Tehran University of Medical Sciences Page 2 | 3 ♦ Admitted as Research Assistant at Cortical Networks Dynamics of the Brain Lab Since Spring 2017 Neuroscience Research Center of Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences ♦ Completed the ”Optogenetics and Electrophysiology” Course Spring 2017 Presented by Dr. Mir-Shahram Safari ♦ Completed the ”Spiking Data Analysis in Matlab” Workshop Spring 2017 Presented by Dr. Mir-Shahram Safari and Dr. Mirzaei ♦ Completed the ”Systematic Review and Meta Analysis” Advance USERN Course Fall 2016 Presented by Dr. Nima Rezaei, Dr. Reza Majdzadeh and Dr. Farshad Farzadfar ♦ Completed the ”Introduction to Neuroscience and Electrophysiology” course Fall 2016 Presented by Dr. Mir-Shahram Safari ♦ Participated at the 5th Basic & Clinical Neuroscience Congress Fall 2016 ADHD/ADD, Clinical, Brain waves, Reward system and Brain mapping panels. ♦ Completed the EEG-Based Methods in Neuroscience Workshop Fall 2016 EEG, QEEG, ERP and Neurofeedback Fundamentals. ♦ Participated at the ”Cortical Malformations and Causes” workshop in Emam khomeini Hospital Fall 2016 Lecturer and instructor: Dr. Alireza Radmanesh from NYU. Skills ♦ Basic Neuroscience Electrophysiology LFP | in vivo Patch-clamp (Whole-Cell, Cell-Attached) | Electrical Signal and Image Processing with Matlab Others Western blot | PCR ♦ Data Analysis Programming Python | R | Matlab | Java SE Softwares/IDE Pycharm | R Studio Database MySql | MS Sql Server | LORIS ♦ NeuroImaging fMRI FSL | SPM | MRIcro | LONI ♦ Web development Programming PHP | CSS | JavaScript | XML Others WordPress | Joomla | HTML ♦ Miscellaneous {MicroSoft Products (Windows, Word, PowerPoint, Excel) | Linux (Ubuntu & CentOS) | Hardware Tools (Proteus, Modelsim, OrCAD, Verilog) | LATEX} Languages English Persian Arabic Proficient, TOEFL iBT Total score: 107 iBT score detail: Reading 28, Listening 30, Speaking 23, Writing 26 Mother Tongue Familiar References Dr. Mir-Shahram Safari Assistant Professor, Neuroscience Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran | Researcher at RIKEN Brain Science Institute (BSI), Japan email-Dr. Seyed AmirHossein Batouli Assistant Professor, Advanced Technologies in Medicine Dept., Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran | Research Director of NeuroImaging Analysis Group (NIAG) email- Page 3 | 3