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organizations:
  - id: unbody-lab
    name: Unbody Lab
    type: R&D lab
    link: https://unbody.io
    location: Netherlands (remote)
    summary: An R&D lab building experimental software for making AI feel less artificial.
  - id: status
    name: Status
    type: Creative technology studio
    link: https://status.app
    location: Netherlands (remote)
    summary: A creative-technology studio building web products and design tooling across a group of branding companies.
  - id: suslib
    name: SUSLIB
    type: R&D lab
    link: https://suslib.com
    location: The Hague, Netherlands
    summary: An R&D lab working on the future of knowledge interaction through computational design, research, and machine learning.
  - id: artez
    name: ArtEZ University of the Arts
    type: Art school
    link: https://www.artez.nl
    location: Arnhem, Netherlands
    summary: A university of the arts in the Netherlands.
  - id: kabk
    name: Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (KABK)
    type: Art school
    link: https://www.kabk.nl
    location: The Hague, Netherlands
    summary: The Royal Academy of Art in The Hague.
  - id: rndr
    name: RNDR Studio
    type: Creative technology studio
    link: https://rndr.studio
    location: The Hague, Netherlands
    summary: A studio working in creative coding, data visualization, and interactive environments.
  - id: lust-lab
    name: LUSTlab
    type: Design studio
    link: https://lust.nl
    location: The Hague, Netherlands
    summary: The interactive and technology arm of LUST, a graphic and interactive design studio.
  - id: minddesign
    name: MindDesign
    type: Design studio
    link: http://www.minddesign.info
    location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
    summary: A design studio led by Niels Schrader, working between graphic design and physical media.
  - id: mit-media-lab
    name: MIT Media Lab
    type: Research lab
    link: https://www.media.mit.edu
    location: Cambridge, USA
    summary: MIT's research lab for design and technology.
  - id: iaun
    name: Islamic Azad University, Najafabad
    type: University
    link: https://iaun.ac.ir
    location: Isfahan, Iran
    summary: A university in Isfahan, Iran.
experience:
  - org: unbody-lab
    role: Founder & Engineer
    period: "2024 – Present"
    summary: I founded the lab and build its software — the Unbody framework, Adapt, and what comes next.
  - org: status
    role: Team Lead, Creative Technologies
    period: "2022 – 2024"
    summary: I led a team building web products, dev tools, and AI-driven solutions across a group of branding companies, working directly with and reporting to C-level.
  - org: suslib
    role: Co-founder
    period: "2018 – 2022"
    summary: I co-founded the lab and led its engineering, moving machine learning into how people reach knowledge.
  - org: null
    role: Independent Web & AI Developer
    period: "2018 – 2022"
    summary: I built real-world software and products with machine learning and web technologies.
  - org: artez
    role: Digital Media Tutor & Curriculum Lead
    period: "2017 – 2022"
    summary: I taught computational design and creative coding, and led a modular digital-media program around AI, computer vision, and emerging technology.
  - org: kabk
    role: Creative Coding Tutor
    period: "2019"
    summary: I taught creative coding — JavaScript, p5.js, Arduino — and interactive environment design.
  - org: rndr
    role: Full-stack Developer
    period: "2017 – 2018"
    summary: I did full-stack work on creative-coding projects — data visualization and interactive environments.
  - org: lust-lab
    role: Full-stack Developer
    period: "2016 – 2017"
    summary: I did full-stack and creative-coding work on information and interactive design projects.
  - org: minddesign
    role: Interactive Designer & Developer (Internship)
    period: "2014 – 2016"
    summary: An internship under Niels Schrader, exploring the "dialogue principle" — moving information between digital and physical media.
education:
  - org: mit-media-lab
    program: Beyond Smart Cities — Emerging Design & Technology
    period: "2023"
  - org: kabk
    program: BA, Graphic Design
    period: "2012 – 2016"
  - org: iaun
    program: BASc, Computer Software Engineering
    period: "2004 – 2008"
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