Biography

Education Experience

• 1997 - 2003 | Physics Department of Sharif University of Technology, Tehran-Iran | Physics | Doctor | (Supervisor: Professor Hessameddin Arfaei)
• 1992 - 1996 | Physics Department of Sharif University of Technology, Tehran-Iran | Physics | Bachelor
• 1988 - 1992 | Shariati | Math-Physics | high-school diploma

Work Experience

• 2020 - -- | BIMSA | Professor
• 2014 - 2020 | ITP, CAS | Senior Research Associate
• 2010 - 2014 | Kyunghee University | Assistant Professor
• 2008 - 2010 | Korea Institute of Advanced Study | Postdoctoral Researcher
• 2006 - 2008 | Seoul National University | Postdoctoral Researcher
• 2003 - 2005 | IPM | Postdoc

Honors and Awards

• 2016 | NRFC research grant, China | four years
• 2012 | Awarded Research grant, CQUeST/Korea
• 2012 | Awarded Research grant, APCTP, Korea
• 2011 | Awarded Research grant, NRF, Korea | 2011-2014
• 2003 | Awarded Research Fellowship, IPM, Tehran, Iran | 2003-2005
• 2003 | Honoured and awarded as the outstanding Ph.D. graduated, SUT
• 2001 | Awarded research fellowship, SUT, Iran | 2001-2003
• 1998 | Awarded substantial research fellowship, IPM, Tehran, Iran | 1998-2003
• 1996 | Winner of the National Physics Olympiad, Iran
• 1995 | Winner of the First National Physics Competition for undergraduate student, Iran

