Taraneh Javanbakht

Taraneh Javanbakht (born May 12, 1974 in Tehran, Iran) is an Iranian-Canadian scientist,  philosopher,    artist,  writer,  poet,  translator,  literary critic,   peer-reviewer, editor and human rights activist. She is best known as a polymath whose works are in different fields. Her biography and works have been published in books and media. She has been awarded for her works. The reviews on her works have been published in the media.

Early life and education
Taraneh Javanbakht (birth name: Taraneh Djavanbakht Samani) was born in 1974 in Iran. She did her studies at the primary and secondary schools in Tehran. She received her bachelor's degree (BSc) in chemistry from the Shahid Beheshti University in 1996 and went to Paris in 1997 to complete her studies. She earned her first master's degree (Master of Advanced Studies) in physical chemistry from the Pierre and Marie Curie University in 1998. Her first master's thesis was in physics (optics). Then, she earned her first PhD degree in physical chemistry from the same university in 2002. She carried out her postdoctoral studies in nanotechnology and engineering at École Polytechnique de Montréal in 2011. She received her second master's degree (MSc) in molecular biology from the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) in 2011. She received her third master's degree (M.A.) in philosophy from UQAM in 2016.

Career and works
Taraneh Javanbakht has worked as a researcher and lecturer at the École Polytechnique de Montréal since 2011 and the University of Montreal since 2014. Her works are in physics, chemistry, biology, nanotechnology, engineering, cognitive science, philosophy, literature, arts and human rights.

The critics on the works of Taraneh Javanbakht were published by Etemad Melli newspaper, Forough magazine Peyvand magazine, Vazna magazine , Roozan newspaper  and Mardomsalari newspaper. Her biography and works in sciences, philosophy, literature, arts and human rights were published by the media such as Shargh newspaper, Jamejam newspaper , Kayhan newspaper , Etemad newspaper , Hamshahri newspaper , Mehr News Agency , Iranian Students News Agency , Kayhan of London , Gooyanews  and Radio Zamaneh.

Sciences
Taraneh Javanbakht's scientific papers were published in high-ranked journals in United States, Canada and France. Some of her papers were published in Plos One, Journal de Physique, Journal of Biomedical Nanotechnology, Applied Surface Science, Canadian Journal of Chemistry , Journal of Nanoparticle Research , Materials Science and Engineering and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Her research works include a variety of themes, such as thermal stability of mirrors when exposed to the synchrotron radiation, stabilization of antisense oligonucleotides, molecular cloning and regulation of gene expression, biomedical effects and hemocompatibility of biomaterials, surface properties of chemicals physicochemical characterization and analysis of microelectrode arrays and bactericidal properties of nanomaterials.

Philosophy
Taraneh Javanbakht's works are in several branches of philosophy. Her philosophical system, netism, including her theories in metaphysics, analytical philosophy, ethics and political philosophy, was published in the Journal of New Philosophy by the Tabatabai University in Iran in 2011 and 2012 and by the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) in 2016. Some other parts of netism, including the aesthetics and epistemology, were republished by the Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia in 2016.

The genealogy, according to netism, has three steps: 1. the Being tendential of itself, which is the universe, 2. the being tendential of himself that is the human being in his first step of existence, and 3. the being detendential of himself that is the human being in his second step of existence, who reduces continuously the tendencies of repetition in his life.

Her theory in cognitive science, the demarcator theory, is in opposition with the prototype theory and exemplar theory. The demarcator theory was published by the Université du Québec à Montréal in 2016. This theory, in difference with these two mentioned theories, explains why, when and how human beings distinguish or confound the categories of concepts. She formalized this theory by the combination of non-classical logics.

She introduced and developed the tendential logic, a new logic with applications in sciences, philosophy, literature, arts and social movements. The tendential logic and its applications were published by the Université du Québec à Montréal in 2016. Her works on different models showed that the combination of the tendential logic with the other non-classical logics, such as fuzzy logic and modal logic, is appropriate to model the human cognitive disorders.

Her other philosophical articles were republished by the Tebyan Cultural Institute in 2008, the Iranian Students News Agency in 2004 and the National Content Consortium in 2013.

Literature
Taraneh Javanbakht writes poems in English, French, German, Russian, Azari, Arabic and Persian. Her poem book in these languages was published by Arvin Press in Iran in 2005. Her nine poem books and two short story books were published in Iran. Her articles in literary criticism were published in the literary magazines and newspapers. Her three translation books entitled Man az derakhte zaman haft miveh chideham, Sarab and Gozideh ashare jahan were published in 2005 in Iran.

