Mohammadreza Tavakkolizadeh currently works at the Department of Civil Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad (FUM). He has earned his degrees from FUM (BS-1990) and The University of Arizona (MS-1995 and PhD-2001). His research is in the field of Structural Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, especially Application of Composite Materials, Behavior of Reinforced Concrete Structures, and Concrete Technologies.