I am (have been) involved in the following organizations
- President, Persian Panthers @ Pitt, 2009-2010
- Vice-President, Doctoral Guild @ SIS @ Pitt, 2009-2010
- Webmaster, Persian Panthers @ Pitt, 2008-2009
- Business Manager, International Student Organization @ SIS @ Pitt, 2008-2009
Applications that make my life easier
- Firefox, and Chrome a little bit
- Almost any Google thing: GMail, Reader, Scholar, Calendar, Talk, Voice, etc.
- Notepad++ (general editor)
- WinEdt (TeX editor, not free but there isn't any really good alternative)
- JabRef (reference manager)
- WordWeb (desktop dictionary)
- VirtuaWin (simple yet powerful multi-desktop feature for Windows)
- MediaMonkey

