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Alireza Vaezi

Assistant professor, Research Institute for Earth Sciences, Geological Survey of Iran

Tel:   +98 66070518

E-Mail: al.vaezi@yahoo.com ; Vaezi@ries.ac.ir 

Address: Research Institute for Earth Sciences, Geological Survey of Iran, Azadi Sq., Meraj-street, Tehran-Iran. Post box: 13185-1494

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=CNlQSbsAAAAJ&hl=en 

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alireza-Vaezi-4 

Ph.D. Environmental Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran (Sep. 2013–Oct. 2018) GPA:

Visiting Researcher    Linköping University (TEMA - Environmental Change), Sweden (Apr. 2016 – Sep. 2016)

M.Sc. Environmental Engineering, University of Tehran, Iran (Sep. 2011 – June. 2013)GPA: 18.75 out of 20

                                       B.Sc.   Civil Engineering, Isfahan University of Technology, Iran (Sep. 2006 – Sep. 2010)

My research focuses on paleoclimate reconstruction, monsoon variability, and pollution issues.

• Paleoclimatology
• Paleolimnology
• Past Human–Environment Interactions
• Environmental Pollutions
• Environmental Geochemistry and Health
• Climate Change Modeling
• Climate Change and Adaptation

• Assistant professor, Research Institute for Earth Sciences (2021-present)
• Environmental Advisor to the Director General of Iran's Geological Survey (2023-present)
• Guest Editor, Toxics (Q1; IF: 4.6, ISSN 2305-6304), 2023. Special issue on "Organic and Inorganic Contaminants in
• Scientific secretary of the 5th National Conference on Quaternary (2023)
• Member of executive committee of UNESCO Chair on Coastal Geo-Hazard Analysis (2022-present)
• Researcher, Research Institute for Earth Sciences (2020-2021)
• Environmental and climatic changes consultant, especially in the field of policy making (2019-2020)
• Environmental consultant for Arvand Petrochemical Company (2017-2018)

• Reconstruction of paleoclimatic and environmental changes in south-central Iran over the past three thousand years using multiple sedimentological, geochemical, and biological evidence from sediment cores extracted from a peatland in southern Rayen, Kerman., Geological Survey of Iran (2025).
• Scientific consulting services for the preparation of sedimentary geochemistry and environmental pollutants maps of the coastal banks of Gilan Province at a scale of 1:50,000, Geological Survey of Iran (2024).
• Paleoenvironmental and paleoclimatic changes of the ancient Jiroft area since last 4000 years inferred using new applied research, Geological Survey of Iran (2023).
• An investigation on Caspian's sturgeon diversity and its environmental and climatic challenges and opportunities, Agricultural Services Specialized Holding Company (2022).
• Development of soil environmental criteria in the fields of chemical accidents, natural hazards and mining activities, Department of Environment, Division of The Human Environment (2021).
• Climate-culture evolution at Jiroft in southeast Iran during the Holocene. Vetenskapsrådet (2015-18) and STINT Initiation Grant (2015-16). 
• Assessment of sources and concentration of metal contaminants in marine sediments of Musa estuary, Persian Gulf. Bandar Imam Petrochemical Company (Project Code 0871699104) (2012-13).

• Sedimentary geochemistry and environmental pollutants, Geological Survey of Iran (2024)
• Sessional Lecturer at the Faculty of Earth Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University (2019-2020)
• Conducted an offline full course on "Introduction to Climate Change Fundamentals along with Comprehensive Training on MODTRAN and RRTM Climate Models" (2021). https://girs.ir/climate-change/ 

• Ranked 3rd among the participants in the Iranian University entrance exam for a Ph.D. degree in Environmental Engineering (2013)

• Scholarship for visiting PhD students at Linköping University, Sweden (2016)

