Research interests
• Molecular mechanisms involved in pancreatic cancer development and treatment, with a focus on the role of cathepsins and modulation of their activity to improve anti-tumour immune responses and immunotherapy
• Development of electrochemical cell-based and enzyme-based biosensors for the detection of cholinesterase inhibitors

Research experience and education
2026– Postdoctoral researcher, Department of Biotechnology, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia
2018–2026: PhD researcher, Interdisciplinary Doctoral Programme in Nanosciences , Bionano team, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia /
2014–2016: Master’s study programme in Biophysics, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran
2012–2013: Research assistant, Drosophila Laboratory, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
2011–2012: Teaching assistant, Laboratory of Zoology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran

Awards and fellowships
• 2022: European student speaker representative at the IAU General Assembly, Dublin, Ireland
• 2022: University of Ljubljana representative at the LERU Doctoral Summer School, Utrecht, the Netherlands
• 2017: Drug Design Award, International Iranian Peptide Conference and Humboldt Kolleg, Tehran, Iran
• 2015–2016: Master’s thesis grant, Iran Nanotechnology Initiative Council