Mohammad Pasandi

Mohammad Pasandi is a Senior Manager at Ciena since 2012, responsible for overseeing external research engagements and experimental aspects of research and development focused on physical layer ideation and algorithms. Prior roles at Ciena include Senior System Engineer, specializing in modem performance monitors and link budget analysis. Additionally, Mohammad Pasandi serves as a Part-Time Professor at the University of Ottawa since 2017, teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in control theory, optical communications, optoelectronics, digital signal processing, wireless communications, and communication networks. Previous educational roles include lecturing at Carleton University from 2016 to 2018. Academic credentials include a PhD in Electrical Engineering from McGill University, an MS from Université Laval, and a BS from Sharif University of Technology, all in Electrical Engineering with a focus on Communication Systems.