Place and date of birth:  Hamedan , 1968

Member of the Department of Architecture and Urban Planning of the Academy of Arts of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Education:

- Master of Architecture, University of Tehran, 1995.

-PhD in Urban Restoration, Newcastle University, UK, 2008.

Academic background:

- Faculty member (Assistant Professor) of Bu Ali Sina University of Hamadan;

- Lecturer, University of Tehran - Fine Arts Campus;

-Lecturer at the Faculty of Art and Architecture, Yazd University;

-Lecturer at Sahand University of Art and Architecture, Tabriz;

 - Lecturer at the University of Gilan - Rasht;

 -Lecturer at the Islamic Azad University of Tabriz, Qazvin and Hamedan.

Excerpts from additional trainings:

- Research Method, University of Newcastle, UK, Faculty of Humanities September 2006;

- Improvement and renovation of worn-out urban structures, Building and Housing Research Center, October 2007;

- Urban Design and Development Program, Global Knowledge Exchange Program, Washington - USA April 2008;

- Principles of Improvement and Renovation of Urban Disorganized Textures, University Jihad, Fine Arts Campus, University of Tehran, June 2008.

work experience:

- Director General of the Office of Applied Studies and Extension Affairs, the parent company of Iran Urban Development and Improvement - Ministry of Housing and Urban Development 2007;

- Director General of the Office of Studies and Design, Urban Development and Improvement Organization - Ministry of Housing and Urban Development 1997-2002,

- Master of Architecture, Consulting Engineers of Naghsh Jahan Pars 1996 - 1997;

- Master of Architecture, Iran Development and Housing Company 1990 - 1996.

Scientific and executive activities:

 - Deputy Minister, Chairman of the Board and Managing Director of Iran Specialized Company for Civil Engineering and Urban Improvement, 2013-2017;

- Faculty member (Assistant Professor) of Bu Ali Sina University of Hamadan;

-Visiting Lecturer, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Tehran, Allameh Tabatabaei University, Faculty of Art and Architecture, Yazd University, Sahand University of Art and Architecture, Tabriz University, Gilan University, Azad University, Central Tehran Branches, South Tehran, Tabriz, Qazvin and Hamedan;

- Managing Director of Haftshahr Specialized Magazine, the parent company of Iran Urban Development and Improvement, 2013 so far;

- Member of the Board of the Fund for the Restoration and Exploitation of Historic and Cultural Buildings and Places, August 2012;

- Senior Consultant of Tehran Beautification Organization, 2011;

- Member of the Board of the Center for Architectural and Urban Studies and Research of Iran, December 2010;

Senior Consultant of Tehran Nosazan Company, 2010;

- Editor-in-Chief of Haftshahr Magazine, the parent company of Iran Urban Development and Improvement, May 2010;

- Senior Consultant and Member of the Consultants Affairs Committee of Samen Mashhad Civil and Housing Company, 2009;

- Director General of the Office of Applied Studies and Extension Affairs, the parent company of Iran Civil Engineering and Urban Improvement, Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, 2010-2017;

- Director General of the Office of Studies and Design, Urban Development and Improvement Organization, Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, 1997-2002;

-Member of the Specialized Committee on Architecture, Urban Design and Valuable Textures (Technical Committee) of the Supreme Council of Urban Planning and Architecture of Iran, July 2015;

- Member of the Scientific Council of the Research Institute of Culture, Art and Architecture of Jihad University, February 2014;

- Founding member of Dokomoom Iran, October 2012;

-Member of the Strategic Council for Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Cultural Heritage Organization, March 2012,

- Secretary of the Scientific Committee of the Asia-Pacific Urban Development Regions Working Group, Ministry of Roads and Urban Development, December 2011

- Member of the Special Committee for Registration of Historical Textures, Handicrafts and Tourism Cultural Heritage Organization, May 2011,

- Secretary of the Steering Committee for Compiling a National Document on Improvement and Renovation, April 2009;

- Member of the Strategic Social Studies Committee of Tehran Municipality.

Projects:

- Modeling design in the old texture of Golan Hamedan - 28 unit project 1999– 2000;

 - Design of Imam Hossein (AS) Mosque in Ghods Town - Tehran 2000;

- Review plan of the second phase of renovation and reconstruction of the central texture of Mashhad 1999;

- The plan of Hasht Behesht residential complex in Dardasht neighborhood of Isfahan 1999;

- Design of mosques located in the preparations of Mirabad valley of Shahrekord, Sulaimaniyah of Tehran, Zeinabieh of Tehran, Qorveh of Sanandaj and Tuyserkan;

- Organizing plan of Abbasabad Sanandaj suburban texture;

 - Hamedan treasury organizing plan;

 - Saeedieh Hamedan residential-office-commercial complex plan;

 - Improvement and renovation plan of Tahed, New and Prophet House in Hamedan market;

- Threshold development plan of Seyed Aladdin Hussein (AS) Shiraz;

 - Saadieh Shiraz Cultural Complex;

 - Hamedan cultural-historical plan (first stage - comprehensive plan, second stage  special details, third stage - organizing Hamedan market)

- Guidance plan of Tonekabon, Shirkuh and Astalakh Jan villages affected by the earthquake;

- Supplementary project of the Faculty of International Relations project of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Book (author):

- Izadi, Mohammadsaeid and Sehizadeh, Mahshid )2008( "Modernism and Conservation in Iran: An analytical review on three major periods of the historic city's transformation and introducing a new path to city centre regeneration in Iran", in Hardy, M (Ed) The VeniceCharter Revisited, pp: 243 263, Cambridge Scholars Press

Book (translation):

-Urban Reconstruction: A Reference Book, Peter Roberts and Hugh Sykes, SAGE Publishing, 2000 - In Press;

-Towards an Urban Renaissance: The Final Report of the Special Working Group Managed by Lord Rogers, Tehran City Renovation Organization - 1999 - in Press; 

- Improving the quality of life in large dilapidated urban areas - Loda project teachings - Iran Civil and Housing Company.