He has received his PhD of Economics from University of Chicago in 2013. His research interests are in International Trade, macroeconomics and monetary policy. He earned a Master of Science in Computational Mathematics from Stanford University (2007) and finished his Bachelor and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering in Sharif University in 2005. Seyed Ali was awarded the Bronze Medal from the International Mathematical Olympiad in 2000 (South Korea) and the Third Prize of the International Mathematical Competition of University students in 2002 (Poland).