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I’m originally from Iran, but I’ve been living in the UK for 15 years all over the place. I was in London first for a few years then Southampton and Cambridge, and now in sunny Scotland. In my spare time, I watch cool things on Netflix and look for laser bargains on Ebay.

My fiancé thinks I’m extravagant with money, messy and bad at finding things (pff I think not!). She thinks I’m good at keeping calm, making her laugh and fixing things (oh yeah!). My hobbies are skiing, Persian calligraphy, and listening to psychedelic rock.

My top 3 likes are dark chocolate, fruit of any description and the Internet.

My top 3 hates are snails (the type you eat), arrogant people and doing laundry.

I’m currently working as a lecturer/researcher at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. Here’s me!

This is my lab-lots of mirrors, lasers and dangling cables.

I usually get to work at about 9am. The first thing I do is to check whether any shiny equipment (toys I ordered) has arrived in the post. I then check up on my PhD student (Kostas from the sunny island of Crete) and find out what happened in his experiment the day before. After that, I go to my office and answer my emails, which  usually takes about an hour! I then go to get some tea with the students and colleagues in our common room and find out about the latest physics gossip. After some gossip, I then remember that I’ve got to do some work too. This usually involves planning my current and future research. For my current research, I help out Kostas on his experiments or work on my own on a new experiment. For future research, I am usually looking for some inspiring ideas, which involves reading and contemplating the latest Science and Nature articles related to my research until I realise I have to cycle home quickly because my fiancé has been waiting for me for an hour!