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Dr. Delaram Mirfendereski is an Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Ball State University. Her research interests are in theoretical high-energy physics, with a particular emphasis on string theory, supersymmetry, supergravity, and gravitational physics. Her work has included studies of supersymmetric black holes and superconformal quantum mechanics, and her current interests include modified theories of gravity, such as (f(R)) gravity, and their applications to cosmology.

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