Ali received his Ph.D. degree in Aerospace Engineering from the K.N Toosi University of Technology, Iran. Currently, he is a post-doctoral research fellow on systems engineering in the Sustainable Manufacturing Laboratory (SML) at the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano. He has more than ten years of research experience in Systems Engineering, Uncertainty-based Multidisciplinary System Design Optimization (UMSDO) consultancy, project and research group leadership, and student advising and supervising. Therefore, he is skillful in developing innovative and pragmatic frameworks to address multifaceted complex real-world problems considering the various interconnectedness and uncertainty sources. His current research focuses on transdisciplinary systems engineering for resilient and sustainable systems development.

His ongoing research project is the “SFDD - Sustainable Factory Design Decomposition” which has received funding from the Autonomous Province of Bolzano. This project is a joint research project in collaboration with Purdue University Fort Wayne aiming to accelerate the transition of local companies from traditional/smart factories towards future sustainable factories.