Nima is a physical chemist specializing in computational and spectroscopic studies of materials. He earned his Ph.D. at Rice University, where he integrated molecular-dynamics simulations with advanced spectroscopy to elucidate guanine functionalization of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) and introduced a structure-resolved metric for tracking SWCNT defect density. His work includes first-author publications in The Journal of Physical Chemistry. His research interests include light–matter interactions, machine-learning-guided molecular simulation, and defect engineering in low-dimensional materials.