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S. Rahvar is a leading figure in gravitational microlensing, a powerful technique for detecting exoplanets and stellar objects that are otherwise invisible. His research focuses on developing and implementing automated, real-time strategies to maximize the discovery potential of this method. Rahvar’s major contribution is the design of fully deterministic microlensing observing strategies, which systematically optimize telescope time to infer the statistical properties of entire planet populations, rather than just finding individual worlds. He was instrumental in the creation of the ARTEMiS (Automated Robotic Terrestrial Exoplanet Microlensing Search) system, which achieved the first automated, real-time detection of a weak microlensing anomaly in the event OGLE-2008-BLG-510, a feat that demonstrated the power of autonomous robotic follow-up. His work on this event (25 citations) and his foundational papers on inferring planetary statistics (88 and 6 citations) have shaped how large-scale surveys like OGLE operate. By combining theoretical frameworks with practical robotic automation, Rahvar has paved the way for the next generation of microlensing surveys, enabling the efficient, unbiased census of planets and stellar binaries across the Galaxy.