Masoud is a PhD candidate in Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. His research focuses on the character of the Devil in the formative period of Islamic thought within the genres of Quranic exegesis, collections of prophetic sayings, and Sufi literature. He has served as a teaching fellow at Harvard for courses on intellectual history, literature, and Sufism, as well as language courses on Persian and Arabic. He is the departmental pedagogy fellow at the Bok Center for the academic year of 2022-23. Masoud received an MA in History from Stony Brook University, and an MTS in Islamic Studies from Harvard Divinity School.

Since 2014, Masoud has been trained at UCLA and Nanyang Technological University (Singapore) to teach the Ontological / Phenomenological Model of leadership and pedagogy in Academia, which introduces a new model for teaching and research.

Masoud is a professional vocalist in Iranian traditional and fusion style and have had several performances at Harvard and other universities in the past few years. He has recently been admitted to the Silk Road Global Musician Workshop at New England Conservatory. Masoud has a black belt in Kan Zen Ryu Karate and is a member of Harvard Karate Club.