Sarvenaz Memarzadeh

Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
University of Maryland
Department of Eelectrical and Computer Engineering
Institute for Reseasch in Electronics and Applied Physics (IREAP)
San Diego, CA.
sarvenaz.me [at] gmail [dot] com

Hi! I’m a Sr data scientist who turns complex data into actionable insights. I specialize in machine learning, NLP, and systems optimization, building models and pipelines that improve performance, predict outcomes, and power smarter decisions. From developing to deploying ML solutions to optimizing workflows, I bring data-driven solutions from research to real-world impact.

Recent News

July-2025 Started a new role as a Senior Data Scientist - AI and ML at Allstate
Oct-2021 Started a new role as a Senior Engineer at Illumina, San Diego CA
May-2021 Started a postdoc position at MGH/Harvard Medical School, Boston MA
Oct-2020 Check out our recent publication in Optics Express!
Oct-2020 Check out our recent publication in Advaced Optical Materials !
Oct-2020 Yay! Paper has been accepted for publication in Optics Express.
August-2020 Recent work on ArXiv: Control of hot-carrier relaxation time in Au-Ag thin films through alloying
May-2020 Check out our recent publication !
April-2020 Yay! Paper has been accepted for publication in Optica
April-2020 Awarded ECE graduate summer research fellowship
Feb-2020 Paper has been sessioned for an oral presentation at CLEO 2020.
Dec-2019 Abstract submitted to CLEO conference.
Nov-2019 Recent paper on ArXiv: Surface Plasmon Assisted Control of Hot-Electron Relaxation Time
July-2018 Harry K. Wells fellowship award from A. James Clark school of engineering.

Research Interests

- Artificial Intelegence and Machine Learning
- Advanced Analytics

Recent Projects

Hotel recommendation application
Data science project that utilizes NLP and ML techniques to recommend accomodations based on the user specified keyword. It can be exploited as a standalone product or as a recommendation system for travel, local search and business rating websites. You can find the specific details along with the codes in my github repository.

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Education

Ph.D. Electrical Engineering Department, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.
May 2021

Publications

Control of hot-carrier relaxation time in Au-Ag thin films through alloying
Sarvenaz Memarzadeh, Kevin J. Palm, Thomas E. Murphy, Marina S. Leite, Jeremy N. Munday.
Optics Express (2020)
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Surface Plasmon Assisted Control of Hot-Electron Relaxation Time
Sarvenaz Memarzadeh, Jongbum Kim, Yigit Aytac, Thomas E. Murphy, Jeremy N. Munday.
Optica (2020)
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Noninterferometric Tomographic Reconstruction of 3D Static and Dynamic Phase and Amplitude Objects
Sarvenaz Memarzadeh, G. T. Nehmetallah, P. P. Banerjee.
International Society for Optics and Photonics (2014)
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Noninterferometric Tomographic Reconstruction of 3D Static and Dynamic Phase and Amplitude Objects
Sarvenaz Memarzadeh
University of Dayton (2014)
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Awards & Honors

Graduate summer research fellowship award - University of Maryland (2020).

Harry K. Wells fellowship award from James Clark school of engineering - University of Maryland (2018).

Dean's fellowship from ECE department - University of Wisconsin (2015).