Modern Iranian scientists, scholars, and engineers
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The following is a notable Iranian scholars, scientists and engineers around the world from the modern era.
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- Akbar AdibiAkbar AdibiAkbar Adibi was an Iranian electronic engineer, VLSI researcher, and university engineering professor.-Biography:...
, electronic engineer, VLSI researcher, professor of engineering, Amirkabir University of TechnologyAmirkabir University of TechnologyAmirkabir University of Technology , formerly called the Tehran Polytechnic is a public research university located in Tehran, Iran. AUT is one of the most prestigious universities and the first established technical university in Iran... - Haleh AfsharHaleh AfsharHaleh Afshar, Baroness Afshar OBE is a British professor and a life peer in the House of Lords. She is a prominent Muslim feminist, and characterises herself as a Socialist and a Shi'a Muslim...
, academic and peer, University of YorkUniversity of YorkThe University of York , is an academic institution located in the city of York, England. Established in 1963, the campus university has expanded to more than thirty departments and centres, covering a wide range of subjects... - Masoud AlimohammadiMasoud AlimohammadiMasoud Alimohammadi was an Iranian quantum field theorist and elementary-particle physicist and a distinguished professor of elementary particle physics at Department of Physics of University of Tehran...
, assassinated quantum field theorist and elementary-particle physicist - Anousheh AnsariAnousheh AnsariAnousheh Ansari is an engineer and the Iranian-American co-founder and chairman of Prodea Systems. Her previous business accomplishments include serving as co-founder and CEO of Telecom Technologies, Inc. . The Ansari family is also the title sponsor of the Ansari X Prize. On September 18, 2006,...
, the world's first female space tourist, co-founder and chairman of Prodea Systems, Inc., former co-founder and CEO of Telecom Technologies, Inc. (TTI) - Khizar Humayun AnsariKhizar Humayun AnsariProfessor Khizar Humayun Ansari is a British academic who was awarded an OBE in 2002 for his work in the field of race and ethnic relations.Professor Ansari has a PhD from the University of London...
, Director of the Centre for Ethnic Minority Studies, Royal Holloway University of London. - Farhad ArdalanFarhad ArdalanFarhad Ardalan is an Iranian High Energy physicist. He is a professor at Sharif University and the Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics....
, physicist, IPMIPMIPM may refer to:Business*Indian Pharmaceutical Market*IPM Informed Portfolio Management, an investment manager*Integrated Project Management, a Capability Maturity Model Integration process area*International Project Management... - Nima Arkani-HamedNima Arkani-HamedNima Arkani-Hamed is a leading Canadian American theoretical physicist with interests in high-energy physics, string theory and cosmology....
, professor, Institute for Advanced StudyInstitute for Advanced StudyThe Institute for Advanced Study, located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States, is an independent postgraduate center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry. It was founded in 1930 by Abraham Flexner... - Nasser AshgrizNasser AshgrizDr. Nasser Ashgriz is a professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto. Prior to U of T, he was a Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York. He obtained his B.S. , M.S. , and Ph.D...
, Professor of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of TorontoUniversity of TorontoThe University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
. - Touraj Atabaki, Professor of the "Social History of the Middle East and Central Asia", Department of History, University of Amsterdam.
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- Mehdi BahadoriMehdi BahadoriMehdi N. Bahadori is a professor of mechanical engineering at Sharif University of Technology. His research specialties include solar energy applications and passive cooling of buildings.-Education:...
, Professor of Mechanical Engineering - Shaul BakhashShaul BakhashShaul Bakhash , PhD, is a historian and leading expert in Iranian studies at George Mason University where he is a "Clarence J. Robinson Professor of History."...
, historian, George Mason UniversityGeorge Mason UniversityGeorge Mason University is a public university based in unincorporated Fairfax County, Virginia, United States, south of and adjacent to the city of Fairfax. Additional campuses are located nearby in Arlington County, Prince William County, and Loudoun County... - Nariman BehraveshNariman BehraveshDr. Nariman Behravesh is an American economist, and the Chief Economist and Executive Vice President of Global Insight.Behravesh holds Ph.D. and M.A. degrees in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, and a B.Sc...
, Chief Economist and Executive Vice President, Global InsightGlobal InsightGlobal Insight is the world's largest economics organization, serving over 3,800 clients in industry, finance and government worldwide, with revenues of over $95 million and employing more than 600 economists and other staff in 23 offices in 13 countries...
. - Mahmoud BehzadMahmoud BehzadProfessor Mahmoud Behzad , born in Rasht, the Capital city of Gilan province, is known as the father of new Biology science in Iran. He has written more than 100 books in Persian and participated in the authorship process of more than 200 books in Iran....
, the father of Persian modern biology science - Mina BissellMina BissellMina J. Bissell, Ph.D., is an Iranian American biologist and a world-recognized leader in the area of the role of extracellular matrix and microenvironment in regulation of tissue-specific function, with special emphasis on breast cancer....
