
Mehdi Moradi
I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Toronto. My research is in Operator Algebras and Analytic Group Theory.
Postdoctoral Positions
2023
Fields Institute
Thematic Program on Operator Algebras and Their Applications, Postdoctoral Fellow
2024 – July 2026
University of Ottawa
Postdoctoral Fellow
2026 – 2029
University of Toronto
Postdoctoral Fellow
Research Interests
Operator Algebras, Analytic Group Theory
Publications
- (Joint with Massoud Amini) On Locally Finite Dimensional Traces, Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society, arXiv:2204.08738 (2022).
- (Joint with Massoud Amini and Ismaeil Mousavi) Quasitriangular Operator Algebras, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, arXiv:2203.00563 (2021).
- (Joint with Massoud Amini) On Locally Finite Dimensional Traces II, preprint.
- A short proof of Rosenberg’s conjecture, preprint.
- Cohomology of amenable traces, preprint.
Outreach
- Teaching Assistant Consultant & Training (2016): Mentored the Math competition team for Iran University of Science and Technology (ranked top 9 teams).
- Training (2017): Trained the Math competition team for Iran University of Science and Technology (ranked top 7 teams).
Teaching Experience
Instructor, University of Ottawa
- Calculus I (MAT1320) — 2024
- Calculus III (MAT2322) — 2024
- Calculus II (MAT1322) — 2025
- Multivariable Calculus for students of science (MAT2122) — 2025
- Introduction to Linear Algebra (MAT1341) — 2026
Seminars and Colloquia
- Invited speaker, CMS Winter Meeting — 2025
- Canadian Operator Algebra Symposium — 2024
- Model Theory of Operator Algebras Reading Seminar (4 lectures) — 2023
- University of Ottawa, Analysis Seminar — February 2024
- Fields Institute, Lightning Talk in Twinned Conference on C*-Algebras and Tensor Categories — November 2023
- IPM – Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (two lectures per year, 2017–2021)
Awards and Honors
- 2015: Bronze medal in the 39th Iranian Math Competition for University Students, held by the Iranian Mathematical Society.
- 2016: Ranked 40th among more than 10,000 participants in the Nationwide University Master’s Entrance Exam in Mathematics.
- 2017: Ranked 8th among more than 5,000 participants in the Nationwide University PhD Entrance Exam in Mathematics.
- 2020: Fellow of BMN (Iran’s National Elites Foundation).