CV

Education

The Pennsylvania State University, Physics Ph.D. Program, 2022-Present
Sharif University of Technology, B.S. in Physics & Electrical Engineering, 2021

KS, F. Shahbeigi, Z. Puchała, K. Życzkowski; “Accessible maps in a group of classical or quantum channels”, Open Systems and Information Dynamics, Vol. 28, No. 4 (2021), 2170001, arXiv
F. Shahbeigi, KS , M. Moradi, K. Życzkowski, V. Karimipour; “Quasi-inversion of quantum and classical channels in finite dimensions”, Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, 115691.R1 (2021), arXiv

EE BS Thesis: During the 2021 spring semester, I did a research project titled Phase Transitions in the Community Detection Problem: An Information Theoretic Approach under Mohammad Hossein Yassaee’s supervision.
Special Relativity Term-Paper: I did a thorough review of several historical and modern papers on the issue of rigid bodies in relativistic physics. You can find the paper under the notes tab.
Physics BS Project: Under B. Mashhoon’s supervision, I re-derived and discussed some of the solutions to Einstein’s field equations in higher dimensional space-times. You can find a drafty note, reflecting my calculations and results under the notes tab.
Sphere Packing: On the Pi day of 2016, Maryna Viazovska solved the problem of optimal sphere packing in 8 dimensions, a week later, Henry Cohn et al. used a similar method to solve the problem in 24 dimensions. I, being interested in sphere packing, did a thorough review on the state of the art methods and results. The resulting paper was published (in persian) here

Here I discuss an approach to tackle the averaging problem in cosmology.
I have given a number of informal technical talks at different communities in SUT. Examples include the quanta study circle, Dr. Karimipour’s research group, etc.

Fall 2022: Teaching Assistant, PSU
- PHYS 212 General Physics: Electricity and Magnetism
- Lab Instructor
Fall 2021 and Spring 2022: Teaching Assistant, SUT
- Special Relativity
- Duties included: Recitation Sessions, HW design and grading
- Course Instructor: Prof. Vahid Karimipour
Spring 2019, 20, 21: Teaching Assistant, SUT
- Game Theory for Engineers (graduate course)
- Duties included: Recitation Sessions, HW Design and Grading
- Course Instructor: Prof. Farid Ashtiani
Fall 2019 - Summer 2021: Paid Research Assistant, SUT
- Quantum Information Group
- Duties included: The Quasi Inversion Paper, A new project concerning quantum macroscopicity, and several technical talks
- Supervisor: Prof. Vahid Karimipour
May 2019 - Jan 2021: Intern, Tehran Institute of Advanced Studies (TeIAS)
- During the 1-2 years, I was an active member of a study group focusing on high dimensional statistics. This is a webpage that (partially) covers the group’s activities.
Spring 2017: Teaching Assistant, SUT
- Signals and Systems
- Duties included: Recitation Sessions, HW Design and Grading
- Course Instructor: Prof. Hamid Aghajan

Fall 2015 - Summer 2022: Physics Olympiad Teacher
- Teaching Olympiad Content at Several Top-Tier High Schools in Tehran (Cf. Awards and Honors)
Sep 2021 - Dec 2021: Financial Math Intern, Kuknos Company
- Kuknos is an Iranian company issuing, marketing and trading both domestic and international cryptocurrencies.
Jul 2017: Local Guide, Volunteer
- The 2017 International Olympiad for Informatics (IOI) was held in Tehran, Iran. I served as a local guide during the week-long event.

(2023) The David H. Rank Memorial Physics Award
(2021) Ranked 2^nd in the university students’ national Physics Olympiad for the second consecutive year
(2021) Ranked 1^st in the national master studies entrance exam for the second consecutive year
(2021) Ranked 2^nd in the university students’ national Physics Olympiad
(2020) Ranked 1^st in the national master studies entrance exam
(2018) Premier sophomore EE student
(2017) Premier freshman EE student
(2015) Physics national Olympiad Gold medal
(2010) Certificate of Attendance, IMC Junior, South Korea

Persian (Native), English, Spanish