Dr. Mehdi Nikoo currently serves as an associate professor at the Department of Pathobiology and Quality Control of Artemia and Aquaculture Research Institute, Urmia University, Iran. He received his B.Sc. in Fisheries from the Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources in 2001 and his M.Sc. in Fisheries from the University of Tehran in 2004. He obtained his Ph.D. in Aquatic Products Processing and Preserving Engineering from Jiangnan University, China, in 2014.