He took his B. Sc. In Botany 1981, M. Sc. Plant
cytogenetics 1983 and Ph. D. in Plant cytogenetcis 1991
from Pune University, India. He was visiting scientist
in Uiversity of British Columbia (UBC), Canada during
1999-2000 working on Genetic diversity of Townsendia (Asteraceae)
species using molecular markers. He was assistant
professor, Associate Professor and Professor in Faculty
of Biological Sciences of Shahid Beheshti University,
Tehran, Iran. He served as Education Deputy of Science
faculty, Dean of Faculty of Biological Sciences and at
present acts as Educational Vice Chanceller of the
university. He is involved in studying plant genetic
diversity and Biosystematic studies especially grass
genera of Iran and other wild plant species of the
country.
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