Mostafa Mohammadpourfard

Dr. Mostafa Mohammadpourfard is an Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University specializing in cybersecurity and machine learning applications for renewable energy systems. He is a senior member of IEEE and has held positions including Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Arizona State University and Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at Istanbul Technical University.

• Education: Ph.D. in Computer Engineering (Shiraz University/Arizona State University), Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Arizona State University (2023-2024), Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow at Istanbul Technical University (2021-2023)

Research Interests: Dr. Mohammadpourfard focuses on

• Cybersecurity of Smart Grids
• Applied Machine Learning for anomaly detection and predictive analysis
• Cyber-Physical Security
• Trust Models for Smart City infrastructures
• Network Security and Cryptography

Scientific Awards:

• Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship (2021-2023)
• European Commission Prestigious PhD Scholarship (2016)
• Best Thesis Award (2014), Shahed University of Tehran
• 1st Rank in Computer Science, East Azerbaijan Province (2012)

Teaching & Funding Contributions: He has developed courses in computer science and cybersecurity at multiple institutions, including Advanced Computer System Security and Smart Grid Security. His research has received $156K from the European Commission, $40K from a local power distribution company, and he was a principal contributor to a $5M Department of Energy proposal involving collaborations with MIT, Georgia Tech, MITRE, NREL, and Sandia National Laboratories.