He has a Ph.D. from Princeton University. Lob’s research focuses on development and politics in the Middle East, specifically, how state and non-state actors in the region further their political interests domestically and internationally. He has conducted extensive research on social and political currents of modern Iran. Lob teaches courses in international relations of the Middle East, politics of the Middle East, political violence and revolution, and elementary Arabic language. He has traveled extensively throughout the Middle East, including Egypt, Iran, Israel and the Palestinian Territories, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Oman, Syria, Turkey and Yemen. He is proficient in Arabic, Persian and French.