Jamshid Parvizian, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at Isfahan University of Technology, graduated from Imperial College, London in 1996. He was awarded an Alexander von Humboldt grant in 2004, and, since then, has been frequently a guest or visiting professor at Technische Universität München and Technische Universität Hamburg. His main scientific contribution is the Finite Cell Method, though his research interests include automation and autonomous industry too.