Saleh commenced his academic journey at K.N. Toosi University of Technology in Tehran, Iran, where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical and Communications Engineering. He subsequently pursued graduate studies in Microwave and Applied Electromagnetics at Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), conducting master's thesis research on the "Investigation, Simulation and Design of Electromagnetic Energy Tunneling in ENZ Metamaterial-Loaded Transmission Lines." This work was ultimately published in IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation.
