Mazyar completed his Ph.D. at TarbiatModares University, Tehran, Iran in the field of Medical Virology. He also currently serves as supervisor of viral research/diagnostic laboratory of the research center. During 2014-2015 he was a visiting scholar at Department of Medical Microbiology, Manitoba Centre for Proteomics and Systems Biology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada. His research interests lie in the area of rapid diagnostic of viral infection and also evaluation of natural, chemical and biochemical compounds activity on replication of viruses.