Alik Ismail-Zadeh#
| Membership Number: | 4485 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2017 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.comgeodyn.org |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2001 - present, Senior Research Fellow, Geophysical Institute (before 2012) and Institute of Applied Geoscience (since 2012), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, GERMANY
- 1997-2022 - Head of Research Group "Computational Geodynamics and Geohazards Modeling", Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, RUSSIA
- 2005 - 2016, Visiting Professor, Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris, FRANCE
- 2001 - 2015, School Director/Senior Researcher, The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, ITALY
- 2006 - 2007, Invited Professor, Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, JAPAN
- 2003, Invited Professor, Department of Earth & Space Sciences, UCLA, Los Angeles, California, USA
- 2000, Royal Society Visiting Scholar, Institute of Theoretical Geophysics, University of Cambridge, UK
- 1998-2000, Visiting Scientist, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, SWEDEN
Fields of Scholarship
- Seismic hazard (Vrancea, Tibet-Himalayan, Caucasus)
- Sedimentary basin (East European, Siberian, North American basin evolution)
- Geohazards and disaster risk (integrated research, science diplomacy)
- Lithosphere and mantle dynamics (continental and oceanic lithosphere, mantle-lithosphere interaction)
- Lava dynamics (flow with breccia, multi-phase flow, lava domes, Colima)
- Computational geodynamics (numerical methods)
- Mathematical geophysics (gravitational & thermal hydrodynamic instability, data-driven modeling)
- Data-driven modeling (inverse problems, data assimilation, computer vision)
- Salt tectonics (up- & downbuilding of salt structures, Pricaspian basin)
Honours and Awards
- Fellow, International Science Council (2022)
- Distinguished Lecturer of the American Geophysical Union' College of Fellows (2021)
- Ambassador Award, American Geophysical Union (2019)
- Fellow, American Geophysical Union (2019)
- Fellow, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (2019)
- Secretary (elected), International Science Council (2018)
- Member of Academia Europaea (2017)
- Honorary Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society (2013)
- Axford Distinguished Lecture Award, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (2012)
- Honorary Member, IUGG Union Commission on Geophysical Risk and Sustainability (2011)
- International Award, American Geophysical Union (2009)
- Secretary General (elected), International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (2007)
- The Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship Award (2001)
- The Royal Society Research Fellowship Award (2000)
- Russian President Yeltsyn Fellowship Award (1999)
- Academia Europaea Prize and Medal to Early Career Scientists (1995)
