Dr. Hossein Simaei-Sarraf, Minister of Science, Research, and Technology, appointed Dr. Masoud Tajrishi as the Acting President of Sharif University of Technology by decree.
Dr. Masoud Tajrishi, a professor at the Department of Civil Engineering at Sharif University of Technology, received his B.Sc. in Soil and Water Sciences and Engineering in 1988 and his M.Sc. in Water Sciences and Engineering in 1990 from the University of California, Davis. In 1993, he also obtained his Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the same university.
In addition to his academic activities, Dr. Tajrishi has held numerous executive management positions in the country. From 2017 to 2021, he served as Deputy for Human Environment at the Department of Environment of Iran, and earlier, from 2013 to 2021, he was Director of the Planning and Integration Office at the Urmia Lake Restoration Program Headquarters. He also served as President of the Sharif Science and Technology Park (2016–2017), and as Vice President for Research and Technology at Sharif University of Technology (2010–2016). Since 2021, he has been elected as an associate member of the Academy of Sciences of the Islamic Republic of Iran.