, Director of UC Berkeley Life Sciences Division
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- Abbas EdalatAbbas EdalatAbbas Edalat is a professor of computer science and mathematics at Imperial College of London and a political activist. He is also the founder of CASMII, a campaign against sanctions and military intervention in Iran....
, Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics, Imperial College London. - Kamran ElahianKamran ElahianKamran Elahian is the Chairman and Co-Founder of Global Catalyst Partners, an international, multistage, technology-oriented venture capital firm. GCP has invested in leading-edge technology companies in the U.S., China, Japan and Israel...
, entrepreneur - Kamran EshraghianKamran EshraghianKamran Eshraghian is an electronic engineer notable for being a key early pioneer of VLSI in Australia. He is one of the fathers of CMOS VLSI design and his books have been influential on a par with the Mead & Conway revolution.-Education:...
, VLSI pioneer in Australia
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- Fereydoon FamilyFereydoon FamilyFereydoon Family is a leading Persian physicist in the field of nanotechnology and solid-state physics. He is currently Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Physics and member...
, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Physics, Emory UniversityEmory UniversityEmory University is a private research university in metropolitan Atlanta, located in the Druid Hills section of unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. The university was founded as Emory College in 1836 in Oxford, Georgia by a small group of Methodists and was named in honor of...
. - Mohammad Firoozabadi, Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Tarbiat Modares UniversityTarbiat Modares UniversityTarbiat Modares University is located in Tehran, Iran, and was founded in 1982. Tarbiat Modares University is the only exclusively graduate university in Iran, and is a highly reputed university, which was actually funded to train university professors.-Faculties and academics:TMU includes seven...
, and President of Iranian Society of Biomedical Engineering.
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- Nasir GebelliNasir GebelliNasir Gebelli is an Iranian-American programmer and video game developer. Gebelli co-founded Sirius Software, created his own company Gebelli Software, and worked for Square .-Sirius Software:...
, computer scientist and video game developer - Mohammed GhanbariMohammed GhanbariMohammed Ghanbari is a professor in the Department of Electronic Systems Engineering focused in the areas of Video Networking at the University of Essex....
, professor, University of EssexUniversity of EssexThe University of Essex is a British campus university whose original and largest campus is near the town of Colchester, England. Established in 1963 and receiving its Royal Charter in 1965... - Vartan GregorianVartan GregorianVartan Gregorian is an Armenian-American academic, serving as the president of Carnegie Corporation of New York. He is an ethnic Armenian, born in Iran....
, president, Carnegie Corporation of New YorkCarnegie Corporation of New YorkCarnegie Corporation of New York, which was established by Andrew Carnegie in 1911 "to promote the advancement and diffusion of knowledge and understanding," is one of the oldest, largest and most influential of American foundations... - Zoubin GhahramaniZoubin GhahramaniZoubin Ghahramani is a researcher in the area of Bayesian statistics and machine learning. He has made significant contributions in the areas of Bayesian machine learning , as well as graphical models and computational neuroscience...
, Professor of Information Engineering Department of Engineering, University of CambridgeUniversity of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
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- Mohammad Reza HafezniaMohammad Reza HafezniaMohammad Reza Hafeznia is a full professor of political geography in Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran. He obtained his Ph.D in political geography from Tarbiat Modares University in 1990....
, professor, University of TehranUniversity of TehranThe University of Tehran , also known as Tehran University and UT, is Iran's oldest university. Located in Tehran, the university is among the most prestigious in the country, and is consistently selected as the first choice of many applicants in the annual nationwide entrance exam for top Iranian... - Ali HajimiriAli HajimiriAli Hajimiri is an Iranian-American academic, inventor, and entrepreneur in the field of electrical engineering who currently holds the Thomas G. Myers chaired professorship of Electrical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology ....
, Caltech, co-founder of Axiom Microdevices Inc. - Majid HassanizadehMajid HassanizadehSeyed Majid Hassanizadeh is a professor of hydrogeology at Utrecht University, where he heads the hydrogeology group at the Faculty of Geosciences. He also is a senior advisor with the Soil and Groundwater Department of TNO-Deltares. His research focuses on various flow and transport in porous...
, Professor of Hydrogeolgoy, Expertise: theories of porous media (Utrecht University, The Netherlands).
- Babak HassibiBabak HassibiBabak Hassibi is an Iranian-American electrical engineer who is currently professor of Electrical Engineering and head of the Department of Electrical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology ....
, Professor of Electrical Engineering, Caltech - Mahmoud HessabyMahmoud HessabySayyed Mahmoud Hessaby was a prominent Iranian scientist, researcher and distinguished professor of University of Tehran...