Publications

• [1] R. Jafari, Alireza Akbari, Shukhrat Mardonov, H. Yavartanoo, Dynamical Quantum Phase Transitions in a Pseudo-Hermitian Hamiltonian: The Imbalanced-Pairing Kitaev Model, arXiv:2607.23956 (2026)
• [2] MM Sheikh-Jabbari, H Yavartanoo, Null Strings Gauged and Reloaded, II: Consistent Classical Treatment of the Null Strings, Physics Lett B (2026)
• [3] MM Sheikh-Jabbari, H Yavartanoo, Null Strings Gauged and Reloaded, I: Null Strings Have Carroll-Weyl Gauge Symmetry, arXiv, 2605.25817 (2026)
• [4] MM Sheikh-Jabbari, H Yavartanoo, An inconsistency of Null Strings Literature: The Tale of an Overlooked Symmetry, arXiv, 2605.12414 (2026)
• [5] IM Rasulian, MM Sheikh-Jabbari, H Yavartanoo, Null-strings Gauged, Reloaded and Quantized, I: Canonical Quantization in the Light-Cone Gauge, arXiv, 2607.02970 (2026)
• [6] S. Dutta, I.M. Rasulian, M.M. Sheikh-Jabbari, H. Yavartanoo, Towards Quantizing Null p-branes: Light-Cone Gauge Analysis and Physical Hilbert Space, JHEP, 05(29) (2025)
• [7] H. Adami, A. Parvizi, M.M. Sheikh-Jabbari, V. Taghiloo, H. Yavartanoo, Carrollian structure of the null boundary solution space, JHEP (2024)
• [8] H. Adami, A. Parvizi, M.M. Sheikh-Jabbari, V. Taghiloo, H. Yavartanoo, Hydro & Thermo Dynamics at Causal Boundaries, Examples in 3d Gravity, JHEP(2023)
• [9] H. Adami, M.M. Sheikh-Jabbari, Vahid Taghiloo, H. Yavartanoo, C. Zwikel, Symmetries at Null Boundaries: 3-dimensional Einstein gravity, PoS Regio2021((2022) 008) (2022)
• [10] Shahin Sheikh-Jabbari, Hamed Adami, Vahid Taghiloo, Hossein Yavartanoo, Null Surface Thermodynamics , PoS Regio, 034 (2022)
• [11] Adami, H. and Pujian Mao and Sheikh-Jabbari, M.M. and Taghiloo, V. and Yavartanoo, H., Symmetries at Causal Boundaries in 2D and 3D Gravity, JHEP Rep., (), -, (2022)
• [12] Adami, H. and Sheikh-Jabbari, M.M. and Taghiloo, V. and Yavartanoo, H., Null Surface Thermodynamics, Phys. Rev. D, (), -, (2022)
• [13] H. Adami, M.M. Sheikh-Jabbari, V. Taghiloo, H. Yavartanoo, C. Zwikel, Chiral massive news: null boundary symmetries in topologically massive gravity, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2021(5), 1-41 (2021)
• [14] Adami, H. and Grumiller, D. and Sheikh-Jabbari, M.M. and Taghiloo, V. and Yavartanoo, H. and Zwikel, C., Null boundary phase space: slicings, news and memory, JHEP Rep., (), -, (2021)
• [15] H Adami, D Grumiller, MM Sheikh-Jabbari, V Taghiloo, H Yavartanoo et al., Null boundary phase space: slicings, news & memory, Journal of High Energy Physics, 11, 1-39 (2021)
• [16] H Adami, D Grumiller, M Sheikh-Jabbari, V Taghiloo, H Yavartanoo, ..., News and twitts from the horizon, Work in preparation (2021)
• [17] H. Adami, M.M. Sheikh-Jabbari, V. Taghiloo, H. Yavartanoo, C. Zwikel, Symmetries at null boundaries: two and three dimensional gravity cases, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2020(10), 1-37 (2020)
• [18] A Banerjee, E Ó Colgáin, JA Rosabal, H Yavartanoo, Ehlers transformations as EM duality in the double copy, Physical Review D, 102(12) (2020)
• [19] Eoin O. Colgain, Hossein Yavartanoo, Testing the Swampland: H0 tension, Phys.Lett. B797 (2019)
• [20] Eoin O. Colgain, Maurice H.P.M. van Putten, Hossein Yavartanoo, H0 tension and the de Sitter Swampland, Phys.Lett. B793, 126-129 (2019)
• [21] EÓ Colgáin, MHPM van Putten, H Yavartanoo, de Sitter Swampland, H0 tension & observation, Physics Letters B, 793, 126-129 (2019)
• [22] T Araujo, EÓ Colgáin, Y Sakatani, MM Sheikh-Jabbari, H Yavartanoo, Holographic integration of$ T\overline {T} $&$ J\overline {T} $via O (d, d), Journal of High Energy Physics, 2019(3), 1-26 (2019)
• [23] EO Colgáin, M Van Putten, H Yavartanoo, Observational consequences of H0 tension in de Sitter Swampland, Phys.Lett.B 793 (2019) 126-129 (2019)
• [24] Y Hossein, Testing the Swampland: H_0 tension, Phys. Lett. B, 797 (2019)
• [25] Thiago Araujoa, Eoin O Colgaina, Hossein Yavartanoo, Embedding the modified CYBE in Supergravity, Eur.Phys.J. C78, 78(10), 854 (2018)
