About me

I work on environmental-related issues with a focus on water quality. I investigate contaminant fate and transport from agricultural fields and organic matter composition in soils and waters. I am also interested in the utilization of new, innovative, and cost-effective technologies to protect water quality, especially in agricultural drainage water and runoff.

The motivation for my career came from my experiences as a child in Iran, where sometimes tap water was not safe to drink, and so, my three sisters and I had to walk over a quarter of a mile, taking turns to carry home potable water from a deep well. This happened in a water-abundant area in the north, on the coast of the Caspian Sea. In the southern part of Iran, water scarcity and pollution were combined, so, later as a teenager, I wondered how far the children in the south had to walk with heavy water containers in their hands. Thus, in college, I enrolled in the field of Agricultural Engineering with a major in water engineering. I continued my studies and earned a PhD in Environmental Engineering from Cornell University followed by post-doctoral training at Northwestern University. I am currently an assistant professor at the University of Wisconsin in River Falls. Today my enthusiasm has grown as I become well-positioned for conducting scholarly research on environmental problems.

By writing in this blog, I hope to communicate recent findings of my research in environmental science to those who are interested, as I am committed to increasing public knowledge of the scientific discoveries within my field.