M.Sc. in Agricultural Engineering-Horticulture (2000), Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran-Iran. Ph.D in Plant Nutrition (2008), Institute of Plant Nutrition, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany, Thesis: Characterization of natural and synthetic nitrification inhibitors, and their potential use in tomato culture, Supervisor: Prof. Volker Roemheld and PD Gunter Neumann

- Nutrients/fertilizer management in agroecosystems, - Rhizosphere and root-soil interactions and nutrients dynamic, - Alternative plant nutrition approaches (foliar feeding, bioestimulants, organic chelates), - Nutritional water conservation in agricultural crops,