June 1996 – September 1997: Research Fellow at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis (UC-Davis), USA, on “Laser inactivation of DNA & RNA viruses suspended in serum.
This study was collaborative work with Laser Unit of UC-Davis and also BAXTER Co., (US Blood Transfusion Co.,) USA.
1996: Ph.D. degree from the Department of Animal Health, The University of Sydney,
Australia
Title of thesis: Studies on a potential novel vaccine for bluetongue disease of sheep
(This was a collaborative work between Sydney University; Oxford University in UK; and Elizabeth Macarthur Agriculture Institute – EMAI, Department of Agriculture, Australia).
1990: A Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine (D.V.M) from Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of Tehran University, Iran.
Title of thesis: “Hygienic investigation of industrial and traditional Avian abattoirs in Mazandaran province (North of Iran, The first province in Poultry Industry at the nation level)”.
Related Passed courses in DVM programme:
Biostatistics (Credit 2), Toxicology (Credit 2), Pharmacology (Credit 5), Livestock Poisoning (Credit 1), Milk Industries and Health (Credit 2), Food Stuff Hygienic and Quality Control (Credit 2), Originated Livestock Food Industries (Credit 2), Marine Industries and Health (Credit 2), General and Specific Microbiology (Credit 5), Mycology (Credit 1), General Virology (Credit 2), Honey Bee Breeding (Credit 2), Livestock Nutrition (Credit 4), Principle of Livestock Breeding (Credit 2), Principle of Poultry Breeding (Credit 2), Principle of Sheep Rearing (Credit 2)
1989: Completion of the first course of “Astronomy” within the “Correspondence Astronomy Institute” in Tehran.
1987: Second high school Diploma in “Economics and Social Sciences”.
1984: Admission to the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, The University of Tehran, Iran.
1983: First high school Diploma in “Mathematics and Physics”.