I studied animal physiology for my Master focusing on the Iranian Artemia and then completed a Ph.D. in animal biosystematics at the Ferdowsi University of Mashhad in 2018. My Ph.D. research was focused on the taxonomic revision of the spider genus Pardosa in Iran using both morphological and molecular approaches. Currently, I do research on taxonomy, phylogeny and phylogeography of zodariid spiders.