Mehdi Moradi

Research

My research is in operator algebras and analytic group theory.

Publications

Published articles

On locally finite-dimensional traces.
Massoud Amini and Mehdi Moradi. Bulletin of the London Mathematical Society 55(4) (2023), 2076–2085.
Journal · arXiv:2204.08738

Quasitriangular operator algebras.
Massoud Amini, Mehdi Moradi, and Ismaeil Mousavi. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications 526(2) (2023), 127266.
Journal · arXiv:2203.00563

Preprints

An induction proof of strong NF for amenable group C*-algebras.
Mehdi Moradi (2026). arXiv:2610.00231

Quasidiagonal traces need not form a face.
Mehdi Moradi (2026). arXiv:2609.18793

Cohomology of Amenable Traces.
Mehdi Moradi (2026). arXiv:2609.18756

On locally finite-dimensional traces II.
Mehdi Moradi and Massoud Amini (2026). arXiv:2606.13924

Postdoctoral positions

• 2026–present: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Toronto.
• 2024–July 2026: Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Ottawa.
• 2023: Postdoctoral Fellow, Fields Institute, Thematic Program on Operator Algebras and Applications.

Teaching

University of Toronto

• Vector Calculus I (MAT235H1)
  Video: Surfaces, Slices and Level Curves
  Chapter 13 videos: Vectors, Dot Product and Cross Product

Instructor, University of Ottawa

• Introduction to Linear Algebra (MAT1341), 2026
• Calculus II (MAT1322), 2025
• Multivariable Calculus (MAT2122), 2025
• Calculus I (MAT1320), 2024
• Calculus III for Engineers (MAT2322), 2024

Talks

• Invited speaker, CMS Winter Meeting, 2025
• Canadian Operator Algebra Symposium, 2024
• University of Ottawa, Analysis Seminar, February 2024
• Model Theory of Operator Algebras Reading Seminar (4 lectures), 2023
• Fields Institute, Lightning Talk in Twinned Conference on C*-Algebras and Tensor Categories, November 2023
• IPM – Institute for Research in Fundamental Sciences (two lectures per year, 2017–2021)

Outreach

• Training (2017): Trained the Math competition team for Iran University of Science and Technology (ranked top 7 teams).
• Teaching Assistant Consultant & Training (2016): Mentored the Math competition team for Iran University of Science and Technology (ranked top 9 teams).

Awards and honors

• 2020: Fellow of BMN (Iran’s National Elites Foundation).
• 2017: Ranked 8th among more than 5,000 participants in the Nationwide University PhD Entrance Exam in Mathematics.
• 2016: Ranked 40th among more than 10,000 participants in the Nationwide University Master’s Entrance Exam in Mathematics.
• 2015: Bronze medal in the 39th Iranian Math Competition for University Students, held by the Iranian Mathematical Society.