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Hossein Jashnsaz
(317) 702-0803
hjashnsa@purdue.edu
LD154, 402 N Blackford St., Indianapolis, IN 46202
Department website profile: http://physics.iupui.edu/graduate/students/hossein-jashnsaz
Google scholar profile: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=12LLepkAAAAJ&hl=en
EDUCATION
2012-Present, Ph.D., Physics (Biophysics), Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN
Projects: “Studying the role of stochastic processes, chemotaxis, and hydrodynamics interaction in bacterial predator-prey
systems”,
Advisor: Steve Presse
Anticipated Graduation Date: Dec-May 2016
2012-2015, M.Sc., Physics (Biophysics), Purdue University, Indianapolis, IN
Projects: “Models of Bacterial Chemotaxis Toward Point Sources”,
Advisor: Steve Presse
2008—2011, M.Sc., Photonics, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
-The Center of Excellence in Photonics in Iran
Thesis Project: “Electro-optical and all-optical switchable H-PDLC Fresnel Lens and Bragg Grating”,
Advisor: Prof. Ezeddin Mohajerani
2004—2008, B.Sc., Physics (Solid State & Electronics), University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran
HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND AWARDS
2015-2017, IUPUI Graduate Student Imaging Research Fellowship (GSIRF) recipient,
2013-2014, Purdue Research Foundation (PRF) recipient for my Ph.D. thesis proposal,
2012—Present, Full scholarship from IUPUI Physics Department for my Ph.D. study,
2008, Ranked 30th in the “National Entrance Exam for Graduate Programs” in Photonics in Iran.
2004, Ranked among top 1% in the “National Entrance Exam for Undergraduate Programs” in Iran.
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PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATION
Journal Papers:
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Hossein Jashnsaz, et al, "Inferring Models of Bacterial Dynamics toward Point Sources" PloS ONE 10 (10), e0140428 (2015)
Hossein Jashnsaz, et al, “Electrically switchable holographic liquid crystal/polymer Fresnel lens using a Michelson interferometer,” Applied Optics,
Vol. 50 Issue 17, pp.2701-2707 (2011) http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.50.002701
Hossein Jashnsaz, et al, “All-optical switchable holographic Fresnel lens based on azo-dye-doped polymer-dispersed liquid crystals,” Applied Optics,
Vol. 50 Issue 22, pp.4295-4301 (2011) http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.50.004295
Hossein Jashnsaz, et al, “Electrically switchable cylindrical Fresnel lens based on holographic polymer dispersed liquid crystals using a Michelson
interferometer” International Journal of Optics & Photonics (IJOP), Vol. 4, No. 2, (2011) http://www.ijop.ir/files/site1/user_files_dbc6fd/
e_mohajerani-A-10-45-2-b20551f.pdf
N. H. Nataj, E. Mohajerani, Hossein Jashnsaz, A. Jannesari, “Holographic Polymer Dispersed Liquid Crystal Enhanced by Introducing Urethane
trimethacrylate,” Applied Optics 51, 697-703 (2012) http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/AO.51.000697
Rana Forsati, Sara Valipour Ebrahimi, Keivan Navi, Ezeddin Mohajerani, Hossein Jashnsaz “Implementation of all-optical Reversible Logic Gates
based on holographic laser induced grating using azo-dye doped polymers,” Optics & Laser Technology, Vol. 45, pg. 565 (2013) http://
www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0030399212002617
N. H. Nataj, E. Mohajerani, A. Jannesari, F. Najafi, Hossein Jashnsaz, “Photo polymerization behavior and phase separation effects in Novel Polymer
Dispersed Liquid Crystal mixture based on Urethane trimethacrylate monomer” J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 1097-4628 (2012) http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/
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Presentations and Posters:
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Poster on “Identifying the role of hydrodynamic interactions on predation of predatory bacterium Bdellovibrio bacteriovorus” in NanoSystems
symposium at IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN, October 2015
Talk on “Inferring models of bacterial dynamics toward point sources” and chair for Session D47: Focus Session: Physics of Behavior III, APS March
Meeting 2015, San Antonio, Texas http://meetings.aps.org/Meeting/MAR15/Session/D47.6 highlighted on APS NEWS, April 2015, Vol. 24, No. 4,
http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/201504/animal.cfm
Talk on “Inferring Models for Stochastic Bacterial Dynamics with Emergent Run-and-Tumble” Biomath seminar, Oct 2014, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN
http://math.iupui.edu/events/inferring-models-stochastic-bacterial-dynamics-emergent-run-and-tumble
Talk on “A Model for Bacterial Decision Making Based on Stochastic Event Detection” in the 129th annual meeting of Indiana Academy of Science,
Indianapolis, IN, May 2014 http://www.indianaacademyofscience.org/documents/annual-meetings/ias-2014/preprogpresentlist.pdf
Poster on “Fabricating and characterizing a switchable holographic cylindrical H-PDLC lens,” in the 16th Iranian Conference on Optics & Photonics,
Yazd University, Yazd, Iran, January 2010
Poster on "A novel evaporation method of porphyrin/Alq3 mixture for OLED fabrication," in CLEO/Europe and EQEC 2011 Conference Digest, OSA
Technical Digest (CD) (Optical Society of America, 2011), paper CE_P25.
Presented on “Electroluminescence characterization of two new synthesized Hedroquiline derivatives as dye in OLED,” in the 17th Iranian
Conference on Optics & Photonics, International Center for Science, High Technology, and Environmental Sciences, Mahan, Kerman, Iran, January
2011
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TEACHING, RESEARCH, AND WORK EXPERIENCES
Teaching Experiences:
2012-2013
TA, Physics Department, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN
Research & Work Experiences:
2013-Present
RA, IUPUI, Indianapolis, IN (List of projects I have been working on in Steve Presse’s Biophysics Group:
http://www.statphysbio.physics.iupui.edu/projects.html)
2008-2012
RA, Laser & Plasma Research Institute, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
Hands-on Research Skills and Experience:
Computational Modeling in Biophysics
Models of stochastic, chemotaxis, and hydrodynamics forces on microorganisms
Programing and other computer skills
Matlab, C++, Maple, Mathematica, Python, Minitab, R, Origin Pro., LaTex, Microsoft,
Optical and Bio Lab Skills
Optical bench setup, alignment, and characterizing; Microfluidics, Microscopy, Spectroscopy;
IR Spectrophotometer; image/video capturing & post-processing; data analysis;
Materials
Optical materials such as Liquid Crystals, Polymers, Dyes, in building optical diffractive devices
like gratings and Fresnel lenses; biomaterials like bacterial cultures.
PROFESIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES
Member:
Optics and Photonics Society of Iran (OPSI),
American Optical Society (OSA),
Indiana Academy of Science (IAS),
American Physical Society (APS),
Reviewer:
Applied Optics, Optics Letters, Optics Express,
LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY
English (Fluent)
Azerbaijani (Naitive)
Persian (Fluent)
Turkish (basics)
Kurdish (Fluent)