Majid Hassanizadeh

Majid Hassanizadeh
Seyed Majid Hassanizadeh
Born October 22, 1952 (1952-10-22) (age 59)
Tooyserkan, Iran
Fields Hydrogeology
Institutions Utrecht University,
TNO
TU Delft
Alma mater Pahlavi University, Shiraz
Doctoral advisor William G. Gray
Notable awards Humboldt Prize (2010)

Seyed Majid Hassanizadeh is a professor of hydrogeology at Utrecht University, where he heads the hydrogeology group at the Faculty of Geosciences.[1] He also is a senior advisor with the Soil and Groundwater Department of TNO-Deltares. His research focuses on various flow and transport in porous media, through theory development, experimental studies, and modeling work. In particular, he focuses on two-phase flow, reactive transport in variably-saturated porous media, transport of micro-organisms, and biodegradation.

Formerly, he has been with Abadan Institute of Technology (Iran, 1979–1982), Project Manager with Yekom Consulting Engineers (Iran, 1982–1984), senior researcher with the National Institute of Public Health and Environment, RIVM (Bilthoven, The Netherlands, 1984–1995), Associate Professor (1995–2001) and later Professor (2001–2003) with the Faculty of Civil Engineering and Geosciences, Delft University of Technology. He has also held visiting faculty appointments at Notre Dame University, US, University of Bordeaux, France, and EPF Lausanne, Switzerland.

He has contributed to around 200 publications in journals, books, or as technical reports.[2] Former Editor of Advances in Water Resources (1991–2001), Associate Editor of Vadose Zone Journal (2002–2008) and Water Resources Research (2004–2010),[3] member of International Advisory Board of Journal of Hydrologic Engineering (since 2004),[4] and on the editorial boards of Transport in Porous Media (since 1989),[5] Advances in Water Resources (1988–2010), The Open Civil Engineering Journal (since 2007),[6] The Open Hydrology Journal (since 2007),[7] Journal of Porous Media (since 2009),[8] and Special Topics & Reviews in Porous Media; An International Journal(since 2009).[9]

He is active as session organizer or member of various committees for the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, NWO, American Geophysical Union, Soil Science Society of America, European Geosciences Union, and International Association of Hydrological Sciences. He has been leading and/or participating in a large number of projects funded by NWO, EU, TRIAS, SKB, TNO, BTS. He has supervised more than 35 graduate students; has (co-)organized around 30 international conferences, workshops, and short courses; has been on the organizing or scientific committees of 25 international conferences/workshops; has given invited lectures in nearly 50 international meetings and short courses.

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Biography

Majid Hassinizadeh was born in the city of Toyserkan in the west of Iran. His father was a teacher at a local school. When nine years old, his family moved to the city of Ilam in the Kurdish western part of Iran. Eight years later, they moved to the city of Karaj (near Tehran) where he finished his last year of high school. Throughout the secondary school, he was the first-ranking student. Then, he decided to study civil engineering at the Pahlavi University in Shiraz. He focussed on optional courses dealing with water, partly because of the poetic value of water in his country.

After his graduation, he was offered a scholarship at Princeton university. But, first, he wanted to marry before he left his country. After a short search he was introduced to Forooz, a second cousin from his mother's side. The two hit it off and married shortly after. During his studies at Princeton he became very active in the protests against the Shah regime in Iran. This earned him the nickname 'the phantom' during his fourth year because he was hardly seen at his desk, but left traces of study all the same.

After he obtained his PhD in 1979, he had the opportunity to stay and work in US. However, the Iranian Revolution had just started in Iran and, like 95% of the Iranian population, he supported Khomeini. So he decided to return to Iran. He was bitterly disappointed. After about half a year, the new regime launched the so-called "cultural revolution", closed all universities, and encouraged all students and teachers to work in industry or agriculture.

While working at a consulting company on drainage and irrigation projects, Majid learned about a post-graduate course in hydraulic engineering at IHE Institute in Delft, the Netherlands. He managed to obtain an exit visa through contacts of his employer and left for the Netherlands. After finishing the course he was offered a research position at the Netherlands National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM). He and his wife had originally planned to return to Iran, but he was now offered the chance to stay in science. Although torn, he decided to stay in the Netherlands, where he lives till today.[10]

Education

  • MSc & PhD, Civil Engineering, Princeton University, USA, 1979
  • BSc, Civil Engineering, Pahlavi University, Iran, 1975

Scientific Honors

He was elected Fellow of American Geophysical Union in 2002[11] and Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2007.[12] He was awarded the honorary degree of Doktor-Ingenieur from Stuttgart University in 2008.[13] In 2010, he was awarded a Humboldt Prize.[14]. In May 2012, he was selected by the US National Ground Water Association as the Darcy Distinguished Lecturer for 2012 [15]. In June 2011, he was elected by the Soil Science Society of America to receive the Don and Bety Kirkham Soil Physics Award [16].