Arts
Taraneh Javanbakht's acrylic and oil paintings and her clay sculptures are in different styles such as realism, surrealism and abstract art. She composes music for piano and guitar. Her music book entitled Eshghe Shirin contains classical music and modern music. Her plays and scenarios are found in her book entitled Marathon to the power of tomorrow.

Social activities
Her articles in women's movement and human rights were also published by Gooyanews and the Committee of human rights reporters. Her memoirs about some social events were published in her articles.

Art exhibitions
Taraneh Javanbakht's solo and group art exhibitions were in Montreal in 2007, 2010 and 2016. Her paintings, sculptures and photographies were presented in these exhibitions.

Critics on her works
Several critics on the works of Taraneh Javanbakht were published in the media. Some of these critics are as follows:
 * Mousavi, Mehdi, Roozan newspaper, 1588, p. 6, 2009
 * Khesareh, Saeedreza, Etemad melli newspaper, 821, p. 9, 2008
 * Sharifnia, Hamid, Roozan newspaper, 1653, p. 6, 2009
 * Heydary, Vahid, Mardom salari newspaper, 1941, 2008
 * Attaran, Alireza, Etemad melli newspaper, 811, p. 8, 2008
 * Molavi, Hossein, On Taraneh Javanbakht's metaphysics, Vazna magazine, 2011

Republication of her works
The organizations and institutions in United States, Europe and Iran republished Taraneh Javanbakht's works. Some of her republished works are as follows:
 * Taraneh Javanbakht's republished work by the Royal Society of Chemistry
 * Taraneh Javanbakht's republished work by the National Center for Biotechnology Information
 * Taraneh Javanbakht's republished work by the Springer Publishing
 * Taraneh Javanbakht's republished work by John Wiley & Sons
 * Taraneh Javanbakht's republished work by the National Content Consortium
 * Taraneh Javanbakht's republished work by the Tebyan Cultural Institute
 * Taraneh Javanbakht's republished work by the Committee of human rights reporters
 * Taraneh Javanbakht's republished work by the Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia

Outlooks
Some of the outlooks of Taraneh Javanbakht are as follows:
 * The persons who are interested in the life of ancient polymaths, devote their life to learn and innovate in sciences, arts, and the transfer of their knowledge to the Iranians and the other nations.
 * Polymathy is a necessity. Women's polymathy can change the men's mentality and prevent the masculism in the societies.
 * The human rights activity is not the ordinary but the canonical duty of thinkers and artists and they should take it into their consideration.
 * Science, philosophy, literature and art do not have any value if the ones who are active in these fields keep silence about the executions.
 * Being involved in sciences or various arts is not a reason for neglecting the causes of social problems.
 * Every knowledge in which the reason is involved is not a rational knowledge. It means that any knowledge because the reason is involved in it cannot be considered as a rational knowledge. In a rational knowledge, it is necessary that in addition to the existence of reason, the judgment of reason about the thing that is to be known should be consistent with the reason and be rational. It is also necessary that the result of this knowledge be rational so that we consider that knowledge a rational knowledge (the necessary and sufficient conditions for rational knowledge).

Membership
Taraneh Javanbakht is the founder and president of the World Women Association. She is a member of the Minkowski institute. She has also been a member of the Research Group of Science and Biomedical Technology at the École Polytechnique de Montréal since 2011.

Awards and honors
Taraneh Javanbakht was awarded for her works in Iran, France and Canada. She was awarded by Reza Amrollahi, the President of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran and the second in the administration of President of Iran in 1993. She was acknowledged by the Association française des femmes diplômées des universités in Paris in 1999. She also received research competition grants at École Polytechnique de Montréal in 2011, 2012 and 2013.

In others' books
Some of the researchers and writers published the biography and works of Taraneh Javanbakht in their books, which were published in Iran and United States. The Center for the Great Islamic Encyclopedia republished her philosophical system, netism, including her philosophy of knowledge and aesthetics in 2016. Pooran Farrokhzad wrote about Taraneh Javanbakht's books in her book entitled Karnamaye zanane karaye Iran, which was published by Ghatreh publishing in 2002. Ravenna press published Taraneh Javanbakht's poem in an anthology in Washington in 2004. Rira Abbasi published Taraneh Javanbakht's poem in another anthology entitled Shere solh. This book was published by Negah publishing in Tehran in 2013. Mona Fallahi published another poem of Taraneh Javanbakht in an anthology entitled Khiyaban haye sorkh, kooche haye ajib, which was published by Mohaghegh Ardebili Publishing in Ardebil in 2015. Mohammad Valizadeh wrote about Taraneh Javanbakht and her poem books, short story books and translation books in his book entitled Rooznamaye adabiate emrooze Iran, which was published by Ghoghnoos publishing in Tehran in 2017.