About

Mohammad Reza Pakravan (M’89) received the B.S. degree from University of Tehran (UT), Tehran, Iran, in 1990 with honor and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from University of Ottawa, Canada, in 1992 and 2000, respectively, all in electrical engineering

He joined Department of Electrical Engineering at Sharif University of Technology in 2001 where he is currently an associate professor. He is the director of Data Networks Research Laboratory and the director of networking group in the Advanced Communication Research Institute. His research interests include optical communication systems and networks, wireless communication networks and data networking algorithms and protocols.

Dr. Pakravan has received many awards for his academic and engineering achievements. Some of the notable awards are three consecutive Ontario Graduate awards from 1995 to 1997, IEEE Neal Shepherd memorial best propagation paper award from IEEE vehicular technology society in 2001 and International Khwarizmi award in 2014 from Iranian Research Organization for Science and Technology. He has also been recognized as top engineer of the year by the Iranian Academy of Science in 2018 for his outstanding contributions to development of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Ottawa, Canada [1994-2000]
• M. Sc. in Electrical Engineering, University of Ottawa, Canada, [1993-1994]
• B. Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Tehran University, [1986-1990]