His research, teaching, and design work focuses on the relationships between environmental systems, design, and instrumental planning policy tools. 

Masoud holds a Bachelors of Environmental Studies from the University of Waterloo's School of Planning, specializing in Urban Design and Urban Development, a Masters of Landscape Architecture from the University of Toronto, and a Post-Professional Master in Landscape Architecture from Harvard University's Graduate School of Design, where he graduated with distinction.

Masoud's research and design work aims to establish relationships between large-scale dynamic environmental systems, social equity and vulnerability, design, and the instrumentality of planning frameworks, policies, and codes. He is the editor of Terra-Sorta-Firma: Reclaiming the Littoral Gradient (Actar 2020), an atlas of urbanism on reclaimed land. 

As director of the Centre for Landscape Research (CLR), Masoud emphasizes interdisciplinary design, education, and research that advances urban socio-ecological adaptation and resilience strategies including novel urban climate codes, innovative geospatial decision-making tools, and the future of equitable metropolitan public open space. Through the CLR, Masoud has expanded his collaboration with various public agencies, research institutions, and governments across North America.

Prior to joining the University of Toronto, Masoud held teaching and research appointments at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Leventhal Centre for Advanced Urbanism and Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. Masoud also practiced as a planner and landscape architect at leading offices in North America. He is the recipient of several awards including the Fulbright Fellowship, the Heather M. Reisman Gold Medal in Design, the ASLA certificate of Honor, the Jacob Weidenman Prize, the LAF National Olmsted Scholar Finalist, and the Charles E. Beverage Fellowship by the Olmsted Friends of Fairsted.

Masoud recently served on various competition and award juries including the Landscape Architecture Foundation's Olmsted National Scholar, the City of Toronto Urban Design Awards, the World Landscape Architecture Awards, and the International Berkley Prize. He currently serves as a member of Waterfront Toronto’s Design Review Panel, the University of Toronto’s School of Cities Executive Committee, and was a member of Resilient Toronto’s Urban Flooding Working Group.