Research interests

• Promoting students' critical thinking in teaching particle physics
• Development of a domain-specific approach to critical thinking for teaching quantum physics in teacher training (Cooperation with Prof. Körhasan, Zonguldak Bülent Ecevit University, Turkey)
• Supporting prospective STEM teachers, especially physics teachers, in the development of teaching units to promote students’ critical thinking
• Encouraging prospective physics teachers in critical reflection on the use of AI-generated content

Expertise

Design-Based Reserach approach

Qualitative analysis

Grounded theory

 

 

Career

since 03/2016 

Research associate, Chair of Physics Education, TU Dresden

• Organizer and supervisor of various courses, including Physikalische Schulexperimente 1-4, Seminar Methoden im Physikunterricht, Schulpraktische Übung (SPÜ) im Fach Physik

• Supervision of state examination theses:

  • Development and evaluation of teaching units in the context of environmental issues to promote critical, creative and caring thinking (3 theses)
  • Development of teaching units in astroparticle physics (2 theses)
  • Development and testing of a digital game on quantum cryptography (1 thesis)
  • Introduction of formulas in physics lessons (1 thesis)
• Teacher training in cooperation with Landesamt für Schule und Bildung (LaSuB) and Netzwerk Teilchenwelt

Previous professional experience

• Physics teacher, Ministry of Education and Training, Tehran, Iran

• Leader of the Department of Physics Education, Research Institute of the Ministry of Education and Training, Tehran, Iran

• Lecturer, Farhangian University, Tehran, Iran

 

Highlights

Voluntary and socio-cultural activities

since 2016 

Collaboration at the International Peace Slam Dresden

08/2014 - 07/2018

Vice-President of the Education Committee, COSPAR (Committee on Space Research), Paris, France

• Cooperation with commission chairs and stakeholders to promote global space education
• Organization of teacher workshops at COSPAR assemblies to promote international cooperation in the field of space education

2016 - 2017

Collaboration in the DPG project "Physics for refugees"

Awards and Honors

• Post-Doc Starter Kit for developing the scientific profile, Graduate Academy of TU Dresden
• Scholarship for the PhD project, The European Social Fund (ESF) and Free State of Saxony
• TU Dresden Junior Fellowship
• Best Physics Teacher
• Second best graduate of the Master's program in Solid State Physics
• Best Teaching Methods in Physics Education, First prize in the first round of the National Festival, third prize in the second round
• Selected in a national competition among all physics teachers to participate in the CERN High School Physics Teacher Program, with travel funded by CERN, Geneva, Switzerland