Yaghoub Fathipour received his Ph.D. in Population Ecology from Tarbiat Modares University in 1999 under the supervision of Prof. Karim Kamali. He joined the Department of Entomology at Tarbiat Modares University as an Assistant Professor of Population Ecology in 2000 and was promoted to Associate Professor and Professor in May 2005 and August 2010, respectively. His research work has been mainly concerned with population ecology, the mass production of biocontrol agents, and integrated pest management programs.