, physicist, father of modern physics in Iran (Persia)
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- Reza IravaniReza IravaniReza Iravani is a professor in the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto. He holds the L. Lau Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering in same department...
, Professor and the L. Lau Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of TorontoUniversity of TorontoThe University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
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- Hamid JafarkhaniHamid JafarkhaniHamid Jafarkhani , born in 1966 in Tehran, is a Chancellor's Professor in electrical engineering and computer science at the University of California, Irvine's Henry Samueli School of Engineering...
, professor, University of California, IrvineUniversity of California, IrvineThe University of California, Irvine , founded in 1965, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California, located in Irvine, California, USA... - Ali Jafari, Professor of Computer and Information Technology, Purdue UniversityPurdue UniversityPurdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and...
. - Ali Akbar JalaliAli Akbar JalaliAli Akbar Jalali , best known as Dr. Jalali, is an Iranian professor and author. He is most recognizable from a series of radio and television appearances in which he would promote the use of Internet and IT technology in Iran....
, professor, Iran University of Science and TechnologyIran University of Science and TechnologyThe Iran University of Science and Technology is a research institution and university of engineering and science in Iran, offering both undergraduate and postgraduate studies...
. - Ali JavanAli JavanAli Mortimer Javan , born December 26, 1926 in Tehran, Iran is an Iranian American inventor and physicist at MIT. He co-invented the gas laser in 1960, with William R. Bennett...
, physicist and inventor of the gas laserGas laserA gas laser is a laser in which an electric current is discharged through a gas to produce coherent light. The gas laser was the first continuous-light laser and the first laser to operate "on the principle of converting electrical energy to a laser light output...
at MIT - Kamaloddin JenabKamaloddin JenabKamaloddin Jenab was an Iranian pioneer physicist. He is often credited for founding academic experimental science in Iranian universities....
, pioneering physicist
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- Mehran KardarMehran KardarMehran Kardar is a prominent Iranian born physicist, full Professor of Physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and co-faculty at the New England Complex Systems Institute. He received his B.A...
, physicist, MIT. - Ahmad Karimi-HakkakAhmad Karimi-HakkakAhmad Karimi-Hakkak is a Persian literary figure and Iranist.Ahmad Karimi Hakkak was Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations at the University of Washington for nineteen years. He is currently a professor and founding director of the Roshan Center for Persian Studies in the School of...
, Founding Director of Center for Persian Studies, University of MarylandUniversity of Maryland, College ParkThe University of Maryland, College Park is a top-ranked public research university located in the city of College Park in Prince George's County, Maryland, just outside Washington, D.C... - Shaygan KheradpirShaygan KheradpirShaygan Kheradpir is a global technology leader who served in CIO and CTO roles in Verizon Communications between 2000 and 2010...
, Chief Operating Office, Barclays - Omid KordestaniOmid KordestaniOmid R. Kordestani is an Iranian-American businessman who works as Senior Advisor to Office of the CEO and Founders at Google. Kordestani was the Senior Vice President for Worldwide Sales and Field Operations of Google until he stepped down on April 16, 2009....
, Senior Vice President, Worldwide Sales and Field Operations, GoogleGoogleGoogle Inc. is an American multinational public corporation invested in Internet search, cloud computing, and advertising technologies. Google hosts and develops a number of Internet-based services and products, and generates profit primarily from advertising through its AdWords program...
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- Caro LucasCaro LucasCaro Lucas was a renowned Iranian- Armenian scientist. His many areas of contribution to Iranian scientific society include biological computing, computational intelligence, uncertain systems, intelligent control, fuzzy systems, neural networks, multiagent systems, swarm intelligence, data mining,...
, scientist, professor and founding director of the Center of Excellence for Control and Intelligent Processing (CIPCE), School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Tehran, and a researcher at the School of Cognitive Sciences (SCS), Institute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and MathematicsInstitute for Studies in Theoretical Physics and MathematicsThe Institute for research in fundamental sciences is a government-sponsored advanced research institute founded in 1989 in Tehran, Iran. The institute was the first Iranian organization to connect to the Internet...
(IPM), Tehran, Iran.
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- Esfandiar MaasoumiEsfandiar MaasoumiEsfandiar Maasoumi is an econometrician. He is currently professor at Emory University. He received his PhD from LSE in 1977. He is fellow of the Royal Statistical Society.- Publications :...
, Fellow of the Royal Statistical SocietyRoyal Statistical SocietyThe Royal Statistical Society is a learned society for statistics and a professional body for statisticians in the UK.-History:It was founded in 1834 as the Statistical Society of London , though a perhaps unrelated London Statistical Society was in existence at least as early as 1824...
