Educational Background
- B.S.: In Agronomy & Plant Breeding, University of Gulian, Rasht, Iran, 1994.
- M.S.: In Plant Breeding, Karaj University, Karaj, Iran. 1997.
Title of thesis: "Evaluation of interspecific hybridization (H.vulgare L.×Hordeum bulbosum L.) for production of haploids and hybrids"
- Ph.D.: In Genetics & Plant Biotechnology, Vienna University, Vienna, Austria, 2006.
Title of thesis: "Microspore embryogenesis in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.), tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill), and Arabidopsis thaliana"
Employment
- Lecturer: In Plant Breeding, Molecular Genetics & Cytogenetics, Karaj branch of Payam-Nour University, 2007-Present.
- Researcher: In Haploid Breeding (Microspore embryogenesis) & Tissue culture, Department of Tissue culture & Gene Transformation, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran, 1997-Present.
- Postdoc: In Microspore embryogenesis, Group of Plant Biotechnology, MFPL, Vienna Biocenter, Vienna University, 2009.
- Head of Department: Department of Tissue Culture and Gene Transformation, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII), 2010-Present.
- Deputy Director-General for Research: 2022-Present.
- Chief Scientific Investigator: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Vienna, Austria, 2016-Present.
Scientific societies
- Scientific board member of Biosafety Society of Iran (2009-Present)
- Scientific board member of Iranian Genetics Society (2010-Present)
- Editorial board member of Journal of Biosafety (2008-Present)