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Selected JCR papers

• Vaezi, A*., Routh, J., Rana, A. et al. Linking Future Hydroclimatological Changes with Past Climatic Conditions in Southeastern Iran: Insights from Models and Observations. Int J Environ Res 19, 38 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41742-024-00704-4 (Q3, IF: 2.8).
• Vaezi, A*., Shahbazi, R., Sheikh, M., Lak, R., Ahmadi, N., Behrooz, R. D., Kaskaoutis, D. G., Tagaris, E., Sotiropoulou, R. E. P. (2024). Environmental Pollution and Human Health Risks Associated with Atmospheric Dust in Zabol City, Iran. Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11869-024-01582-7 (Q2, IF: 3.4).
• Vaezi, A*., Lak, R. (2023). Contamination and Environmental Risk Assessment of Potentially Toxic Elements in the Surface Sediments of Northwest Persian Gulf. Regional Studies in Marine Science, p.103235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2023.103235 (Q2, IF: 2.1).
• Vaezi, A., Shahbazi, R., Lak, R., Ahmadi, N., Sheikh, M., Mohammadi Gol, A. (2023). Assessment of Potentially Toxic Elements in Atmospheric Dust and Associated Health Risks in Zahedan City, Iran. Environmental Geochemistry and Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10653-023-01674-w  (Q1, IF: 4.0).
• Vaezi, A., Lak, R. (2023). Sediment Texture, Geochemical Variation, and Ecological Risk Assessment of Major Elements and Trace Metals in the Sediments of the Northeast Persian Gulf. Minerals, 13 (7), 850. https://doi.org/10.3390/min13070850 (Q2, IF: 2.8).
• Vaezi, A., Routh, J., Djamali, M., Gurjazkaite, K., Beni, A.N., Tavakoli, V., Roberts, P. (2022). New Multi-proxy Record Shows Potential Impacts of Precipitation on the Rise and Ebb of Bronze Age and Imperial Persian Societies in Southeastern Iran. Quaternary Science Reviews, 298, 107855. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2022.107855 (Q1, IF: 4.5).
• Sharifi-Yazdi, M., Tavakoli, V., Salehi-Noparvar, S., Vaezi, A*., Naderi Beni, A., Nazemi, M., … Routh, J. (2022). Influence of the Late Quaternary climate on sedimentology of the Jazmurian Playa, SE Iran. Journal of Paleolimnology, 68 (2), 169-187. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10933-022-00239-8 (Q2, IF: 1.8).
• Vaezi, A., Ghazban, F., Tavakoli, V., Routh, J., Beni, A.N., Bianchi, T., Curtis, C., Kylin, H. (2019). A late Pleistocene-Holocene multi-proxy record of climate variability in the Jazmurian playa, southeastern Iran. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 514, 754-767. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.09.026 (Q1, IF: 3.0).
• Gurjazkaite, K., Routh, J., Djamali, M., Vaezi, A., Poher, Y., Beni, A.N., Tavakoli, V. and Kylin, H. (2018). Vegetation history and human-environment interactions through the late Holocene in Konar Sandal, SE Iran. Quaternary Science Reviews, 194, 143-155. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.06.026  (Q1, IF: 4.0).
• Vaezi, A. R., Karbassi, A. R., & Fakhraee, M. (2015). Assessing the trace metal pollution in the sediments of Mahshahr Bay, Persian Gulf, via a novel pollution index. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 187 (10), 613. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-015-4833-7 (Q2, IF: 3.1).
• Vaezi, A. R., Karbassi, A. R., Valavi, S., & Ganjali, M. R. (2015). Ecological risk assessment of metals contamination in the sediment of the Bamdezh wetland, Iran. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 12(3), 951-958. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-014-0710-0 (Q3, IF: 3.1).
• Karbassi, A. R., Heidari, M., Vaezi, A. R., Samani, A. V., Fakhraee, M., & Heidari, F. (2014). Effect of pH and salinity on flocculation process of heavy metals during mixing of Aras River water with Caspian Sea water. Environmental Earth Sciences, 72(2), 457-465. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-013-2965-z  (Q2, IF: 3.0).

 

Selected ISC papers

• Vaezi, A*., Djamali, M., Skandari, N., Tavakoli, V., Naderi-Beni, A. (2024). 'The Influence of Paleoclimatic Variability on the Rise and Fall of Iranian Dynasties and Ancient Cultures in Southeastern Iran from the 2nd Millennium BCE to the Sassanid Period', Parseh J Archaeol Stud, 8(27), 59-80. https://dx.doi.org/10.22034/PJAS.8.27.59
• Lak, R., Vaezi, A. (2023). 'Assessment of Pollution Severity and Ecological Risks of Potentially Toxic Elements in Marine Sediments of the Northeastern Persian Gulf', Quaternary Journal of Iran, 9(1, 2), pp. 184-212. https://doi.org/10.22034/irqua.2023.2015322.1017
• Vaezi, A*., Tavakoli, V., Naderi-Beni, A. (2023). 'Paleoclimate reconstruction in Jiroft during the late Holocene', Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences, 33(3), pp. 55-70. https://doi.org/10.22071/gsj.2023.366231.2035
• Vaezi, A*., Koochekian, H. (2023). Assessment of vulnerability and adaptation of Caspian Sea sturgeon in the face of future climate changes. Journal of Animal Environment, 14(4), 193-202. https://doi.org/10.22034/AEJ.2022.328858.2751
• Vaezi, A*. (2022). 'Future and paleo changes in Mid-Latitude Westerlies and Mediterranean winter precipitation system over Kerman province: A case study Kahnuj synoptic station', Quaternary Journal of Iran, 8(1, 2), pp. 1-16.  https://doi.org/10.22034/irqua.2022.702451
• Vaezi, A*. (2022). 'Evaluation of the performance of the CMIP5 General Circulation Models in predicting the Indian Ocean Monsoon precipitation over south Sistan and Baluchestan, using the past hydrological changes in the region', Quaternary Journal of Iran, 7(3,4), pp. 888-902. https://doi.org/10.22034/irqua.2022.702437
• Karbassi, A., Fakhraee, M., Vaezi, A., Bashiri, A., & Heidari, M. (2015). An investigation on flocculation, adsorption and desorption process during mixing of saline water with fresh water (Caspian Sea). Journal of Environmental Studies, 41(2), 11. https://doi.org/10.22059/JES.2015.54983 
• Vaezi, A. R., Karbassi, A. R., Fakhraee, M., Valikhani Samani, A. R., & Heidari, M. (2014). Assessment of sources and concentration of metal contaminants in marine sediments of Musa estuary, Persian Gulf. Journal of Environmental Studies, 40(2), 345-360. https://doi.org/10.22059/JES.2014.51204

 

Selected conference papers

• Vaezi, A., Routh, J., Djamali, M., Beni, A.N., Tavakoli, V., Roberts, P., 2022, Tracking rainfall and ancient empires since the Late Bronze Age in the Jiroft Valley, southeastern Iran: Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 54, no. 5. https://doi.org/10.1130/abs/2022AM-381492.

 

Books

• Vaezi, A., Ghasemian Azizi, A., Karami, M., Nazari, H. (2024). Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) a technological approach to deal with global warming, Geological Survey of Iran, Iran, 258p.
• Vaezi, A., Ghasemian Azizi, A., Nazari, H. (2022). Bioenergy and hydrogen: a solution to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Geological Survey of Iran, Iran, 220p
• Vaezi, A., Ghasemian Azizi, A. (2021). Climate change and evolutionary trend of renewable energies, Tarbiat Modir publisher, Iran, 187p.

Date of birth: December 9, 1987                                                            Marital status: Married, 1 child