Mo has an M.D. degree from Tehran University of Medical Sciences and was awarded a European Association for Study of Liver Sheila Sherlock fellowship to investigate regenerative processes at University College London. Prior to joining ASU, he worked as a postdoctoral research associate in MIT biological engineering department and subsequently as a research scientist at MIT center for Emergent Behaviors of Integrated Cellular Systems (EBICS). His lab combines in vivo mouse models, stem cell engineering and synthetic biology to understand tissue regeneration and repair and develop technologies to predict and modulate these processes in a personalized fashion. Mo has also been awarded Mayo Clinic accelerated regenerative medicine award as well as new investigator award from Arizona Biomedical Research Council.