Hadi Godazgar

Associate

Hadi works in the Dispute Resolution team. He joined Carpmaels after qualifying as a barrister at an IP-specialist set of chambers. He has broad experience of many aspects of patent litigation and is currently focussed on litigation in the UPC.

Hadi has extensive background in mathematics and physics. After obtaining a PhD in theoretical physics, he was awarded a junior research fellowship at King’s College Cambridge and then worked as a research scientist at the Max Planck Institute for gravitational physics in Germany. His research included work on quantum field theory and black holes.

Away from work Hadi enjoys listening to and playing Persian music on the kamancheh. Having been introduced to mushroom picking in Germany, he is keen to develop his knowledge of fungi.

Qualifications

  • BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Physics (University of York)
  • Master of Advanced Study in Mathematics (University of Cambridge)
  • PhD Theoretical physics (University of Cambridge)
  • Barrister