• [26] I. Bakhmatov, E. O Colgain, M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari, H. Yavartanoo, “Yang-Baxter Deformations Beyond Coset Spaces (a slick way to do TsT)”, JHEP 1806 (2018) 161.
• [27] K. Hajian, M.M. Sheikh-Jabbari, H. Yavartanoo, Fluffing Extreme Kerr, Phys.Rev. D98, 98(2), 026025. (2018)
• [28] I Bakhmatov, EÓ Colgáin, MM Sheikh-Jabbari, H Yavartanoo, Yang-Baxter deformations beyond coset spaces (a slick way to do TsT), Journal of High Energy Physics, 2018(6), 1-31 (2018)
• [29] K Hajian, MM Sheikh-Jabbari, H Yavartanoo, Extreme Kerr black hole microstates with horizon fluff, Physical Review D, 98(2) (2018)
• [30] T Araujo, EÓ Colgáin, Y Sakatani, MM Sheikh-Jabbari, H Yavartanoo, Holographic integration of $T \bar{T}$ and $J \bar{T}$ via $O(d,d)$, arXiv, 1811.03050 (2018)
• [31] T. Araujo, I. Bakhmatov, N. S. Deger, J. Gutowski, E. O Colgain, H. Yavartanoo, Calibrated Entanglement Entropy, JHEP, 117 (2017)
• [32] H. Afshar, D. Grumiller, M.M Sheikh-Jabbari and H. Yavartanoo, “Horizon fluff, semi-classical black hole microstatesLog-corrections to BTZ entropy and black hole/particle correspondence” JHEP08 (2017) 087.
• [33] E. Ó. Colgin, H. Yavartanoo, Banados and SUSY: On Supersymmetry and Minimal Surfaces of Locally AdS3 Geometries, Class.Quant.Grav., 34(9), 095008 (2017)
• [34] M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari and H. Yavartanoo, “Horizon Fluffs: Near Horizon Soft Hairs as Microstates of Generic AdS3 Black Holes” Phys.Rev. D95 (2017) no.4, 044007
• [35] H Afshar, D Grumiller, MM Sheikh-Jabbari, H Yavartanoo, Horizon fluff, semi-classical black hole microstates—Log-corrections to BTZ entropy and black hole/particle correspondence, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2017(8), 1-51 (2017)
• [36] MM Sheikh-Jabbari, H Yavartanoo, Near horizon soft hairs as microstates of generic$AdS3$black holes, Physical Review D, 95(4) (2017)
• [37] H Afshar, D Grumiller, MM Sheikh-Jabbari, H Yavartanoo, Horizon fluff, semi-classical black hole microstates, arXiv, 1705.06257 (2017)
• [38] M.M. Sheikh-Jabbari, H. Yavartanoo, Excitation Entanglement Entropy in 2d Conformal Field Theories, Phys.Rev. D94, 94(12), 126006 (2016)
• [39] M.M. Sheikh-Jabbari, H. Yavartanoo, On 3d Bulk Geometry of Virasoro Coadjoint Orbits: Orbit invariant charges and Virasoro hair on locally AdS3 geometries, Eur. Phys. J. C, 76(9), 493 (2016)
• [40] S. Sadeghian, M.M. Sheikh-Jabbari, M.H. Vahidinia, H. Yavartanoo, Three Theorems on Near Horizon Extremal Vanishing Horizon Geometries, Phys.Lett. B753, 488-492 (2016)
• [41] S. Sadeghian, H. Yavartanoo, Black Rings in U(1)3 Supergravity and their dual 2d CFT, Class. Quant. Grav., 33(9), 095006 (2016)
• [42] MM Sheikh-Jabbari, H Yavartanoo, On 3d bulk geometry of Virasoro coadjoint orbits: orbit invariant charges and Virasoro hair on locally AdS$3$geometries, The European Physical Journal C, 76(9) (2016)
• [43] MM Sheikh-Jabbari, H Yavartanoo, Excitation entanglement entropy in two dimensional conformal field theories, Physical Review D, 94(12) (2016)
• [44] S Sadeghian, H Yavartanoo, Black rings in U (1) 3 supergravity and their dual 2d CFT, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 33(9) (2016)
• [45] S. Sadeghian, M.M. Sheikh-Jabbari, M.H. Vahidinia, H. Yavartanoo, Near Horizon Structure of Extremal Vanishing Horizon Black Holes, Nucl.Phys. B900, 900, 222-243 (2015)
• [46] K Hajian, MM Sheikh-Jabbari, H Yavartanoo, Extremal black hole fluff, Phys (2015)
• [47] S. Sadeghian, M.M. Sheikh-Jabbari, H. Yavartanoo, On Classification of Geometries with SO(2,2) Symmetry, JHEP, 10(081) (2014)
• [48] Eoin Ó Colgáin, M.M. Sheikh-Jabbari, Justin F. Vázquez-Poritz, Hossein Yavartanoo, Zhibai Zhang, Warped Ricci-flat reductions, Phys. Rev. D, 90(045013) (2014)
• [49] M. M. Sheikh-Jabbari, Hossein Yavartanoo, On Quantization of AdS3 Gravity I: Semi-Classical Analysis, JHEP, 14(7), 104 (2014)
• [50] Mohsen Alishahiha, Hossein Yavartanoo, Conformally Lifshitz solutions from Horava-Lifshitz Gravity, Class.Quant.Grav., 31(095008) (2014)
• [51] M Alishahiha, H Yavartanoo, Conformally Lifshitz solutions from Horava–Lifshitz Gravity, Classical and Quantum Gravity, 31(9) (2014)
