S. Majid Hassanizadeh#
| Membership Number: | 5650 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.uu.nl/medewerkers/SMHassanizadeh |
| ORCID: | 0000-0002-6473-9838 |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/majid-hassanizadeh-8b481815/ |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2020,01 - present Senior Professor, Stuttgart University, DE
- 2018,10 - present Emeritus Professor, Utrecht University, NL
- 2004,01 - 2018,10 Professor, Utrecht University, NL
- 2001,07 - 2004,01 Professor, Delft University of Technology, NL
- 1995,10 - 2001,07 Associate Professor, Delft University of Technology, NL
- 1994,01 - 1994,08 Visiting Professor, Notre Dame University, USA
- 1990,12 - 1993,12 Adjunct Associate Professor, Utrecht University, NL
- 1984,11 - 1990,10 Senior Research Scientist, National Institute of Public Health and Environment (RIVM), NL
- 1982,09 - 1984,10 (Part-time) Assistant Professor, Khajeh Nasir University of Tehran, Iran
- 1982,09 - 1984,10 Project Manager , Yekom Consulting Engineers Co., Iran
- 1979,10 - 1982,09 Assistant Professor, Abadan Institute of Technology, Iran
Fields of Scholarship
- Studies of industrial porous media
- Physics of flow and transport in porous media
- Colloids, virus, and particle transport in porous media
- Pore-scale modelling of flow and transport
- Soil and groundwater pollution and remediation
- Experimental studies of porous media systems
- Macroscale modelling of flow and transport
- Upscaling of flow and transport theories
Honours and Awards
- Robert E. Horton Medal for Lifetime Achievements in Hydrology, awarded by American Geophysical Union (AGU), 2019
- Mercator Professor, Institute for Modelling Hydraulic and Environmental Systems, Stuttgart University, 2019-2024
- Royal Medal of Honor, Ridder in de Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw (Knight in the Order of the Netherlands Lion), July 2015
- Advanced Investigator Research Grant of ca 2.4 Million Euro, awarded by European Research Council, July 2013.
- Henry Darcy Distinguished Lecturer 2012, Selected by US National Ground Water Association, 2012.
- Don and Betty Kirkham Award, awarded by Soil Science Society of America (SSSA), 2011.
- Alexander von Humboldt Research Prize, March 2010.
- Commemorative Medal Award of 25th Anniversary of Establishment of The Institute of Chemical Engineering Sciences of FORTH Foundation, Greece, 2009.
- Honorary degree of Doctor-Ingenieur from Stuttgart University, November 2008.
- Elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, elected November 2007.
- Elected Fellow of the American Geophysical Union (AGU), elected January 2002
- Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Professor (professorship based on merit), Delft University of Technology Delft, NL, 2001
