BS.c: Animal science , Urmia University (1976)

MS.c: Animal breeding and genetics, Hiroshima University (1990)

PhD: Animal breeding and genetics Immunogenetics Hiroshima University (1993)

PosDoc: Phylogenetics, Hiroshima University (1996-1999)

• Assessing genetic diversity within and between Iranian indigenous dromedary camel using microsatellite markers.
• QTL identification of foraging age (affecting the quality of reproduction) in Iranian Honey bee.
• A Study on the Immunological potential of  Arian broiler chickens feeding using different levels of the amino acid methionine.
• Genetic improvement in economic traits of native duck  of Gilan province .
• Phenotypical and molecular characterization of Iranian dromedary camel.

• Afraz, F., Y. Yamamoto and I. Okada, 1991. Line difference of thymectomy and thymus transplation on Mark's diseases resistance in chickens. Jpn. Poult. Sci., 28:300-305.
• Afraz, F., Y. Yamamoto, M. Nishibori and I. Okada, 1992. Genetic effects of mutual thymus transplatation between lines on Mark's disease resistance and immunocompetences in chicken Anim. Sci and Technology, 63:675-681.
• Afraz, F., Y. Yamamoto I. Okada, 1994. Divergent selection for delayed-type wattle reaction of domestic fowls to BCG antigen . British. Poult. Sci., 35:47-58.
• Afraz, F., Y. Yamamoto and I. Okada, 1994. Association of delayed-hypersensitivity wattle reaction to BCG with Mark's disease resistance in chickens. Jpn. Anim. Genet., 22:66-71.
• Yamamoto, Y., Afraz, F , M. Nishibor, T. Namikawa, Y. Kurosawa. H. Mannenn. T. Yamagata, S. Keunouchamh, 2000. Gene constitution of the blood groups and blood proteins polymorphisms in the native chickens and red jungle fowl of Laos. Rep. Soc. Res. Native Livestok, 18:154-164.
• Afraz, F.,    R. Hemmaty and S. Shamsa, 2006. Genetic polymorphism of blood proteins in Iranian Kurd and Turkoman horse populations. Pakistan J. Bio. Sci., 9: 155-159.  
• Ghafoori, Kesbi, F., M. A.Abbasi, F. Afraz, H. Baneh, R. Abdolahi, 2011. Genetic analysis of growth rate and kleiber ratio in Zndi sheep. Trop Anim Health Prod.43:1153-1159.
• Seyedabadi, H.R., M.H. Banabazi, F. Afraz, N. Asadzadeh, A. Javanmard, A. Javanrouh Aliabadi, 2011. Molecular investigation on DNA-PKcs gene and identification of SCID carriers among Iranian Arab horses using a test based on PCR. J. of Anim. Vet. Advances 10(7): 865-867.
• Talebi, R., A. Ahmadi, F. Afraz, S. Z. Mirhoseiny, 2015. In Silico investigation for hemoglobin characterizations leads to new aspects in susceptibility to glycosylation. Computational Molecular Biology 15(1):1-13.

• Books: " Geese Breeding " 2010