PhD: 1992-1995, James Cook University, Australia
"Heat Transfer in the Upper Layer of the Ocean with Application to the Satellite Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Measurement"

M.Sc: 1978-1980, Toledo University, USA
"Penetration of the Electromagnetic Radiation in Dielectrics"

B.Sc: 1971-1975, Physics Department, Tehran University, Iran

Main research interests include (and are not limited to):

• Remote sensing of environment
• Remote sensing of vegetation
• Precision farming
• Field spectroradiometry
• Thematic calibration of satellite imagery