Since March 2021
Postdoc at the Department of Decision Neuroscience and Nutrition at DIfE

2016 - 2021
Ph.D. (Dr. rer. nat.) of Psychology at the Humboldt University of Berlin under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Werner Sommer and Prof. Dr. Birgit Stuermer
Thesis title: “Hypnotic Suggestions: Their Nature and Applicability in Studying Executive Functions.”

2014 - 2016
Master of Psychology at The University of Tehran
Master thesis: “Eliminating Stroop effects with posthypnotic instructions: Brain mechanisms inferred from EEG” (full marks)

2008 - 2014
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering at The Amir-Kabir University of Tehran

2019 | Young scientist award of Milton Erickson Gesellschaft, Germany

2014 - 2016 | Ranked first in the master program of Psychology at the University of Tehran

2017 - 2021 | Full Ph.D. scholarship from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
Research grant for the study: “Modulating food preferences by posthypnotic suggestions: effectiveness, resistance, and neural mechanisms” by the Milton Erickson Gesellschaft für Klinische Hypnose (MEG) (PIs: AZ and W. Sommer; 15,000 Euro).

Ongoing

Modulating food preferences by posthypnotic suggestions: effectiveness, resistance, and neural mechanisms”

Research grant (15,000 Euro) by the Milton Erickson Gesellschaft für Klinische Hypnose (MEG)

PIs: Dr. Anoushiravan Zahedi. and Prof. Dr. Werner Sommer

Ad hoc reviewer
Cognition and Consciousness, Human Brain Mapping, Psychophysiology, Frontiers in Psychology, Experimental Brain research, and Royal Society Open Science

Public record as reviewer