Hi! I am Reza, an instructor at the Computer Science department of Drexel University. I am passionate about designing trustworthy and effective interaction techniques for Human-AI collaboration. My research focuses on how humans build trust toward Embodied Virtual Agents (EVAs). I have collaborated with CMU HCII, Harvard University, and UCSD, publishing in venues such as Springer Nature (1, 2) and ACM C&C. I have been recognized as an Outstanding Reviewer by ACM ICMI 2019 and ACM CHI 2021. My work has been featured by multiple news outlets including The Next Web, TechXplore, and CBS Boston.