• [52] S Sadeghian, MM Sheikh-Jabbari, H Yavartanoo, On classification of geometries with SO (2, 2) symmetry, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2014(10), 1-25 (2014)
• [53] Maria Johnstone, M.M. Sheikh-Jabbari Joan Simon and H. Yavartanoo, “Extremal Black Holes, Their Dual CFT’s and the First Law of Thermodynamics, Phys. Rev. D 88, 101503 (2013).
• [54] Maria Johnstone, M.M. Sheikh-Jabbari Joan Simon, H. Yavartanoo, Near- Extremal Vanishing Horizon AdS5 Black Holes and Their CFT Duals, JHEP, 14(4), 045 (2013)
• [55] M Johnstone, MM Sheikh-Jabbari, J Simon, H Yavartanoo, Extremal black holes and the first law of thermodynamics, Physical Review D—Particles, Fields, Gravitation, and Cosmology, 88(10) (2013)
• [56] M Johnstone, MM Sheikh-Jabbari, J Simón, H Yavartanoo, Near-extremal vanishing horizon AdS5 black holes and their CFT duals, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2013(4), 1-34 (2013)
• [57] M Johnstone, MM Sheikh-Jabbari, J Simón, H Yavartanoo, Charged-rotating AdS5 EVH black holes and their dual 2d IR CFTs, Work in progress (2013)
• [58] Eoin Ó Colgáin, M. Alishahiha, H. Yavartanoo, Charged Black Branes with Hyperscaling Violating Factor, JHEP, 1211, 137 (2012)
• [59] M. Alishahiha, H. Yavartanoo, On Holography with Hyperscaling Violation, JHEP, 1211(034) (2012)
• [60] H. Yavartanoo, On EVH black hole solution in Heterotic string theory, Nucl.Phys., 863, 410-420 (2012)
• [61] H. Yavartanoo, Five dimensional heterotic black holes and its dual IR-CFT, Eur. Phys. J. C, 72(2), 2197 (2012)
• [62] H. Yavartanoo, On Heterotic Black Holes and EVH/CFT Correspondence, Eur. Phys. J. C, 72(2), 2256 (2012)
• [63] Hossein Yavartanoo, EVIH black hole solutions with higher derivative corrections, Eur.Phys.J. C, 72, 1911 (2012)
• [64] H Yavartanoo, EVH black hole solutions with higher derivative corrections, European Physical Journal C, 72, 1-6 (2012)
• [65] H Yavartanoo, Five-dimensional heterotic black holes and its dual IR-CFT, European Physical Journal C, 72, 1-10 (2012)
• [66] Ilya Bakhmatov, Eoin Ó Colgáin, Hossein Yavartanoo, Fermionic T-duality in the pp-wave limit, JHEP, 1110(085) (2011)
• [67] Shahin Sheikh-Jabbari, Hossein Yavartanoo, AdS3 thorat for EVH black holes, JHEP, 1110(085) (2011)
• [68] Eoin Ó Colgáin, Jun-Bao Wu, Hossein Yavartanoo, On the generality of the LLM geometries in M-theory, JHEP, 1104(002) (2011)
• [69] MM Sheikh-Jabbari, H Yavartanoo, EVH black holes, AdS3 throats and EVH/CFT proposal, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2011(10), 1-32 (2011)
• [70] MM Sheikh-Jabbari, H Yavartanoo, EVH black holes, AdS3 Throats and EVH (2011)
• [71] Eoin Ó Colgáin, Jun-Bao Wu, Hossein Yavartanoo, Supersymmetric AdS3 X S2 M-theory geometries with fluxes, JHEP, 10(8), 114 (2010)
• [72] Eoin Ó Colgáin, Jun-Bao Wu, Hossein Yavartanoo, N = 2 SCFTs: An M5-brane perspective, JHEP, 10(4), 078 (2010)
• [73] Jae Hoon Jeong, Hee-Cheol Kim , Sangmin Lee, Eoin Ó Colgain, Hossein Yavartanoo, Schrodinger invariant solutions of M-theory with Enhanced Supersymmetry, JHEP, 1003(034) (2010)
• [74] E Ó Colgáin, JB Wu, H Yavartanoo, Supersymmetric AdS 3× S 2 M-theory geometries with fluxes, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2010(8), 1-29 (2010)
• [75] B Chen, E Ó Colgáin, JB Wu, H Yavartanoo, $\mathcal{N} $= 2 SCFTs: an M5-brane perspective, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2010(4), 1-25 (2010)
• [76] EÓ Colgáin, H Yavartanoo, JB Wu, Supersymmetric M-theory geometries with fluxes (2010)
• [77] B Chen, E Ó Colgáin, JB Wu, H Yavartanoo, [FORMULA]= 2 SCFTs: an M5-brane perspective, The Journal of high energy physics, 2010(4), 1-25 (2010)
• [78] Ki-Myeong Lee, Eoin Ó Colgáin, Hossein Yavartanoo, K.P. Yogendran, BPS D0-D6 branes in supergravity, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2009(03), 009 (2009)
• [79] Eoin Ó Colgáin, Oscar Varela, Hossein Yavartanoo, Non-relativistic M-Theory solutions based on Kaehler-Einstein spaces, JHEP, 149(2), 100-117 (2009)
