Amin Akhshi, Ph.D.

Amin akhshi, ph.d.

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    PhD Candidate at McGill University

  • Education

    • Mcgill university

      2020 - 2025
      Doctor of philosophy - phd computational neuroscience
    • Sharif university of technology

      2014 - 2016
      Master's degree physics, complex systems
  • Experience

    • Parax

      Nov 2011 - Jun 2013
      Javascript developer

      JavaScript developer responsible for debugging and deploying software solutions.

    • Ariafanvarzan

      Apr 2016 - Sept 2018
      Application scientist

      Technical customer support and consulting industrial and academic clients regarding their laboratory work and with the equipment.

    • Mcgill university

      Sept 2020 - now
      Research assistant
    • Aerial technologies

      Apr 2021 - Sept 2021
      Machine learning intern

      As an ML intern, my focus was on noise reduction techniques used for localization and movement detection utilizing MIMO signals in WiFi signals.

    • Google deepmind

      Sept 2021 - Feb 2022
      Student intern
    • National cancer institute (nci)

      Apr 2022 - May 2023
      Research intern

      As a research intern at Immunodynamics lab, I developed various DNN model architectures to investigate T-cell activation in the tumor microenvironment and its underlying interactions. Additionally, I utilized perturbation analysis and feature importance to examine the impact of various microenvironmental factors on T-cell activation, such as the presence of regulatory T-cells or cytokines.

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Amin Akhshi, Ph.D.
      FRQNT Doctoral Scholarship Fonds de recherche du Quebec May 2024 Ranked 1st in the multidisciplinary competition
    • Awarded to Amin Akhshi, Ph.D.
      GREAT Travel Award Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University Apr 2024
    • Awarded to Amin Akhshi, Ph.D.
      Charles James Patton MD & Elizabeth Ross Patton Prize Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University Sep 2023 Recognized as an outstanding graduate student for excellence in medical research
    • Awarded to Amin Akhshi, Ph.D.
      Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) Doctoral Scholarship Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences Sep 2023
    • Awarded to Amin Akhshi, Ph.D.
      HBHL Doctoral Fellowship Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF) Aug 2023
    • Awarded to Amin Akhshi, Ph.D.
      Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences (FMHS) Doctoral Scholarship Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University Sep 2022
    • Awarded to Amin Akhshi, Ph.D.
      HBHL Doctoral Fellowship Canada First Research Excellence Fund (CFREF) Sep 2022
    • Awarded to Amin Akhshi, Ph.D.
      NSERC-CREATE in Complex Dynamics Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Sep 2020