Alireza Akhavan Anvari (Ali Akhavan) is a Ph.D. Candidate in Management at the University of Lugano in Switzerland. He holds a BS in Physics and an MBA from the Sharif University of Technology. Ali focuses on designing and developing simulation models to address, analyze, and explore different organizational, socio-economic, and environmental problems. He is currently working on the FDA project to develop system dynamics models on various health topics to inform policymakers for better decision-making.