Farid is a PhD student at Australian national university (ANU) working on synthesis novel bifunctional catalysts and COMSOL simulation for electrochemical and photoelectrochemical water splitting. Farid earned his bachelor's and master’s degree in chemical engineering from Shiraz University and Sharif University of Technology. He then moved to Shiraz University to work as a research assistant and laboratory supervisor advising on industrial and MSc/BSc thesis projects in relation to water treatment, photocatalysis and hydrogen generation.