Contact Information

Department: Science and Business

Room: STC 4042

Tel: 519-888-4567, ext. 42162

ali.nasseri@uwaterloo.ca

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Biography

Dr. Ali Nasseri is a lecturer at the University of Waterloo, supporting the Science and Business Program. He is also the Chair of the International Astronautical Federation's Space Education and Outreach Committee (SEOC), and Vice-Chair of its Workforce Development-Young Professional Program (WD-YPP) committee. Ali's broad experiences range from designing aerospace systems to supporting research commercialization to running global nonprofits in the space sector.

Prior to joining the University of Waterloo, Ali was working as an engineer with the Canadian Space Agency, supporting safety and mission assurance, and radiation susceptibility analysis on missions such as Canadarm3, Lunar Rover Mission and the Canadian Cubesat Project. He was also an instructor at McGill University where he taught Creativity and Innovation for Entrepreneurs.

Before that, Ali worked as an Executive Research Coordinator at the University of British Columbia for 3 years, where he managed a portfolio of research projects focused on AI and machine learning, and lead research partnership activities in the department of Computer Science. Concurrently, he was a sessional lecturer at UBC Physics, and the program coordinator and instructor for Selkirk College's Engineering Transfer Program where he taught engineering design. Other experiences he's had include working as a consultant for the Moon Village Association, Defence Research and Development Canada, and Wevolver, and Chairing the Space Generation Advisory Council in Support of the UN Programme on Space Applications.

Research Interests

My current research focuses on space systems engineering, particularly on technologies and knowledge that would help us "tame the space environment", as we wander further into our solar system. My work focuses on understanding the space environment (radiation, lunar dust, plasma, and micrometeorites and space debris primarily, with some focus on atmospheric effects and lunar and Martian resources). Armed with this understanding, I work on developing technologies that can help us and our infrastructure survive the environment. These range from dust and space debris mitigation technologies, to radiation detection techniques, to in-situ resource utilization.

There are two secondary areas of research that I also tip my feet into every now and then. First, on the industry side, I have been involved on R&D work focused on developing AI-based tools in the defence and space sector. Second, having worked as an educator for many years I have a few active long term projects focused on developing open educational conten

Education

  • 2019, MBA, Quantic School of Science and Technology
  • 2018, Ph.D. in Physics, Politecnico di Torino
  • 2013, Master of Applied Science in Aerospace Science and Engineering, University of Toronto
  • 2010, Bachelor of Applied Science in Aerospace Engineering, K. N. Toosi University of Technology

Awards

  • Canadian Space Agency Director General of Information Management and Technology Management award for supporting NASA SpaceApps 2022
  • UBC CS Service Award for Supporting Research, 2022
  • International Astronautical Federation Distinguished Service Award (DSA), 2020
  • International Astronautical Federation Young Space Leader Award, 2018
  • EU Commission Marie Curie ITN WALL Early-Stage Researcher fellowship at ISI Foundation, 2014-2017
  • European Space Agency and the Heinlein Prize Trust Scholarship for the Space Studies Program 2014
  • International Astronautical Federation Emerging Space Leader, 2013
  • SGAC-IAASS Paper Competition Awardee for the 6th IASSS Conference in Montreal, 2013
  • Space Generation Advisory Council Young Leadership Award, 201

Selected/Recent Publications

  • F. Wood, A. Warrington, S. Naderiparizi, C. Weilbach, V. Masrani, W. Harvey, A. Scibior, B. Beronov, J. Grefenstette, D. Campbell, S. A.Nasseri, “Planning as Inference in Epidemiological Dynamics Models”, Frontiers of Artificial Intelligence. 2022 4:550603. doi: 10.3389/frai.2021.550603.
  • F. M. Asrar, A. H. Wen, S. A. Nasseri, P. C. Dinas, C. Newman, A. Bukley, K. Crist, D. Irwin, “Space technologies for monitoring health and environmental impact of hydraulic fracturing”, The Lancet Planetary Health, vol. 2, issue 11, pp. e469-e470, 2018, doi: 10.1016/S2542-5196(18)30223-7.
  • S. A. Nasseri, E. Martinez, G. Durin “Collective Coordinate Descriptions of Magnetic Domain Wall Motion in Perpendicularly Magnetized Nanostructures under the Application of In-plane Fields”, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, vol. 468, pp. 25-43, 2018, doi: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2018.07.059 .
  • B. Sarma, F. Garcia-Sanchez, S. A. Nasseri, A. Casiraghi, G. Durin, "Dynamics and morphology of chiral magnetic bubbles in perpendicularly magnetized ultra-thin films with the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya Interaction", Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, vol. 456, pp. 433-438. 2018, doi: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2018.01.075.
  • J. Vandermeulen, S. A. Nasseri, B. Van de Wiele, G. Durin, B. Van Waeyenberge, L. Dupre, “Comparison between collective coordinate models for domain wall motion in PMA nanostrips in the presence of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction”, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, vol. 449, pp. 337-352, 2018, doi: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2017.10.008.
  • A. Daoulah, S. Al-kaabi, A. Lotfi, M. Al-Murayeh, S. A. Nasseri, W. Ahmed, S. N. Al-Otaibi, M. N. Alama, O. E. Elkhateeb, A. J. Plotkin, M. M. Malak, K. Alshali, M. Hamzi, S. Al Khunein, M. Abufayyah, A. A. Alsheikh-Ali, "Inter-ethnic marriages and severity of coronary artery disease in men undergoing angiography: A multicenter study of Arabian Gulf States", World Journal of Cardiology, vol. 9(4), pp. 371-377, 2017, doi: 10.4330/wjc.v9.i4.371.
  • A. Daoulah, O. E. Elkhateeb, S. A. Nasseri, M. Al-Murayeh, S. Al-kaabi, A. Lotfi, M. N. Alama, S. M. Al-Faifi, M. Haddara, C. M. Dixon, I. S. Alzahrani, A. A. Alghamdi, W. Ahmed, A. Fathey, E. Haq, A. A. Alsheikh-Ali, " Socioeconomic Factors and Severity of Coronary Artery Disease: A Multicenter Study of Arabian Gulf States", The Open Cardiovascular Medicine Journal, vol. 11pp. 47-57, 2017, doi: 10.2174/1874192401711010047.
  • S. A. Nasseri, S. Moretti, E. Martinez, G. Durin, C. Serpico, “Collective Coordinate Models of Domain Wall Dynamics in PMA Materials under Spin Hall Effect and Longitudinal in-Plane Fields”, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, vol. 426, pp. 195-201 , 2017, doi: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2016.11.081.
  • J. Vandermeulen, S. A. Nasseri, B. Van de Wiele, G. Durin, B. Van Waeyenberge, L. Dupre, “The effect of the Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction on field-driven domain wall dynamics analysed by a semi-analytical approach”, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, vol. 49 (46), no. 465003, 2016, doi:10.1088/0022-3727/49/46/465003.
  • S. A. Nasseri, “Motivations for Space Exploration: A Survey within the Space Community”, Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, vol. 68 (5-6), pp. 135-141, October 2015, link:jbis.org.uk/paper.php?p=2015.68.135.P. C. Dinas, C. Mueller, N. Clark, T. Elgin, S. A. Nasseri, E. Yaffe, J. B. Clark, S. Madry, F. M. Asrar, “Innovative Methods to Benefit Public Health Using Space Technology During Disaster Relief”, Journal for Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness, vol. 9 (3), pp. 319-328, 2015, doi:10.1017/dmp.2015.29.