He has a BSc in Watershed Management Engineering of the University of Gorgan (2004), Iran, an MSc in Watershed Management Engineering, from Tarbiat Modares University, Iran (2008), and a PhD in Watershed Management Engineering from the same University (Feb 2014). His main research interests are GIS-based spatial modelling using machine learning/data mining techniques in different fields such landslide, flood, gully erosion, forest fire, land subsidence, species distribution modelling, and groundwater/hydrology. Also, Hamid Reza works on Multi-Criteria Decision Making methods in Natural Resources and Environmental. He has published more of 80 peer reviewed papers in high-quality journals, and chapters in several reference books.