Born in 1943, He is the head of the Department of Urban Planning at Kish International Campus of the University of Tehran and an associate professor in Urban Planning and Design at the University of Tehran. He is also the head of the Department of Environmental Design at Azad University and a member of the Architect’s Excellency Association of Iran. He was an executive member of the National Sustainable Development Committee between 2004 and 2007. He studied Architecture in Florence and Urban planning techniques at the Polytechnic of Milan.