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Dr. Alik Ismail-Zade

Dr. Alik Ismail-Zade
Senior Scientist
Technische Petrophysik
Room227
CS 50.40
Phone+49 721 608-44610
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Curriculum Vitae

  • BSc in Mathematics, Baku State University, Baku, Azerbaijan, 1982
  • MSc in Mathematical Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, 1983
  • PhD in Geophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, 1990
  • DSc in Geophysics (Habilitation), Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, 1997
  • Honorary Fellow, Royal Astronomical Society, 2013
  • Member, Academia Europaea, 2017
  • Fellow, International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG), 2019

 

Full CV: Ismail-Zadeh

Badische Neueste Nachrichten Article: BNN, 2010

Research Interests

  • TECTONIC STRESS & SEISMICITY. Nonlinear block-and-fault dynamics of the lithosphere and earthquakes. Tectonic stress analysis and modeling. Seismic hazard and risk assessment. Applications: Caucasus, Tibet-Himalayan, SE-Carpathians (Vrancea), Apennines.
  • VOLCANIC FLOWS. Reconstruction of thermal and dynamic characteristics of volcanic lava from surface thermal measurements. Numerical modelling of lava flow with a ruptured crust. Two- and three-dimensional time-dependent and steady state modeling.
  • MANTLE DYNAMICS. Thermal plume evolution. Mantle-lithosphere interaction. Lithosphere-asthenosphere delamination. Continental collision. Pacific plate subduction and its evolution.
  • SEDIMENTARY BASINS. Mechanisms of basin evolution. Geothermal evolution. Salt tectonics and dynamic reconstruction of salt structures. Link between mantle dynamics and basin evolution. Application: North American, East European, and Siberian basins; Pricaspian salt basin and Gulf of Mexico.
  • COMPUTATIONAL GEODYNAMICS & METHODS. Development of methodology and software for geodynamic modeling using finite element methods, finite difference methods, finite volume methods, direct and inverse methods. Data assimilation. Data-driven numerical modeling.
  • RISK AND SUSTAINABILITY. Studies of related to disaster risk reduction, risk assessment, preparedness, and the role of science in risk reduction. Science policy and diplomacy. History of Earth and space sciences.

 

Current Projects

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A. Gorshkov (Russia)

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O. Melnik and

A. Korotkii (Russia)

Abhishek Kumar (India)

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Anne Davaille and

Jean Bess (France)

 

Books

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Full list of publications can be viewed at: Publication list A. Ismail-Zadeh

 

Ismail-Zadeh, A.T., Korotkii A., and Tsepelev, I. Data-driven Numerical Modelling in Geodynamics: Methods and Applications. Springer, Heidelberg, 2016.

Ismail-Zadeh, A., and Cutter, S. (eds.) Disaster Risks Research and Assessment to Promote Risk Reduction and Management. International Council for Science (ICSU) and the International Social Sciences Council (ISSC), Paris. 2015. Available at the ICSU web site; http://www.icsu.org/science-for-policy/disaster-risk/documents/DRRsynthesisPaper_2015.pdf  (retrieved on 01.08.2015)

Ismail-Zadeh, A.T., Fucugauchi, J., Kijko, A., Takeuchi, K., and Zaliapin, I. (eds.) Extreme Natural Hazards, Disaster Risks and Societal Implications, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2014.

Ismail-Zadeh, A. T., and Tackley, P. J., Computational Methods for Geodynamics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2010.

Ismail-Zadeh, A. (ed.) Computational Seismology and Geodynamics, Vol. 8, American Geophysical Union, Washington, D.C., 2008.

Ismail-Zadeh, A. T., and T. Beer (eds.), Georisk: Interactions between Science and Society. Springer, Heidelberg, 2007.

Ismail-Zadeh, A. T. (ed.) Recent Geodynamics, Georisk and Sustainable Development in the Black Sea to Caspian Sea Region. American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, vol. 825, Melville, New York, 2006.

Beer, T. and Ismail-Zadeh, A. T. (eds.) Risk Science and Sustainability. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2003.

