Physicist · Data Scientist · XPCS Researcher

Mora

Mohammad Reza Agha, Agha Mohammad Raza

I am a physicist and data scientist completing my Ph.D., specializing in X-ray photon correlation spectroscopy, ultra-small-angle X-ray scattering, synchrotron experiments, and automated analysis pipelines for complex scientific datasets.

Germany English · German · Persian · Urdu Python · C/C++ · Scientific Computing

Profile

My work focuses on understanding micro-scale dynamics in soft matter and biological systems using coherent X-ray scattering methods. I develop automated analysis workflows for synchrotron datasets and contribute to tools supporting the international XPCS community.

Selected Publications

Lipoprotein diffusion in dense yolk plasma is governed by softness, hydrodynamics, and caging

PNAS · 2026

N. D. Anthuparambil, M. Dargasz, S. Timmermann, A. Girelli, S. Retzbach, J. Möller, W. Jo, A. M. Raza, and collaborators.

Coherent X-rays reveal anomalous molecular diffusion and cage effects in crowded protein solutions

Nature Communications · 2025

Anita Girelli, M. Bin, M. Filianina, M. Dargasz, N. D. Anthuparambil, A. M. Raza, and collaborators.

Dynamic Metadata Schemes in the Neutron and Photon Science Communities

International Journal of Computer and Information Engineering · 2024

A. Tosson, M. Reza, C. Gutt.

Beamtime & Synchrotron Experiments

DESY PETRA III · P10 Beamline

2023–2026

In-situ SAXS/USAXS-XPCS experiments on the influence of NaCl ions in denaturation and gelation processes.

ESRF · ID10 / ID02 Beamlines

2023–2026

SAXS, USAXS, and XPCS experiments for soft matter and protein dynamics.

European XFEL · MID Instrument

2023–2026

MHz-XPCS experiments and high-rate coherent scattering data analysis.

DAPHNE4NFDI

2023–Present

Development and implementation of standardized data-analysis pipelines for the global XPCS community.

Professional Appointments

Research Assistant · University of Siegen

September 2023–Present
  • Research on protein dynamics using XPCS.
  • Development of online tools and analysis workflows for the XPCS community.
  • Contribution to DAPHNE4NFDI scientific data infrastructure.

Research Assistant · RWTH Aachen University

November 2021–May 2023
  • CUDA programming and parallel computing.
  • Development of quantum chemistry code in Fortran.
  • Research in theoretical quantum chemistry.

Data Analyst · ATLAS Group, CERN-related Research

April 2019–April 2020
  • Generated Monte Carlo and data events for Z-boson decay.
  • Measured fake electrons using tag-and-probe methods.
  • Developed analysis tools in C/C++, Python, CMake, ROOT, and RooFit.

Education

M.Sc. Experimental Particle Physics

University of Siegen · Germany · 2017–2020

B.Sc. Physics

University of Qom · Iran · 2009–2015

Skills

Python C/C++ ROOT CMake CUDA Fortran XPCS SAXS USAXS Synchrotron Data Analysis Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign