Higher Education and Qualifications:

-2008: Doctor of Philosophy in Dental Sciences from Cariology and Operative Dentistry, Department of Restorative Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University
-2002: Doctor of Dental Surgery Degree from Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
-1996: High school Diploma from Alborz College, Tehran Iran

Scholarships and Honors:

2007- The winner of Kobayashi fund award for best journal papers in 2006
2006- The top student at the Cariology and Operative Dentistry of Tokyo Medical and Dental University  
2003- 2008  Monbusho Scholarship from the Japanese for Research and Higher Education through Japanese embassy
2002- Iranian Governemnt, Ministry of Health, Scholarship for PhD in Dental Public Health to study at universities abroad (not effective)
1996- Award of "Young Students from the Acadmic Families"  from Tehran University for rankling among top 100 in the National Entrance Examination of Iranian Universities