Mehdi Moradi

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).