04 — CV

Curriculum Vitae

A complete record of publications, presentations, service, and research activities is available in the full Harvard Medical School CV.

Training
UW
PhD · Industrial &
Systems Engineering
2017
2018–2020
MGH / HMS
Postdoctoral Fellow
Radiotherapy Optimization
2020–present
MGH / HMS
Faculty
Radiation Oncology
Research program
Computational Oncology
Biomarkers · optimization · dynamic adaptation · clinical decision-making

Current appointments

Instructor in Radiation Oncology Harvard Medical School · 2020–present
Assistant Radiation Biophysicist Massachusetts General Hospital · 2020–present

Education & training

Postdoctoral Fellow · Radiotherapy Optimization Massachusetts General Hospital · 2018–2020
Mentor: Thomas Bortfeld
PhD · Industrial & Systems Engineering University of Washington · 2017
MSc · Industrial Engineering Sharif University of Technology · 2012
BSc · Industrial Engineering Isfahan University of Technology · 2009

Academic leadership

Director · Joint MGB Medical Physics Seminar Series Mass General Brigham · 2025–present
Co-Director · OSRT Workshops International collaborative workshop series · 2018–present

Teaching & mentorship

Medical Imaging & Optimization in Radiotherapy Harvard–MIT Health Sciences & Technology · 2019–present
Research mentorship Master's, doctoral, postdoctoral, and visiting researchers across the US and Europe

Selected research support

Current and recent programs supporting work in treatment adaptation, monitoring, optimization, and clinical translation.

2026 —
Optimal Monitoring Design for Treatment-Induced Lymphocyte Population Dynamics
NIH R21 · Chris Beekman
Investigator
2025 —
eWatch-Assisted Longitudinal Cardiac Response Monitoring
Apple Investigator Support Program · Rachel B. Jimenez
Investigator
2025 —
Optimizing Radiotherapy in the Era of Preoperative Immunotherapy
MGB Accelerator Award · Jonathan Schoenfeld
Investigator
2024 —
Ionizing Radiation Acoustics Imaging for Guided FLASH RT
NIH R01 · Issam El Naqa · Thomas Bortfeld · Xueding Wang
Co-Investigator
2022 —
Automated Interactive Definition of Clinical Target Volume
NIH R01 · Thomas Bortfeld
Co-Investigator

Selected honors

Selected scientific, innovation, and research recognitions.

2025
MGB Commercialization & Innovation Leadership Award
2025
ESTRO Young Researcher Award · Finalist
2021–25
AAPM Science Council Award · 2021, 2023, 2025
2024
Editor's Choice · Physics in Medicine & Biology
2024–26
ESTRO Conference Physics Highlights
2016
Best Applied Paper · Winter Simulation Conference

Patents

  • System and methods to support personalization of cancer treatment for patients undergoing radiation therapy — with T. Bortfeld, M. Ball, and L. Bondar
  • System and method for inverse treatment planning for radiation therapy — with T. Bortfeld, S. ten Eikelder, and D. den Hertog

Publications

Peer-reviewed work spanning radiotherapy optimization, adaptive treatment, computational oncology, cardio-oncology, biomarker discovery, and clinical decision-making.

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