Meet the Team

Reza Moradinezhad, also known with his pen name "Porya Parsa", is an Assistant Professor at Drexel University's College of Computing and Informatics, and an AI Scientist at TulipAI. His PhD dissertation investigates how humans build trust toward AI agents. He has collaborated with top institutions including MIT, CMU, and Harvard University, publishing and presenting his work in venues such as Springer Nature and ACM CHI. Reza is eager to apply his experience in building trust to empower the Iranian diaspora to unite in their fight against the occupying Islamic Republic regime in Iran.