Ali Riza Babaoglu graduated from Tabriz Azad University with the title of "Veterinary Doctor" in 2000 in Iran. He received his Ph.D. degree in Virology from Ankara University Institute of Health Sciences in 2013 as the "Doctor of Science". Dr. Babaoglu worked in the animal health laboratory in Ankara as a Virologist between 2013-2017. Ali Riza Babaoglu was appointed as a Assist. Prof. in Van Yuzuncu Yil University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of Virology in 2017. Dr. Babaoglu, has been doing research on human and animal herpesviruses, morbilliviruses and arboviruses as a faculty member of the Department of Virology since 2017 in Turkey.