Biography:

Dr. Safa received his Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Esfahan, Iran, in 1973. He received his MS in General Biology in 1976, a MS in Molecular Cellular and Developmental Biology (MCDB) in 1977, and a PhD in MCDB in 1980 from Iowa State University. He joined the University of Louisville as a Postdoctoral Fellow from 1980-1983 and subsequently was a Visiting Fellow and a guest researcher at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) from 1983-1987.