Education:
- Aug. 2001-May 2008, Ph.D. Candidate in Genetics, Graduate Program in Genetics, The Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, Penn State University, University Park, PA.
- Feb. 1993-July 1996, M.S. in Genetics, Azad University of Karaj , Karaj , Iran . Thesis: Genetic studies in wild and cultivated Persian Pistachio.
- Feb. 90-Feb. 93, B.S. in Plant Breeding and Genetics, Azad University of Karaj , Karaj , Iran.

