Ali A. Moosavi-Movahedi is currently Professor of Biophysical Chemistry at Institute of
Biochemistry and Biophysics (IBB), University of Tehran. Born in Shiraz, Iran, in 1953, graduated
from National University of Iran (NUI) with a BSc in Chemistry, 1975, from Eastern Michigan
University (EMU), USA, with a MSc in Chemistry (Bioanalytical Chemistry), 1979 and from
University of Manchester, UK, with a PhD in Biophysical Chemistry, 1986. He is the author of 20
books written in Persian and numerous research full papers published in mostly international
research journals mainly in the area of structural elucidation of protein, enzyme and DNA. He is a
Fellow of the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) and Fellow of the Islamic Academy of
Sciences (IAS) and the member of a few of related international scientific societies and is currently
the president of Iran Society of Biophysical Chemistry. He is the Editor-in-Chief of Science
Cultivation (Journal) that is the journal of popularization and enculturation of science. The banner
of this journal is: the plant is cultivated in the soil but science in the mind.