On May 15, 2017 in an email to students, he was officially named as president of Portland State University and took office in August of that year.
In March 2019, The Oregonian reported that ethical issues and staff mistreatment caused his future as PSU's president to be uncertain.
[2] He was pressured to resign two months later, days before a university board legislative session was scheduled to assemble to discuss his continued employment.
[3] For eight years, Shoureshi served as dean of the School of Engineering and Computing Science at the University of Denver.
degrees in mechanical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and completed a program in Marketing and Industrial Dynamics at the MIT Sloan School of Management.