Ali Motamedi is an artist, engineer and educator who has a PhD in civil engineering and has studied Fine Arts at the City University of New York.
Since he received his PhD, he has taught in academia and worked as a data scientist in corporate industry. Aside from his academic career, he have been involved in art and creative projects, including digital photography and image making. The combination of his engineering training, teaching background, and artistic vision has acted as a catalyst for transforming his ideas into creative forms, allowing him to lead hundreds of students nationally and internationally in analytics, critical thinking and creativity courses.