Aziz Maleki received his Ph.D. degree in organic chemistry from the Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, Zanjan, Iran. He then worked as a postdoctoral fellow in Zanjan University of Medical Sciences (ZUMS). At present, he is currently an associate professor at department of pharmaceutical nanotechnology, ZUMS, Zanjan, Iran. His research interests focus on the fabrication and characterization of novel nanocomposites and hydrogels for catalytic nanomedicine, sonodynamic therapy, photothermal therapy, and tissue engineering applications.