Publications


A notable centenary for international science.
Reddy, D.; Ismail-Zadeh, A.
2019. Nature <London>, 572 (7767), 32. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-02325-w
IUGG evolves (1940–2000).
Joselyn, J. A.; Ismail-Zadeh, A.
2019. History of geo- and space sciences, 10 (1), 45–72. doi:10.5194/hgss-10-45-2019
IUGG: beginning, establishment, and early development (1919–1939).
Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Joselyn, J. A.
2019. History of geo- and space sciences, 10 (1), 25–44. doi:10.5194/hgss-10-25-2019
IUGG in the 21st century.
Joselyn, J. A.; Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Beer, T.; Gupta, H.; Kono, M.; Shamir, U.; Sideris, M.; Whaler, K.
2019. History of geo- and space sciences, 10 (1), 73–95. doi:10.5194/hgss-10-73-2019
Preface to the special issue “The International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics: from different spheres to a common globe”.
Joselyn, J. A.; Ismail-Zadeh, A.
2019. History of geo- and space sciences, 10 (1), 17–24. doi:10.5194/hgss-10-17-2019
Crust Development inferred from numerical models of LA V A flow and its surface thermal measurements.
Tsepelev, I.; Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Starodubtseva, Y.; Korotkii, A.; Melnik, O.
2018. Annals of geophysics, 61, AC62. doi:10.4401/ag-7745
Seismic hazard assessment of the Shillong Plateau, India.
Baro, O.; Kumar, A.; Ismail-Zadeh, A.
2018. Geomatics, natural hazards and risk, 9 (1), 841–861. doi:10.1080/19475705.2018.1494043
Quantitative modeling of the lithosphere dynamics, earthquakes and seismic hazard [in press].
Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Soloviev, A.; Sokolov, V.; Vorobieva, I.; Müller, B.; Schilling, F.
2017. Tectonophysics. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2017.04.007
Geoscience international : the role of scientific unions.
Ismail-Zadeh, A.
2016. History of geo- and space sciences, 7 (2), 103–123. doi:10.5194/hgss-7-103-2016
Forging a paradigm shift in disaster science.
Ismail-Zadeh, A. T.; Cutter, S. L.; Takeuchi, K.; Paton, D.
2016. Natural Hazards, 86 (2), 969–988. doi:10.1007/s11069-016-2726-x
On the use of multiple-site estimations in probabilistic seismic-hazard assessment.
Sokolov, V.; Ismail-Zadeh, A.
2016. The bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 106 (5), 2233–2243. doi:10.1785/0120150306
Numerical modeling of fluid flow with rafts: An application to lava flows.
Tsepelev, I.; Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Melnik, O.; Korotkii, A.
2016. Journal of geodynamics, 97, 31–41. doi:10.1016/j.jog.2016.02.010
Quantitative reconstruction of thermal and dynamic characteristics of lava flow from surface thermal measurements.
Korotkii, A.; Kovtunov, D.; Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Tsepelev, I.; Melnik, O.
2016. Geophysical Journal International, 205 (3), 1767–1779. doi:10.1093/gji/ggw117
Making the Northern Indian Ocean a Hub of Geomagnetic Data.
Arora, K.; Nagarajan, N.; Thomson, A.; Ismail-Zadeh, A.
2015. Eos, 96 (16), 19–22. doi:10.1029/2015EO034037
Global risks: Pool knowledge to stem losses from disasters.
Cutter, S. L.; Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Alcántara-Ayala, I.; Altan, O.; Baker, D. N.; Briceño, S.; Gupta, H.; Holloway, A.; Johnston, D.; McBean, G. A.; Ogawa, Y.; Paton, D.; Porio, E.; Silbereisen, R. K.; Takeuchi, K.; Valsecchi, G. B.; Vogel, C.; Wu, G.
2015. Nature <London>, 522 (7556), 277–279. doi:10.1038/522277a
Seismic hazard from instrumentally recorded, historical and simulated earthquakes: Application to the Tibet–Himalayan region.
Sokolov, V.; Ismail-Zadeh, A.
2015. Tectonophysics, 657, 187–204. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2015.07.004
Linking mantle upwelling with the lithosphere descent and the Japan Sea evolution: a hypothesis.
Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Honda, S.; Tsepelev, I.
2013. Scientific Reports, 3, Article Nr. 1137. doi:10.1038/srep01137
Lithosphere–asthenosphere viscosity contrast and decoupling.
Doglioni, C.; Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Panza, G.; Riguzzi, F.
2011. Physics of the earth and planetary interiors, 189 (1-2), 1–8. doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2011.09.006
The Astrakhan Arch of the Pricaspian basin: Geothermal analysis and modelling – The Astrakhan arch of the Pricaspian basin.
Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Wilhelm, H.; Volozh, Y.; Tinakin, O.
2010. Basin research, 22 (5), 751–764. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2117.2009.00444.x
Scenario-based earthquake hazard and risk assessment for Baku (Azerbaijan).
Babayev, G.; Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Le Mouël, J.-L.
2010. Natural hazards and earth system sciences, 10 (12), 2697–2712. doi:10.5194/nhess-10-2697-2010
International Cooperation in Geophysics to Benefit Society.
Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Beer, T.
2009. Eos, 90 (51), 493–502. doi:10.1029/2009EO510001
Three-dimensional numerical modeling of contemporary mantle flow and tectonic stress beneath the Central Mediterranean.
Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Aoudia, A.; Panza, G.
2009. Tectonophysics, 482 (1-4), 226–236. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2009.07.013
