Electrical Engineer | Power System Researcher | SCADA & ICS Cybersecurity Specialist
Advancing secure, sustainable, and intelligent energy systems worldwide

I am a Ph.D. researcher at Nottingham Trent University (UK), specialising in power systems, EV-grid integration, and cybersecurity for SCADA/ICS.
With over 8 years of academic and industrial experience in critical infrastructure engineering, I have delivered national-level automation, smart grid, and cybersecurity projects and contributed to EU-UKRI-funded innovation for the energy transition.

• Ph.D. Thesis: Human-Centric Approach to Mass EV Integration and Flexibility Services
• Current Project: EU-UKRI DriVe2X — enabling Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) services for the Isle of Wight demonstrators
• Past Leadership: Software Development Lead for large-scale SCADA/EMS platforms (IEC 61850, 104, OPC-UA, CIM)
• Core Mission: Secure, modernise, and digitalise power systems for a sustainable future

• 🥇 Top 5 PhD Paper — EEM 2024 (selected from 350+ submissions)
• 🎖 Employee of the Year — Modje Niroo Co., for SCADA/EMS innovation
• 🎓 NTU Vice-Chancellor’s PhD Scholarship (full tuition + stipend)
• 🌐 Delivered Iran’s first OT-specific SIEM integration improving cyber resilience of national SCADA systems
• 📊 Developed multi-scenario cascading failure analysis tool for TSO-level transmission networks
• 📡 Led IEC 61850-based substation automation deployments in EHV/HV/MV networks
• 🤝 Student Engagement Lead — IEEE UK & Ireland Systems Council (2025–Present)

• Power Systems: OpenDSS, PowerFactory, PSCAD, GAMS, Pyomo
• Industrial Automation: SCADA, DCS, Substation Automation (IEC 61850, 104, DNP3, TASE 2.0)
• Cybersecurity (OT): IEC 62443, SIEM integration, Network+ / Security+ / CEH / CISSP knowledge
• Programming: Python, MATLAB, SQL, C/C++, Bash, LaTeX, HTML/CSS
• Data & AI: Pandas, PyQt, Power BI, TensorFlow

• Integrated Framework for Modeling PHEV Aggregators, Parking Lots, and DG in Electricity Markets — Applied Energy, 2023
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• Electric Vehicle as a Mobile Storage: Market Analysis and Grid Integration Challenges — EEM 2024 (Top 5 PhD Paper)
• Energy Management in Smart Grid Residential Homes Using Demand Response — 2019

Full list available on Google Scholar

1. V2X Flexibility Framework — Designed market interaction models for activating flexibility services from EVs, aligning with Ofgem’s future market frameworks.
2. National SCADA/EMS Platform — Led multi-protocol integration (IEC 61850, 104, OPC-UA) for over 500,000 data points.
3. Transmission Grid Resilience Tool — Built a TRELSS-based cascading failure analysis system integrated with a TSO’s SCADA network.

• Member — IEEE, IET, CIGRE
• IEEE UK&I Systems Council Student Engagement Lead (2025–Present)
• IEEE PES Day Ambassador (2025)
• PGR Representative — NTU Doctoral School

For a detailed CV, please visit my personal website.

"Electricity has fascinated me since childhood — today, I combine engineering precision with cybersecurity insight to shape the future of resilient and sustainable power systems."