Dr. Jalilzadeh is an assistant professor in the Department of Systems and Industrial Engineering at The University of Arizona. She is also a member of the Applied Mathematics GIDP and Statistics GIDP. She received her bachelor's degree in Mathematics from the University of Tehran and earned her Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Pennsylvania State University. Her research is focused on the design, analysis, and implementation of stochastic approximation methods for solving stochastic optimization and variational inequality problems, with applications in machine learning, game theory, and power systems. She leads the Optimization and Mathematical Analysis OPTIMA) lab at UofA https:sites.arizona.edu/afrooz