Dr. Mehdi Shami-Zanjani is a faculty member (Full Professor) of the Information Technology Management Department at the University of Tehran. In recent years, he has been selected as the “Distinguished Professor of the Faculty of Management, University of Tehran” three times and as the “Distinguished Professor of the University of Tehran” once. It is worth mentioning that in 2021, he was introduced by the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology as the “Distinguished Faculty Member in the field of Communication with Industry and Society.” Dr. Shami-Zanjani was appointed as the Head of the UNESCO Chair on E-Learning and Teaching in 2025.

An excerpt of Dr. Shami-Zanjani’s resume is as follows:

– Faculty Member (Full Professor) of the Information Technology Management Department at the University of Tehran

– Chair holder of the UNESCO Chair on E-Learning and Teaching (2025-present)

– Distinguished Faculty Member in Collaboration with Society and Industry (Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, 2021)

– Distinguished Professor of the University of Tehran (2017)

– Distinguished Professor of the Faculty of Management, University of Tehran (2015-2016-2018)

– Founder and Head of the Institute for Digital Transformation at the University of Tehran

– Founder of DTIG (Digital Transformation Group)

– Founder and Secretary of the National Digital Transformation Award

– Founder and Scientific Secretary of the International Digital Transformation Conference

– Designer and Scientific Director of the Advanced (DBA) Digital Transformation Course at the University of Tehran

– Author and translator of 7 books (5 in the field of digital transformation)

– Presentation of approximately 80 articles in international and national journals and conferences

– Presentation of approximately 30 keynote speeches at international and national conferences in the last 10 years

The complete resume is available on his personal website.