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    href: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alireza-taghdisian
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    text: Twitter
    href: https://twitter.com/ATaghdisian
  - icon: github
    text: Github
    href: https://github.com/alirezt
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## Bio

Ali got his B.S. in Civil Engineering, and his M.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering. After graduating, he tested designed novel waste technologies to re-use of saline waste to tackle water scarcity and food security in his home country of Iran . Since then, he has shifted away from conventional engineering solutions towards system analysis of the underlying social and political drivers of environmental change.

He has experiences as an engineer, researcher, and lately as geospatial data scientist. His current focus is on how human society, specifically urban areas, interact with their environment and metabolize socio-ecological flows and co-evolve.

## Education

**PhD Bioresource engineering** \| McGill, Canada \| 2023 - 2027

**M.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering** \| Shahid Beheshti University, Iran \| 2015 - 2018

**B.S. Civil Engineering** \| Kerman University, Iran \| 2009 - 2013

## Experience

**Data consultant** \| Freelance \| Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition \| Jan 2023 - Present

**Data (GIS) Scientist** \| Full-time \| Aurecon \| Feb 2023 - May 2023

**Sustainability scientist** \| Freelance \| Iran Department of the Environment \| Apr 2019 - Apr 2022

**Civil/environmental engineer** \| Full-time \| Dorriz engineering \| Feb 2016 - Apr 2022