Dr. Samadi' Personal Information

I grew up in the Caspian Sea Region and in a well educated family. I had a happy childhood and spent my time in a beautiful natural environment.My relationship to nature is an important part of who I am...

We moved from Great Britain to the United States and now call South Carolina home. I live here with my wonderful family and my son, Arvin. Family is my top priority, and we love traveling, exploring new places, and spending quality time together. South Carolina offers an ideal setting—not only for family life but also for pursuing a variety of interests. I enjoy playing music, and Arvin and I often play violin together, finding joy and emotional connection through music. In my spare time, I also like to watch sports, especially soccer and volleyball, and I enjoy playing chess for both relaxation and mental challenge.

Please do not throw a steak on the grill for me, because I am mostly vegetarian. I don't eat land animals, mammals, farmed animals, or bottom-feeders. I do eat dairy, and I eat some fish (wild salmon is too good to give up!) There is no one single reason for my choice; rather, it stems from my concern for the animal welfare, our environment, and my health (no, it doesn't bother me if you eat meat: you can put whatever you want in your own body:)).

I can sometimes be found working on my own software and running models when I should be doing real simulation. This is the ways to connect technology to calibrate water resources systems that I really love. Writing code is fun! it is even more fun when it runs correctly and seamlessly... This is what motivates my research.

Previous Ventures

After graduating with my MS degree in Engineering from the University of Tehran, I worked for over a year with Engineering firms in Tehran, Iran--Indo-European people with black, brown and light brown hair:-). There I supported several catchment modeling systems and was involved in a new project for a reservoir construction. After a year and a bit, I went back to College to get my Ph.D. degree in Engineering.

On completion of my Ph.D. I got an opportunity to do postdoc with Catherine Wilson at Hydro-environmental Research Centre (HRC)-Department of Civil Engineering, Cardiff University, United Kingdom. I worked on various funded projects at Catherine' lab as well as I trained how to write research and industry proposals. During that time, I learned advanced computing and programing and most importantly how to speak Welsh (sort of ish). I moved to the US in 2012 and worked as a postdoc at the UofSC Carolinas Integrated Sciences & Assessments with Greg Carbone & Dan Tufford (hydrologist; retired) and later on as a Research Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (UofSC) where I contributed to several funded projects (NOAA, NSF, SRNL, DOT, etc.) along with teaching and training graduate and undergraduate students in Civil Engineering.

Present Day

I joined Clemson University in January 2020 and am a tenure track professor within the Department of Agricultural Sciences. Different web pages on this website will tell you about my lab, what I teach, my research areas, where I get my funding from and the students that work with me to make it all happen.