Name and Surname

MohammadHossein Adabi

 

Education

B.Sc. in Geology (University of Ferdowsi, Mashhad, Iran); M.Sc in sedimentology (George Washington University, USA); PhD in carbonate petrology and geochemistry (University of Tasmania, Australia)

 

Major

Carbonate Petrologist and Geochemist

 

Job Title

Associate Professor at Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran,  Honorary Research Associate at the University of Tasmania, Australia since 1999

 

Work Experience

Lecturing at the University of Ferdowsi and Shahid Beheshti University for more than 22 years, in undergraduate and post-graduate levels

Researcher at the University of Ferdowsi and Shahaid Beheshti, Iran, since 1996.

Research Fellow at the University of Tasmania, Australia, since 1999.

Principle Geologist, Bass Resources Company, Tasmania, Australia, since 1998.

 

Awards

1-     recipient of one gold medal for first class in B.Sc. degree in Geology

2-     postgraduate scholarship (1475) for MSc. Degree from ferdowsi university

3-     postgraduate research scholarship (1992) in PhD degree from Ministry of Higher Education.

4-     Vice chancellor’s award for being the best teacher in Geology (1997), Ferdowsi, university

5-     Selected as the best professor of the year in Geology in 2004 by Ministry of higher Education

6-     Member of university councile, shahid beheshti university

 

Publications

38 abstracts (in national and international)

43 papers (national and international Journals)

4 books

 

Professional affiliations

Member of Geological Society of Australia, Member of Geological Society of Iran, Member of Iranian Society of Crystallography and Mineralogy.

 

Research Activity

Basin Analysis (sedimentology, diagenesis and geochemistry) of ancient carbonates (Upper Jurassic and Cretaceous of Kopet-Dagh Basin (gas reservoir), Iran, and Precambrian (ore deposits) carbonate and siliciclastic sequences, western Tasmania.

Environmental Geology