• [80] Eoin Ó Colgáin, Hossein Yavartanoo, Dyonic solution of Horava-Lifshitz Gravity, JHEP, 0908(021) (2009)
• [81] Eoin Ó Colgáin, Hossein Yavartanoo, Positronium-like states from supergravity, Nucl.Phys., 822, 219- 229 (2009)
• [82] Eoin Ó Colgáin, Hossein Yavartanoo, NR CF T3 duals in M-theory, JHEP, 1090(002) (2009)
• [83] EÓ Colgáin, H Yavartanoo, NR CFT3 duals in M-theory, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2009(9) (2009)
• [84] EO Colgain, O Varela, H Yavartanoo, Non-relativistic M-theory solutions based on Kähler-Einstein spaces, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2009(7) (2009)
• [85] EO Colgain, H Yavartanoo, NR CFT {sub 3} duals in M-theory, Journal of High Energy Physics, 9 (2009)
• [86] Hossein Yavartanoo,Sangheon Yun, Higher derivative correction to Kaluza-Klein black hole solution, Eur.Phys.J.C, 57, 797-808 (2008)
• [87] Dumitru Astefanesei, Horatiu Nastase, Hossein Yavartanoo, Sangheon Yun, Moduli flow and non-supersymmetric AdS attractors, JHEP, 0804(074) (2008)
• [88] D. Astefanesei, H. Yavartanoo, Stationary black holes and attractor mechanism, Nucl.Phys.B, 794(13- 27) (2008)
• [89] B. Chandrasekhar and H. Yavartanoo, S. Yun, “Non-Supersymmetric Attractors in BI black holes” Phys.Lett.B660:392-401,2008.
• [90] B Chandrasekhar, H Yavartanoo, S Yun, Non-supersymmetric attractors in BI black holes, Physics Letters B, 660(4), 392-401 (2008)
• [91] H Yavartanoo, S Yun, Higher derivative correction to Kaluza–Klein black hole solution, European Physical Journal C, 57, 797-808 (2008)
• [92] Kevin Goldstein, Hossein Yavartanoo, A note on non-linear electrodynamics, regular black holes and the entropy function (2007)
• [93] B Chandrasekhar, H Yavartanoo, S Yun, Attractor mechanism in Einstein-Born-Infeld black holes (2007)
• [94] B. Chandrasekhar,S. Parvizi,A. Tavanfar,H. Yavartanoo, Non-Supersymmetric Attractor in R2 Gravities, JHEP, 0608, 004 (2006)
• [95] Mohsen Alishahiha, Batool Safarzadeh, Hossein Yavartanoo, On Supergravity Solutions of Branes in Melvin Universes, JHEP, 0601(153) (2006)
• [96] B Chandrasekhar, S Parvizi, A Tavanfar, H Yavartanoo, Non-supersymmetric attractors in R2 gravities, Journal of High Energy Physics, 2006(8) (2006)
• [97] Hossein Yavartanoo, Cosmological Solution from D-brane motion in NS5- branes background, Int. J. Mod. Phys. A, 20(17), 7633-7645 (2005)
• [98] H Yavartanoo, Cosmological solution from D-brane motion in NS5-branes background, International Journal of Modern Physics A, 20(32), 7633-7644 (2005)
• [99] M Alishahiha, H Yavartanoo, On 1/2 BPS solutions in M-theory, arXiv preprint hep-th/0512214 (2005)
• [100] Mohsen Alishahiha, Amir E. Mosaa and Hossein Yavartanoo, “Multi-spin string solutions in AdS Black Hole and conning backgrounds” Nucl.Phys. B686 (2004) 53-74
• [101] Mohsen Alishahiha, Hossein Yavartanoo, On the Multi Trace Superpotential and Correspond ing Matrix Model, Eur.Phys.J. C32, 575-582 (2004)
• [102] M Alishahiha, AE Mosaffa, H Yavartanoo, Multi-spin string solutions in AdS black hole and confining backgrounds, Nuclear Physics B, 686(1-2), 53-74 (2004)
• [103] M Alishahiha, H Yavartanoo, On the multi trace superpotential and corresponding matrix model, The European Physical Journal C-Particles and Fields, 32(4), 575-582 (2004)
• [104] Mohsen Alishahiha, Hossein Yavartanoo, Supergravity Description of the Large N Noncommutative Dipole Field Theories, JHEP, 0204(031) (2002)
• [105] Hessamaddin Arfaei, Hossein Yavartanoo, Phenomenological Consequences of Non-commutative QED (2000)
• [106] Ehlers as EM duality in the double copy A. Banerjee, E.O. Colgain, J.A. Rosabal, H. Yavartanoo arXiv:1912.02597 (preprint)
• [107] K. Hajian, M.M. Sheikh-Jabbari, H. Yavartanoo, , “NHEK Fluffs: Microstates of Extremal Kerr Black Holes” to appear.
• [108] Mohsen ALishahiha and Hossein Yavartanoo “On 1/2 BPS solutions in M-theory” published in Int.J.Mod.Phys.A
• [109] O Eoin, Colgá in, Maurice HPM Van Putten, and Hossein Yavartanoo.“H0 tension and the de Sitter Swampland”, arXiv, 1807.07451

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