, Southern Methodist UniversitySouthern Methodist UniversitySouthern Methodist University is a private university in Dallas, Texas, United States. Founded in 1911 by the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, SMU operates campuses in Dallas, Plano, and Taos, New Mexico. SMU is owned by the South Central Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church... - V. K. Margussian, (Marghussian) Founder of the Modern Ceramics Science and Technology in Iran Iran University of Science and TechnologyIran University of Science and TechnologyThe Iran University of Science and Technology is a research institution and university of engineering and science in Iran, offering both undergraduate and postgraduate studies...
- Maryam MirzakhaniMaryam MirzakhaniMaryam Mirzakhani is an Iranian mathematician, Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University...
, Professor of Mathematics, Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San... - Mohsen MostafaviMohsen MostafaviMohsen Mostafavi is an Iranian-American architect and educator. He currently the Dean and Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor at the Harvard Graduate School of Design. He was formerly the Gale and Ira Drukier Dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning at Cornell University...
, Dean, Cornell UniversityCornell UniversityCornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
College of Architecture, Art, and PlanningCornell University College of Architecture, Art, and PlanningThe College of Architecture, Art, and Planning at Cornell University was established in 1871 as the School of Architecture with the hiring of Charles Babcock as the first Professor creating the first four-year course of study in architecture in the United States...
. - Abbas MilaniAbbas MilaniAbbas Malekzadeh Milani is an Iranian-American historian and author. Milani is a visiting professor of Political Science and the director of the Iranian Studies program at Stanford University. He is also a research fellow and co-director of the Iran Democracy Project at Stanford University's...
, Director of Iranian Studies Program, Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San... - Farzaneh MilaniFarzaneh MilaniFarzaneh Milani is an Iranian-American scholar and author. She teaches Persian literature and Women’s Studies at the University of Virginia. Milani is Chair of the Department of Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures. She is also a poet, award-winning translator, and a recipient of...
, Director of Studies in Women and Gender, University of VirginiaUniversity of VirginiaThe University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson... - Maryam MirzakhaniMaryam MirzakhaniMaryam Mirzakhani is an Iranian mathematician, Professor of Mathematics at Stanford University...
, Professor of Mathematics, Princeton UniversityPrinceton UniversityPrinceton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution.... - Parviz MoinParviz MoinParviz Moin is an Iranian American fluid dynamicist. He is the Franklin P. and Caroline M. Johnson Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Stanford University. Moin has been listed as an ISI Highly Cited author in engineering.-Biography:...
, Franklin P. and Caroline M. Johnson Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. - Roxana MoslehiRoxana MoslehiRoxana Moslehi, Ph.D. is a genetic epidemiologist. Most of her research is dedicated to the study of cancer and cancer precursors. Born in Iran and raised in Canada, she is currently an assistant professor in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the State University of New York , where she has...
, Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health and Cancer Research Center, University of New York (SUNY) - Hamid MowlanaHamid MowlanaHamid Mowlana is an Iranian-American advisor to the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad whom he has warned against a "soft war" against Iran launched by the United States.-Education and academic career:...
, Director of the Division of International Communication at American UniversityAmerican UniversityAmerican University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...
in Washington D.C., and former President of the International Association for Media and Communication Research
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- Firouz NaderiFirouz NaderiFirouz Naderi is an Iranian-American scientist and currently the Director for Solar System Exploration at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory...
, associate director, Project Formulation and Strategy, Jet Propulsion LaboratoryJet Propulsion LaboratoryJet Propulsion Laboratory is a federally funded research and development center and NASA field center located in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County, California, United States. The facility is headquartered in the city of Pasadena on the border of La Cañada Flintridge and Pasadena...
, NASANASAThe National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research... - Hossein Nasr, philosopher, George Washington UniversityGeorge Washington UniversityThe George Washington University is a private, coeducational comprehensive university located in Washington, D.C. in the United States...
- Farzad NazemFarzad NazemFarzad Nazem also known as Zod Nazem, was Yahoo!'s chief technology officer and one of its longest-serving executives. He announced that he would leave the company on June 8, 2007 after 11 years at Yahoo. He will receive a golden parachute worth about $6.9 million. He holds a B.S...
, former Chief Technical Officer and Executive Vice President, Yahoo!Yahoo!Yahoo! Inc. is an American multinational internet corporation headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, United States. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal, search engine , Yahoo! Directory, Yahoo! Mail, Yahoo! News, Yahoo! Groups, Yahoo! Answers, advertising, online mapping ,... - Camran NezhatCamran NezhatCamran Nezhat, M.D., M.D., FACOG, FACS is an Iranian-born American laparoscopic surgeon. A reproductive endocrinology and infertility sub-specialist, he is Deputy Chief of the Department of OB/GYN at Stanford University Medical Center in Palo Alto, California, and is a Clinical Professor of OB/GYN...
, Director, Stanford Endoscopy Center for Training & Technology, Stanford UniversityStanford UniversityThe Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
. - Mehrdad NikoonahadMehrdad NikoonahadDr. Mehrdad Nikoonahad is an Iranian-American electrical engineer, innovator and technologist.- Background and education:Dr. Nikoonahad received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Electronic Engineering from University College London , England, in 1979 and 1983, respectively. Here, he also completed...