Numerical techniques for solving the inverse retrospective problem of thermal evolution of the Earth interior.
Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Korotkii, A.; Schubert, G.; Tsepelev, I.
2009. Computers & Structures, 87 (11 - 12), 802–811
Geothermal evolution of the Astrakhan Arch region of the Pricaspian basin.
Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Wilhelm, H.; Volozh, Y.
2008. International journal of earth sciences, 97 (5), 1029–1043. doi:10.1007/s00531-007-0258-z
Thermal evolution and geometry of the descending lithosphere beneath the SE-Carpathians: An insight from the past.
Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Schubert, G.; Tsepelev, I.; Korotkii, A.
2008. Earth and planetary science letters, 273 (1-2), 68–79. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2008.06.012
Tectonic stress, seismicity, and seismic hazard in the southeastern Carpathians.
Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Sokolov, V.; Bonjer, K.-P.
2007. Natural hazards, 42 (3), 493–514. doi:10.1007/s11069-006-9074-1
Buoyancy-driven deformation and contemporary tectonic stress in the lithosphere beneath Central Italy.
Aoudia, A.; Ismail-Zadeh, A. T.; Romanelli, F.
2007. Terra nova, 19 (6), 490–495. doi:10.1111/j.1365-3121.2007.00776.x
Preventive disaster management of extreme natural events.
Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Takeuchi, K.
2007. Natural Hazards, 42 (3), 459–467
t* - an unsuitable parameter to characterize anelastic attenuation in the Eastern Carpathians.
Wenzel, F.; Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Weidle, C.
2007. Geophysical Journal International, 170 (3), 1139–1150
Numerical modeling of crustal block-and-fault dynamics, earthquakes and slip rates in the Tibet-Himalayan region.
Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Le Mouel, J.-L.; Soloviev, A.; Tapponnier, P.; Vorovieva, I.
2007. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 258 (3-4), 465–485
Quasi-reversibility method for data assimilation in models of mantle dynamics.
Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Korotkii, A.; Schubert, G.; Tsepelev, I.
2007. Geophysical Journal International, 170 (3), 1381–1398
Geothermal Evolution of the Astrakhan Crest Region of the Pricaspian Basin, Russia.
Krupsky, D.; Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Wilhelm, H.; Volozh, Y.
2006. Recent Geodynamics, Georisk and Sustainabe Development in the Black Sea to Caspian Sea Region : Proceedings of the International Workshop on Recent Geodynamics, Georisk and Sustainable Development in the Black Sea to Caspian Sea Region. Ed. : A. Ismail-Zadeh, 120–131, AIP Press, Woodbury (NY)
Three-dimensional numerical simulation of the inverse problem of thermal convection using the quasi-reversibility method.
Ismail-Zadeh, A. T.; Korotkii, A. I.; Tsepelev, I. A.
2006. Computational mathematics and mathematical physics, 46 (12), 2176–2186. doi:10.1134/S0965542506120153
Three-dimensional forward and backward numerical modeling of mantle plume evolution: Effects of thermal diffusion.
Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Schubert, G.; Tsepelev, I.; Korotkii, A.
2006. Journal of geophysical research / Solid earth, 111 (6), Art. Nr: B06401. doi:10.1029/2005JB003782
Numerical reconstruction of the initial temperature of diapiric structures in the earth: Effect of the heat diffusion.
Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Korotkii, A.; Schubert, G.; Tsepelev, I.
2005. 3rd M.I.T. Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics; Boston, MA; United States; 14 June 2005 through 17 June 2005. Ed.: K.-J. Bathe, 679–682, Elsevier, Amsterdam / Boston
Three-dimensional modeling of present-day tectonic stress beneath the earthquake-prone southeastern Carpathians based on integrated analysis of seismic, heat flow, and gravity observations.
Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Mueller, B.; Schubert, G.
2005. Physics of the earth and planetary interiors, 149 (1-2), 81–98
A focus on risk science and sustainable development.
Ismail-Zadeh, A.
2004. Eos, 85 (44), 453. doi:10.1029/2004EO440006
Three-dimensional forward and backward modelling of diapirism: numerical approach and its applicability to the evolution of salt structures in the Pricaspian basin.
Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Tsepelev, I.; Talbot, C.; Korotkii, A.
2004. Tectonophysics, 387 (1-4), 81–103. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2004.06.006
Inverse problem of thermal convection: Numerical approach and application to mantle plume restoration.
Ismail-Zadeh, A.; Schubert, G.; Tsepelev, I.; Korotkii, A.
2004. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 145 (1-4), 99–114
Numerical apporach to 3D forward modeling of slow viscous flow.
Tsepelev, I. A.; Korotkii, A. I.; Ismail-Zadeh, A. T.
2003. Computational fluid and solid mechanics 2003 ; proceedings, Second MIT Conference on Computational Fluid and Solid Mechanics, June 17-20, 2003. Ed.: k.-J. Bathe, 1169–1171, Elsevier, Amsterdam. doi:10.1016/B978-008044046-0.50286-4
Salt structures and hydrocarbons in the Pricaspian basin.
Volozh, Y.; Talbot, C.; Ismail-Zadeh, A.
2003. AAPG bulletin, 87 (2), 313–334. doi:10.1306/09060200896