Activities

2017 –	Cambridge Center for Adult Education Visiting Board Member
2017	Houghton Library Exhibit The Spread of Science: A printed edition of the Latinized Optics [Opticae Thesaurus], Hasan Ibn al-Haytham ‘Alhazen or Alhacen’
2013 –	Early Science and Medicine. Editorial Board Member
2012-2015	Multimedia Timelines and Worldmaps Istanbul Museum of History of Science and Technology, Istanbul, Turkey
2011	Rockefeller Library Exhibit The Science of Stars and Craft of Wars Instruments in the ‘Book of Kings’ (Shahnamah) of Firdawsī: ca. 935-1020CE)
2010	Digital Technology Fair Micro-mapping Early Science Harvard University, Humanities Center Coordinator and Supervisor of Faculty Aides
2010	John Hay Library Exhibit Windows into Early Science and Craft: Selections from the Minassian Manuscripts (February-March) Curator and Editor of Student Caption Contributions
2009	Discovering Optics: Learning Scientific Concepts and the Nature of Science through Virtual Historical Simulation reviewed by NSF: History of Science Consultant and Advisory Board Member
2009	Quincy House, Harvard The Melody of Persian Calligraphy (March 5-6) Coordinator of Workshop conducted by visiting scholar
2008	Houghton Library Exhibit Windows into Early Science: Historical Dialogues, Scientific Manuscripts and Printed Books (April 22-July 23) Curator and Editor of Student Caption Contributions
2007	Interpretatio: Sources and Studies in the History and Philosophy of Classical Science Member of Editorial Advisory Board
2006	ISIS: Co-Chair of Session at Society of Iranian Studies, London: “Geometry in Medieval Persian Sciences and Arts”
2005-	Islamic Scientific Manuscripts Initiative (ISMI) Member of Board of Advisors: Joint project of University of Oklahoma, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
2005-	National Science Foundation (NSF): Research Proposal Reviewer
2005	Teacher Training Program: NITE (National Institute for Teaching Excellence), K-12 teachers’ Summer School: Cambridge College
2005	Coordinator of Lecture Series at Year Up, Boston, MA Non-profit organization for engineering social change
2002-	Member of Resource Board: Documentary Series: “Light and Mind”
2001-	Founder and President of Non-Profit Organization ecademics.org Officer of Commission for the History of Science and Technology in Islamic Civilization (IUHPS): Counselor
1993-94	Dudley House, Harvard: Coordinator (Innovation and Tradition in Contemporary Persian Art: Calligraphy, Painting, Carpets: March 1993)
1994	Academy of Philosophy, Institute for Humanities and Cultural Studies: Tehran, Iran: Editor, History of Science Division, Farhang (Culture)
1986-	Quincy House, Harvard: Non-resident Tutor in History and Science Member of Senior Common Room
1983-1984	Harvard Review: Assistant Science Editor Eccentric Circle Society, Harvard: Vice President