, Vice-president, Business Development, PDF Solutions, Inc.
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- Kaveh PahlavanKaveh PahlavanKaveh Pahlavan , is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, a Professor of Computer Science, and Director of the Center for Wireless Information Network Studies, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts....
, Professor and Director of CWINS, Worcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester Polytechnic InstituteWorcester Polytechnic Institute is a private university located in Worcester, Massachusetts, in the United States.Founded in 1865 in Worcester, WPI was one of the United States' first engineering and technology universities... - Peyman Askari NejadPeyman Askari NejadDr. Peyman Askari Nejad , He is an American Citizen and Living in United State of America, He is a USA based International Principal, Structural Design Director. Dr. Peyman is the Expert high-rise Designer for the Super Tall skyscrapers in the United States and in the Middle East...
, CEO of PGB Engineers, Sharif University of TechnologySharif University of TechnologySharif University of Technology is a university of higher education in technology, engineering and physical sciences in Tehran. Sharif University of Technology is one of the most prestigious universities in the country, and is considered Iran's MIT... - Shahin Pourgol, Professor; NAO, developer of osteopathic Sports Energy Technique, National Academy of Osteopathy
- Hashem PesaranMohammad Hashem PesaranProfessor Mohammad Hashem Pesaran is a British-Iranian economist.He received his BSc in Economics at the University of Salford and his PhD in Economics at Cambridge University....
, Fellow of Trinity CollegeTrinity College, CambridgeTrinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
, Fellow of The British AcademyBritish AcademyThe British Academy is the United Kingdom's national body for the humanities and the social sciences. Its purpose is to inspire, recognise and support excellence in the humanities and social sciences, throughout the UK and internationally, and to champion their role and value.It receives an annual...
, former Director of the Applied Econometrics Program at UCLA, founding editor of the Journal of Applied EconometricsJournal of Applied EconometricsThe Journal of Applied Econometrics is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering econometrics. It focuses on applications rather than theoretical issues. It was established in 1986 and is published 7 times per year. Its editor-in-chief is M. Hashem Pesaran of Cambridge University. Since 1994 it has...
, Cambridge UniversityUniversity of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
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- Ali R. RabiAli R. RabiAli R. Rabi is an Iranian-born academic. He was born in Tehran and went to the United States after graduation from High School in 1966.-Education:He earned his B.S. and M.S. in Architectural Technology and Ph.D...
, Founding Chair of the Middle East Citizens Assembly (MECA), University of MarylandUniversity of MarylandWhen the term "University of Maryland" is used without any qualification, it generally refers to the University of Maryland, College Park.University of Maryland may refer to the following:... - Yahya Rahmat-SamiiYahya Rahmat-SamiiYahya Rahmat-Samii is Professor and holder of the Northrop Grumman Chair in Electromagnetics at Electrical Engineering Department at the University of California, Los Angeles, where he teaches and conducts research on satellite communications antennas, personal communication antennas,wearable and...
, former Chair of Electrical Engineering Department, UCLA - David N. RahniDavid N. RahniDavood "David" M.A. Nabi Rahni is the founder of Chemical Detectives, Scientific and Allied Health Associates, LLC...
, Professor of Chemistry, Adjunct Professor Environmental Law (1989–2004) Pace UniversityPace UniversityPace University is an American private, co-educational, and comprehensive multi-campus university in the New York metropolitan area with campuses in New York City and Westchester County, New York.-Programs:...
, Adjunct Professor of Dermatology, New York Medical CollegeNew York Medical CollegeNew York Medical College, aka New York Med or NYMC, is a private graduate health sciences university based in Westchester County, New York, a suburb of New York City and a part of the New York Metropolitan Area... - Behzad RazaviBehzad RazaviBehzad Razavi is an Iranian-American professor and researcher of electrical and electronic engineering. Noted for his research in communications circuitry, Razavi is the director of the Communication Circuits Laboratory at the University of California Los Angeles. He is a Fellow and a...
, Director, Communications Circuits Laboratory, UCLA - Sohrab RohaniSohrab RohaniOne of the winners of the 2008 Ontario Professional Engineers Awards. Dr. Sohrab Rohani, Professor and Chair, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering University of Western Ontario was named a recipient of the Engineering Medal – Research and Development Category...
Chair, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Western OntarioUniversity of Western OntarioThe University of Western Ontario is a public research university located in London, Ontario, Canada. The university's main campus covers of land, with the Thames River cutting through the eastern portion of the main campus. Western administers its programs through 12 different faculties and... - Mostafa RonaghiMostafa RonaghiMostafa Ronaghi, born 1968. is a molecular biologist, specializing in DNA sequencing methodology . He earned his Ph.D. from the Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden in 1998.He is currently the Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President at Illumina...
, Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, IlluminaIllumina (company)Illumina, Inc. is a company incorporated in April 1998 that develops, manufactures and markets integrated systems for the analysis of genetic variation and biological function. Using its technologies, the company provides a line of products and services that serve the sequencing, genotyping and...
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- Saadat NourySaadat NourySaadat Noury , also spelled as Saadat Nouri, is an Iranian author, a poet, and a journalist. His full name is منوچهر سعا دت نوری Manouchehr Saadat Noury .-Early life and family:...
, author, poet, journalist - Pardis SabetiPardis SabetiPardis C. Sabeti is an Iranian American computational biologist, medical geneticist and evolutionary geneticist, who developed a bioinformatic statistical method which identifies sections of the genome that have been subject to natural selection and an algorithm which explains the effects of...
, geneticist, Assistant Professor, Center for Systems Biology and Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard UniversityHarvard UniversityHarvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country... - Mansour SafaiMansour SafaiMansour Safai, * Tehran, Iran, was a software engineer and computer scientist. Mansour Safai attended the French Lycée Razi in Tehran until age of 11, when he transferred to Lycée d’Estienne d’Orves, where he graduated with Scientific Baccalaureate with honors in Nice, France 1980...
, software engineer and computer scientist - Reihaneh Safavi-NainiReihaneh Safavi-NainiReihaneh Safavi-Naini is the Chair in Information Security at the University of Calgary, Canada. Before joining University of Calgary in 2007, she was a Professor of Computer Science, Faculty of Informatics and the Director of and at the University of Wollongong, Australia...
, cryptographer, Professor in School of Computer Science, University of WollongongUniversity of WollongongThe University of Wollongong is a public university located in the coastal city of Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia, approximately 80 kilometres south of Sydney... - Muhammad SahimiMuhammad SahimiMuhammad Sahimi is a Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, and holds the NIOC Chair in petroleum engineering at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. He is also active in journalism, writing frequently on Iranian politics.-Career:Sahimi received his B.S...
, Chair of Chemical Engineering Department, University of Southern CaliforniaUniversity of Southern CaliforniaThe University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university... - Farrokh SaidiFarrokh SaidiFarrokh Saidi is an Iranian surgeon, academician, former Under-Secretary for Medical Education and Health Services of Iran, and former Dean of Medical School, Pahlavi University School of Medicine , Shiraz, Iran.-Education:Farrokh Saidi finished the elementary school in Berlin, Germany and his high...
, Fellow of the Academy of Sciences for the Developing World, Permanent Member of Iranian Academy of Medical SciencesIranian Academy of Medical SciencesThe Academy of Medical Sciences of Iran was formally inaugurated in the winter of 1990. It had received its mandate from the High Council of Cultural Revolution and Legislature of the Islamic Republic of Iran two years earlier and its existence had been foreseen in the 1986 Charter of the Ministry...
, Emeritus Professor and Chief of Surgery, Shahid Beheshti University School of Medicine, former Dean of School of Medicine, Pahlavi University, Shiraz, IranShiraz, IranShiraz is the sixth most populous city in Iran and is the capital of Fars Province, the city's 2009 population was 1,455,073. Shiraz is located in the southwest of Iran on the Roodkhaneye Khoshk seasonal river...
Shiraz University of Medical SciencesShiraz University of Medical SciencesShiraz University of Medical Sciences is public medical school located in Shiraz, Iran. It is ranked as one of Iran's top medical schools, with more than 5000 students studying for 83 different degrees, and a staff of nearly 13,000 faculty and personnel... - Jawad SalehiJawad SalehiJawad A. Salehi born in Kazemain , Iraq, on December 22, 1956 is an Iranian electrical and computer engineer, pioneer of optical code division multiple access and a highly cited researcher .-Education:...
, inventor of optical code division multiple accessCode division multiple accessCode division multiple access is a channel access method used by various radio communication technologies. It should not be confused with the mobile phone standards called cdmaOne, CDMA2000 and WCDMA , which are often referred to as simply CDMA, and use CDMA as an underlying channel access...
, Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, Sharif University of TechnologySharif University of TechnologySharif University of Technology is a university of higher education in technology, engineering and physical sciences in Tehran. Sharif University of Technology is one of the most prestigious universities in the country, and is considered Iran's MIT... - Majid SamiiMajid SamiiMadjid Samii is a distinguished German-Iranian neurosurgeon and medical scientist.Professor Samii was born in Rasht, Iran and got his professor degree in neurosurgery at the age of 33...
, neurosurgeon and scientist - Mohammad-Nabi SarboloukiMohammad-Nabi Sarboloukithumb|right|Mohammad Nabi Sarbolouki, prominent scientist and educatorMohammad-Nabi Sarbolouki was a distinguished Iranian biophysicist and polymer chemist and one of the most influential individuals behind modern scientific movement in Iran. He was known as the inventor of a DNA vehicle called...
