He was a graduate student with ESOC, while he was working on his PhD at UC San Diego. Prior to earning his PhD, he earned his Masters in Public Policy from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, where he was a Public Policy and International Affairs Fellow. Professor Rezaee’s work has been supported by the Agricultural Technology Adoption Initiative, the Center for Effective Global Action and East African Social Science Translation Collaborative, the Gates Foundation, the International Growth Center, J-Pal Governance Initiative, the Policy Design Evaluation Lab, Private Enterprise Development in Low-Income Countries, and the University of California Labs.