Representative publications

  • Joekar-Niasar, V.; Hassanizadeh, S.M.; Leijnse, A. (2008), "Insights into the relationships among capillary pressure, saturation, interfacial area and relative permeability using pore-scale network modelling", Transport in Porous Media 74: 201–219, doi:10.1007/s11242-007-9191-7 
  • Bottero, S.; Hassanizadeh, S.M.; Kleingeld, P. (2011), "From local measurements to an upscaled capillary pressure-saturation curve", Transport in Porous Media 87 
  • Raoof, A.; Hassanizadeh, S.M.; Leijnse, A. (2010), "Upscaling transport of adsorbing solutes in porous media: pore‐network modeling", Vadose Zone Journal 9: 624–636, doi:10.2136/vzj2010.0026 
  • Niessner, J.; Hassanizadeh, S.M. (2008), "A Model for Two-Phase Flow in Porous Media Including Fluid-Fluid Interfacial Area", Water Resources Research 44: W08439, doi:10.1029/2007WR006721 
  • Torkzaban, S.; Hassanizadeh, S.M.; Schijven, J.F.; van den Berg, H.H.J.L (2006), "Role of Air–water interfaces on retention of viruses under unsaturated conditions", Water Resources Research 42 (W12S14): W12S14, doi:10.1029/2006WR004904 
  • Oung, O.; Hassanizadeh, S.M.; Bezuijen, A. (2005), "Two-phase flow experiments in a geocentrifuge and the significance of dynamic capillary pressure effect", Journal of Porous Media 8: 247–257, doi:10.1615/JPorMedia.v8.i3.10 
  • Schijven, J.F.; Hassanizadeh, S.M. (2002), "Virus removal by soil passage at filed scale and groundwater protection of sandy aquifers", Water Science and Technology 46 (3): 123–129, PMID 12227597 
  • Hassanizadeh, S.M.; Celia, M.A.; Dahle, H.K. (2002), "Dynamic effects in the capillary pressure-saturation relationship and their impacts on unsaturated flow", Vadose Zone Journal 1: 38–57, doi:10.2113/1.1.38 
  • Reggiani, P.; Hassanizadeh, S.M.; Sivapalan, M.; Gray, W.G. (1999), "A unifying framework for watershed thermodynamics: Derivation of constitutive equations", Advances in Water Resources 23: 15–39, doi:10.1016/S0309-1708(99)00005-6 

References

  1. ^ Personal web page at Utrecht University
  2. ^ Curriculum vitae at Utrecht University
  3. ^ http://www.agu.org/journals/wr/editors.shtml
  4. ^ http://www.pubs.asce.org/journals/hydrologic/board/
  5. ^ http://www.springer.com/earth+sciences/journal/11242?detailsPage=editorialBoard
  6. ^ http://www.bentham.org/open/tociej/EBM.htm
  7. ^ http://www.bentham.org/open/tohydj/EBM.htm
  8. ^ http://www.begellhouse.com/journals/49dcde6d4c0809db.html
  9. ^ http://vafai.engr.ucr.edu/STRPM/index.htm
  10. ^ Erik Hardeman (2008-03-20). "Majid Hassanizadeh". Utrecht University. http://www.ublad.uu.nl/WebObjects/UOL.woa/2/wa/Ublad/archief?id=1032291. Retrieved 2010-05-12.  (in Dutch)
  11. ^ http://hydrology.agu.org/section/list_agu_fellows.html
  12. ^ http://www.aaas.org/aboutaaas/fellows/
  13. ^ http://www.uni-stuttgart.de/alumni/infoservice/magazin.php?id=8&ausgabe=0109
  14. ^ "Majid Hassanizadeh receives von Humboldt Prize". Utrecht University. 2010-03-29 accessdate=2010-05-12. http://www.uu.nl/NL/faculteiten/geowetenschappen/Actueel/Pages/HumboldtPrize.aspx. 
  15. ^ http://www.ngwa.org/Foundation/darcy/Pages/Future-Darcy-Lecturer.aspx
  16. ^ https://www.soils.org/membership/divisions/s01/kirkham/award

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