, Professor of Macromolecular Physical Chemistry, Tehran University - Hossein SeifzadehHossein SeifzadehHossein Seifzadeh is an Iranian political scientist and author. Seifzadeh had been a Professor of Political Science at University of Tehran,before he was forced to retire, due to his opposition to fundamentalism and belief in pro-democracy and cosmopolitan perspectives. He has written 22 books...
, Professor of Department of Political Sciences, University of TehranUniversity of TehranThe University of Tehran , also known as Tehran University and UT, is Iran's oldest university. Located in Tehran, the university is among the most prestigious in the country, and is consistently selected as the first choice of many applicants in the annual nationwide entrance exam for top Iranian... - Mohammad ShahidehpourMohammad ShahidehpourDr. Mohammad Shahidehpour is Carl Bodine Distinguished Professor and Chairman in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Illinois Institute of Technology, where he has been a faculty member for the past 25 years...
, former Dean of the Graduate College and Associate VP for Research, Illinois Institute of TechnologyIllinois Institute of TechnologyIllinois Institute of Technology, commonly called Illinois Tech or IIT, is a private Ph.D.-granting university located in Chicago, Illinois, with programs in engineering, science, psychology, architecture, business, communications, industrial technology, information technology, design, and law... - Freidoon ShahidiFreidoon ShahidiFereidoon Shahidi is a university research professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada.Shahidi is the author of over 600 research papers and book chapters, has also authored or edited 40 books. His research contributions have led to several industrial developments worldwide...
, university research professor, Memorial University of NewfoundlandMemorial University of NewfoundlandMemorial University of Newfoundland, is a comprehensive university located primarily in St... - Freydoon ShahidiFreydoon ShahidiFreydoon Shahidi is an Iranian mathematician who is currently a Distinguished Professor of Mathematics at Purdue University in the U.S. He is known for a method of automorphic L-functions which is now known as the Langlands–Shahidi method. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and...
, Distinguished Professor of Mathematics, Purdue UniversityPurdue UniversityPurdue University, located in West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S., is the flagship university of the six-campus Purdue University system. Purdue was founded on May 6, 1869, as a land-grant university when the Indiana General Assembly, taking advantage of the Morrill Act, accepted a donation of land and... - Manuchehr ShahrokhiManuchehr ShahrokhiManuchehr Shahrokhi is a professor of Global Business-Finance at California State University, Fresno, founding editor of the Global Finance Journal and Executive Director of the Global Finance Association/Conference. He has authored over 80 scholarly articles and books...
, Craig Fellow/Professor, Editor Global Finance Journal, California State University, FresnoCalifornia State University, FresnoCalifornia State University, Fresno, often referred to as Fresno State University and synonymously known in athletics as Fresno State , is one of the leading campuses of the California State University system, located at the northeast edge of Fresno, California, USA.The campus sits at the foot of... - Amir Ali Sheibany, Professor of Geology, University of TehranUniversity of TehranThe University of Tehran , also known as Tehran University and UT, is Iran's oldest university. Located in Tehran, the university is among the most prestigious in the country, and is consistently selected as the first choice of many applicants in the annual nationwide entrance exam for top Iranian...
, founder and chairman of The National Iranian Steel Corporation (ZobAhan AryaMehr) - Amin ShokrollahiAmin ShokrollahiAmin Shokrollahi is a mathematician who has worked on a variety of topics including coding theory, and algebraic complexity theory. He is best known for his work on iterative decoding of graph based codes for which he received the IEEE Information Theory Best Paper Award of 2002...
, Professor of I&C faculty and the head of ALGO lab, EPFL, SwitzerlandSwitzerlandSwitzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... - Gholam Reza SinambariGholam Reza SinambariProf. Dr. Gholam Reza Sinambari is an Iranian engineer and university professor.He moved to Germany and studied there. He is a professor at the Department of Environmental Engineering at the Fachhochschule Bingen - University of Applied Sciences....
, Chair of Department of Environmental Engineering, FachhochschuleFachhochschuleA Fachhochschule or University of Applied Sciences is a German type of tertiary education institution, sometimes specialized in certain topical areas . Fachhochschulen were founded in Germany and later adopted by Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Greece...
Bingen - Hamid Soltanian-ZadehHamid Soltanian-ZadehHamid Soltanian-Zadeh was born in Yazd in 1960. He received BS and MS degrees in electrical engineering: electronics from the University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran in 1986 and MSE and PhD degrees in electrical engineering: systems and bio-electrical sciences from the University of Michigan, Ann...
, senior scientist, Henry Ford Health SystemHenry Ford Health SystemThe Henry Ford Health System is a comprehensive, integrated, non-profit, managed care, health care organization located in Southeast Michigan. The corporate office is in Detroit, Michigan...
