Prof. Hadi Akbarzadeh

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Place of birth : Neyshaboor, Iran
Date of birth : 26 June, 1951
Nationality : Iranian
Sex :  M       Martial status : Married

DEGREE

Ph.D. Condensed Matter Physics, Purdue University, USA, 1983
M.Sc. Solid State Physics, Purdue University, USA, 1980
B.Sc. Physics, Mashhad University, Iran, 1973

PROMOTION

Full Professor            Physics    1998 -  present
Associate professor   Physics    1995 – 1998
Assistant Professor    Physics    1984 - 1995

AWARDS

Highest rank Researcher at Isfahan University of Technology,  1996
Highest rank Research & Academic records in Iran, 1999
Senior Associate of Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) 1997 – present

SCIENTIFIC EMPLOYMENT AND ACADEMIC RESPONSIBILITY

Vice Chancellor of Isfahan University of Technology in Research Affairs   1984-1988
Vice Chancellor of Isfahan University of Technology in Academic Affairs 1988-1989
Head of Physics Department of Isfahan University of Technology   2000-2006
Member of the Editorial Board of Iranian J. of Physical Research  1994 – present
Member of the Promotion Council of Isfahan University of Technology 1990- present
Member of the Promotion Council of the Ministry of Science, Research and Technology  1999 - 2003    
Member of the Scholarship Council of the Isfahan University of Technology 1990-present

ORGANIZER OF SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES

Director of the First Sheikh Bahaei Annual Scientific Award, Isfahan  1996
Director of the Second Sheikh Bahaei Annual Scientific Award , Isfahan 1997
Director of the Annual Iranian Conference of Physics, Shahroud 2000
Director of the Annual Iranian Conference of Physics, Sabsevar 2001
Director of the national workshop on Wien2k, 2001
Director of the First Regional Workshop on Computational Condensed Matter Physics, Isfahan 2002
Director of the ICTP-INFM-DEMOCRITOS-ISMO-IUT School on: Electronic structure calculations and their applications in materials science, Isfahan 2005
Director of the advanced national workshop on Wien2k, , 2005
Director of the advanced national workshop on PWscf, 2008
Director of the ICTP Affiliated Centre at Isfahan University of Technology 2003-present
Member of scientific committee of the 13th International Kharazmi Award, Tehran 1999
Member of scientific committee of the 14th International Kharazmi Award, Tehran
2000
Member of scientific committee of the "Center of Excellency for Nanotechnology in Environment", 2004- present

CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS

Computational condensed matter physics
Investigation of Structural, Electronic, Dynamical and Magnetic properties of solids, surfaces, interfaces and nano-wires by ab-initio Density Functional methods.