He has received his Ph.D. from University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) in the area of Electrical and Computer Engineering at 2010, His M.Sc. from California State University, Northridge, and his B.Sc. from University of Tehran. Dr. Mirzaei has worked as an application engineer for six years from 2000 to 2005 with focus on problem solving and resolving design issues with regards to Xilinx FPGAs and SoCs. After receiving his Ph.D., he has worked as an R&D engineer in the area of signal processing for three years from 2010 to 2013.