Mojgan Asgari

I earned my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Physics from K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, where I graduated as the second-ranked student in my undergraduate program and the top-ranked student in my master’s program. During my bachelor’s studies, I focused on developing a strong foundation in physics while also learning programming languages and scientific software, and I completed a project on particle waves transmission.

For my master’s research, I specialized in condensed matter physics. My thesis, titled Acoustic Wave Propagation in Two-Dimensional Fractured Porous Media, led to a publication in Physical Review E.

Following my master’s degree, I began pursuing a Ph.D. in Biophysics at the University of Tehran, where I gained experience with molecular dynamics software such as LAMMPS, NAMD, GROMACS, and others. My research primarily involved NAMD, and my doctoral project focused on the Interaction of Selected Compounds with a SARS-CoV-2 Transmembrane Protein Channel: A Computational Approach.

Subsequently, I continued my Ph.D. studies at Arizona State University, where I am currently working on Drug Screening for the Flpp3 Protein as a Virulence Determinant in Francisella tularensis and conducting structural analysis using NMR techniques.

• Received the Graduate College Travel Award (2025–26, Quarter 2), Arizona State University.
• Ranked 1st in the M.Sc. Physics program at K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran (2014), GPA: 17.41/20.
• Ranked 2nd in the B.Sc. Physics program at K. N. Toosi University of Technology, Tehran, Iran (2012), GPA: 18.39/20.
• Published research on acoustic wave propagation in heterogeneous two-dimensional fractured porous media (Physical Review E, 2016).
• Presented research on the decay of acoustic wave amplitude in disordered two-dimensional fractured porous media at the 12th National Conference on Condensed Matter Physics, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran (2015).

IELTS band score: 6.5

• Biophysics
• Biochemistry
• Simulations and Computational Physics
• Soft Condensed Matter Physics
• Quantum Information

• 2024
• Participation in 18th International Conferences for the crystallization of Biological Macromolecules (Arizona State University)
• 2019
• Participation in a crash course on a not-so-brief introduction to Molecular Biophysics (IPM)
• Participation in a workshop on numerical simulation in Condensed Matter Physics and Biophysics using GROMACS (Alzahra University)
• 2013
• Presented a seminar on theoretical maximum efficiency of photovoltaic cells
• Presented a seminar on localization of acoustic waves

Journal Articles

• Hossein Hamzehpour, Mojgan Asgari, Muhammad Sahimi. Acoustic wave propagation in heterogeneous two-dimensional fractured porous media, Phys. Rev. E 93, 063305 (2016).

Conference Papers

• Mojgan Asgari, Hossein Hamzehpour. Simulation of the decay of acoustic waves’ amplitude in two-dimensional disordered fractured porous media, 12th National Conference on Condensed Matter Physics, 27–28 January 2015, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran.

• Graduate College Travel Award, Arizona State University, 2025–26 (Quarter 2).
• Top-ranked student, M.Sc. Physics, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, 2014.
• Second-ranked student, B.Sc. Physics, K. N. Toosi University of Technology, 2012.