Former Directors Dr. Reza Mansouri PhD in Physics – University of Vienna, Austria Faculty Member, Sharif University of Technology Term of Directorship: From the establishment of the Center until 2005 Dr. Hossein Mohammadi Doostdar PhD in Civil Engineering – University of Ottawa, Canada Faculty Member, National Research Institute for Science Policy Term of Directorship: 2006–2014 Dr. Saeedeh Lotfian PhD in Political Science – University of Michigan, USA Faculty Member, University of Tehran Term of Directorship: 2014–2017 Dr. Masoud Sadri Nasab PhD in Physical Oceanography – Flinders University, Australia Faculty Member, University of Tehran Term of Directorship: 2017–2023