, and Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of TehranUniversity of TehranThe University of Tehran , also known as Tehran University and UT, is Iran's oldest university. Located in Tehran, the university is among the most prestigious in the country, and is consistently selected as the first choice of many applicants in the annual nationwide entrance exam for top Iranian...
. - Abdolkarim SoroushAbdolkarim SoroushAbdolkarim Soroush , born Hosein Haj Faraj Dabbagh , is an Iranian thinker, reformer, Rumi scholar and a former professor at the University of Tehran. He is arguably the most influential figure in religious intellectual movement in Iran. Professor Soroush is currently a visiting scholar at the...
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- Kamran TalattofKamran TalattofKamran Talattof is a professor of Persian and Iranian studies at the University of ArizonaHis focus of research is gender, ideology, culture, and language, with an emphasis on literature ; contemporary Islamic issues, Middle Eastern culture; and the Persian language...
, professor, University of ArizonaUniversity of ArizonaThe University of Arizona is a land-grant and space-grant public institution of higher education and research located in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The University of Arizona was the first university in the state of Arizona, founded in 1885... - Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam, Professor of Industrial Engineering, University of TehranUniversity of TehranThe University of Tehran , also known as Tehran University and UT, is Iran's oldest university. Located in Tehran, the university is among the most prestigious in the country, and is consistently selected as the first choice of many applicants in the annual nationwide entrance exam for top Iranian...
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- Ehsan YarshaterEhsan YarshaterEhsan Yarshater is the founder and director of The Center for Iranian Studies, and Hagop Kevorkian Professor Emeritus of Iranian Studies at Columbia University. He was the first full-time professor of Persian at a U.S. university since World War II....
, Distinguished Professor, Columbia UniversityColumbia UniversityColumbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the... - Houman YounessiHouman YounessiHouman Younessi is an Australian-American educator, practitioner, consultant and investigator in information systems, systems and software development processes, computer science, financial economics, decision science and business strategy...
, professor, Assistant Dean of Academics, Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteStephen Van Rensselaer established the Rensselaer School on November 5, 1824 with a letter to the Rev. Dr. Samuel Blatchford, in which van Rensselaer asked Blatchford to serve as the first president. Within the letter he set down several orders of business. He appointed Amos Eaton as the school's...
– Hartford Graduate Campus; Director Rensselaer Initiative in Systems Engineering (RISE)
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- Mehdi ZakerianMehdi ZakerianDr. Mehdi Zakerian, Visiting Professor in Penn Law, The Pennsylvania University, President of Iranian International Studies Association, Editor-in-chief of International Studies Journal ....
, Visiting Professor, Penn Law, University of PennsylvaniaUniversity of PennsylvaniaThe University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
, President of Iranian International Studies Association (IISA), Editor-in-Chief of International Studies Journal - Lotfi A. Zadeh, creator of fuzzy logicFuzzy logicFuzzy logic is a form of many-valued logic; it deals with reasoning that is approximate rather than fixed and exact. In contrast with traditional logic theory, where binary sets have two-valued logic: true or false, fuzzy logic variables may have a truth value that ranges in degree between 0 and 1...
and fuzzy setFuzzy setFuzzy sets are sets whose elements have degrees of membership. Fuzzy sets were introduced simultaneously by Lotfi A. Zadeh and Dieter Klaua in 1965 as an extension of the classical notion of set. In classical set theory, the membership of elements in a set is assessed in binary terms according to...
, UC Berkeley - Esmail ZanjaniEsmail ZanjaniEsmail D. Zanjani is a professor and medical researcher at the University of Nevada, Reno.His research involves growing human cells within sheep embryos. In March 2007, it was announced that Zanjani had created a human-sheep chimera...
, Department Chair of Department of Animal Biotechnology at University of Nevada, RenoUniversity of Nevada, RenoThe University of Nevada, Reno , is a teaching and research university established in 1874 and located in Reno, Nevada, USA...
. - Abdolhossein Zarrinkoob, scholar of Iranian literature, history of literature, Persian culture and history
See also
- List of Iranian scientists from the pre-modern era
- Science and technology in IranScience and technology in IranPersia was a cradle of science in earlier times. Persian scientists contributed to the current understanding of nature, medicine, mathematics, and philosophy. Persians made important contributions to algebra and chemistry, invented the wind-power machine, and the first distillation of alcohol...
- List of universities in Iran
- Higher education in IranHigher education in IranIran has a large network of private, public, and state affiliated universities offering degrees in higher education. State-run universities of Iran are under the direct supervision of Iran's Ministry of Science, Research and Technology and Ministry of Health and Medical Education .-Pre-Islamic...
- List of Iranian Research Centers
- International rankings of Iran in science and technology
- Brain drain in Iran, the world's highest