Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering. He received his Ph.D. Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, MA and earned his postdoctoral from Sharif University of Technology (SUT) Tehran, Iran. Then worked as a Lecturer in University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Los Angeles, CA for 3 Years. He is having 7 Years of Experience in the field of teaching. His Area of Expertise includes: Earth Remote Sensing, Land-Atmoshpere Interaction, Data Assimilation: Techniques, Development and Application. He is the author of many national and International journals articles, recipient CIRA Fellowship, National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (2016), DAAD Ph.D Fellowship, Germany (2005 - declined).