Our People

Arvin Firouzi
President

Data Engineer
Applied Mathematics, Software Engineering

Anousheh Marouzi
Treasurer

PhD student in Health Economics, University of Toronto

Ata Heshamti
Secretary

PhD Candidate in the History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
University of Toronto
MA in Science and Technology Studies

MA in Philosophy of Science

S. J.

Chief Executive Officer

Pouya Fatoureh Chi

Chief Production Officer &
Outreach Team Lead

OAA Intern Architect

M.Arch, Master of Architecture

C. K.

Chief Administrative Officer

Saeed Afrasiabi

Chief Communications Officer &

HR Team Lead

Staff Modem Systems Engineer, Qualcomm

Elham Beygi
Chief Financial Officer
Barrister and Solicitor
Englobe Law LLP
PhD Candidate in Philosophy of Law, McMaster University
LLM in Canadian Common Law, Osgood Hall Law School
MA in Interdisciplinary Studies, York University

Shadi Seyedi

IT Team Lead

PhD Public Policy, Evaluation and Analytics

University of Maryland,‌ Baltimore County

P. T.

Internal Communications Team Lead

Mehdi Ebrahimpour

Circles Team Lead

Cultural Bridging Facilitator
Saskatoon Open Door Society
MA in Philosophy

MSc in Philosophy of Science

Mostafa Kermani

Social Media Team Lead

Researcher in Philosophy of Science and Philosophy of Mind

M.A. in Philosophy

M.Sc. in Science and Technology Studies

Baran Benyasin

Grants Team Lead

Archivist & Art Researcher | Photographic Collections & Digitization

MA Film & Photography Preservation, Toronto Metropolitan University

BFA Photojournalism, School of Media Studies

Khalil Mokarram

Crowdfunding Team Lead

Entrepreneur

Master of Strategic Management

Tima Nekounam

Social Media Strategist

Digital Writer
MA, Music, University of Tehran
AA, English Literature, University of Tehran

Maryam Marouzi

Digital Infrastructure Specialist

Advisory Machine Learning Developer, IBM

Soroush Marouzi

Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York

Postdoctoral Research Scholar
Duke University
PhD in the History and Philosophy of Science

Aghil Abed Zadeh

Quantitative Developer
Neuroscience researcher
Physics PhD
Duke University

Maryam Karimi

Assistant Professor

Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture 

PhD in Philosophy of Visual Arts and Architecture

Fazel Ganji

PhD in Energy and Architectural Technology

Transsolar GmbH, Germany

Shahryar Asqardoust

McMaster University

Simin Nasiri

PhD student in Cognitive Psychology and Brain Sciences

Georgia Institute of Technology

Master of Architecture - MSc Design Computation - MFA Theatre