Professor Azadeh TabazadehDepartment of Geophysics
397 Panama Mall, Mitchell Bldg, Rm 325Standford University, CA 94305-2215
Office phone: 650-724-8969
Fax: 650-725-7344
Mailing Address Stanford University  Work E-mail azadeht(a-t)stanford.edu  
Research group website:
http://pangea.stanford.edu/research/atmosphere

Born: 1967 Tehran-Iran

Azadeh Tabazadeh is one of Iran's and also world's most influential senior research scientist at NASA Ames Research Center and winner of Popular Science Brilliant 10 award in 2002, and holder of PH. D. in Physical Chemistry from university of California Los Angeles in the field of Earth Science.
Azadeh Tabazadeh was born in Iran and grew up in Tehran and became interested in science at age 7, when an uncle gave her a chemistry set as a present. When she was 17, chafing under the restrictions placed on women by Ayatullah Khomeini's regime, she fled Iran with her brother, followed by other family members.



Currently on leave from NASA, she is a visiting professor at Stanford university, where her husband Mark Jacobson is an associate professor of engineering. The two are collaborating on a project that's probing the likely atmospheric impact of a broad-scale switch from fossil fuels to hydrogen. The results, she hopes, will provide society with the information it needs to make rational decisions about global warming.

Education
1987 at age 20 - B.S. in Chemistry (highest honors) university of California Los Angeles
1988 at age 21 - Research Assistant, Dept. of Chemistry, University of California, Los Angeles
1990 at age 23 - M.S. in Chemistry University of California, Los Angeles
1991 at age 24 - Research Assistant, Dept. of Atmospheric Science, UCLA
1992 at age 25 - Teaching Assistant, Dept. of Atmospheric Science, UCLA
1994 at age 27 - Postdoctoral Fellow, NASA Ames Research Center
1994 at age 27 - Ph. D. in Physical Chemistry University of California, Los Angeles
1997 at age 30 - Research Scientist, Earth Science, NASA Ames Research Center
2002 at age 35 - Senior Research Scientist, NASA Ames Research Center
2005 at age 38 - Associate Professor Standford University - Environmental Engineering,
2005 at present: Associate Consulting Professor of Geophysics

Tabazadeh ’s works have been revolutionary in the fields of geophysics, physical chemistry, and atmospheric science. She has written numerous research papers as the principal investigator, all of which have been published in prestigious science journals. In the cover story of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (2002,No.99).

Professor Tabazadeh presented for the first time the results of her research on the correlation between volcanic activity and the ozone hole, namely that if a period of high volcanic activity on Earth coincides with a series of cold winters in the Arctic,t hen a springtime Arctic ozone hole may reappear for a number of consecutive years.Her most recent work on the connection between ozone depletion and global warming is challenging widely held views in stratospheric science.

Professor Tabazadeh is recipient of many awards including the American Geophysics Union ’s medal in 2001. She was the 1999 recipient of the “Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers. (This is the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on outstanding scientists and engineers in their early career.)

In the citation of this award, Tabazadeh is recognized for her pioneering development of theoretical techniques to simulate the formation of chemically and climatically important aerosol particles in the Earth ’s atmosphere. Tabazadeh works with a broad array of scientists,universities and scientific organizations such as UCLA, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Max Plank Institute, and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Tabazadeh is married to Dr.Mark Jacobson who is also a distinguished NASA scientist.They have two children, Dionna and Daniel.
HONORS AND AWARDS:
 2005 Research Featured in Time Magazine's Innovator Series (Jan. 10 issue)
 2004-2005 Shimuzu Visiting Fellowship (Dept. of CEE, Stanford University)
 2003 Henry G. Houghton Award, American Meteorological Society (AMS)
 2003 Discoveries and Breakthroughs Inside Science (DBIS) Paper Recognition,
 2003 American Institute of Physics (paper: PNAS, 99, 15873, 2002)
 1999-2003 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE)
 2002 Research Featured in Popular Science Magazine (Nov. issue)
 2001 Fellow, American Geophsyical Union
 2001 Exceptional Scientific Achievement Medal, NASA
 2001 James B. Macelwane Medal, American Geophysical Union
 1994-1997 National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship
 1996 Excellence in Refereeing for Geophysical Research Letters, Editor's Citation
 1991-1994 Global Change Graduate Fellowship, NASA
 1987 Merck Index Award, Undergraduate Chemistry Research
 1985-1987 Dean's Distinguished Honors List, UCLA  
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
 2007-Present Visiting Review Committee, EAPS Dept, MIT
 2006-Present Committee Member, James B. Macelwane Medal , AGU
 2006-Present Committee Member, Atmospheric Research Awards, AMS
 2007 Inaugural Lecturer, Sr. Mary Thompson lectureship, St. Catherine College, MN
 2007 Senior Review Panel, Earth Science Opertaing Missions, NASA
 2007 Invited Speaker, Women in Engineering Seminar Series, Stanford
 2007 Seminar Speaker, Dept. of Atmospheric Science, UCLA
 2007 Colloquium Speaker, Lockheed Martin  
 2007 Colloquium Speaker, USGS Western Region  
 2007 NAS Panel Review Member, CCSP Report
 2007 External Thesis Committee Member (Reader), University of Waterloo
 2007 Keynote Speaker, Educating Women for a World in Crises Summit, New Orleans
 2006 Session Chair, American Chemical Society (SF, CA)
 2006 Invited, Aviation/Climate Workshop (sponsored by FAA)
 2006 Invited Speaker, Society of Iranian Professionals, Santa Clara County
 2006 Invited Speaker, The End of Oil Public Lecture Series, Stanford
 2006 Invited Speaker, Applied Physics Dept., Stanford
 2006 Invited Speaker, Chemistry Dept., UC Irvine
 2006 Invited Speaker, Managing Solar Radiation, NASA-Ames/Carnegie-DOE Workshop
 2006 Invited Speaker, Atmospheric Chemistry Workshop (Telluride, CO)
 2005 Invited Speaker, Cupertino Rotary Club (Ozone Hole and Global Warming)
 2005 Invited Speaker, NRC Directorate, NASA
 2004 Invited Speaker, CEE Dept., Stanford University
 2004 Distinguished Lecturer, EAPS Dept., MIT
 2004 Invited Speaker, San Jose Rotary Club (The Science of Global Warming)
 2004 Invited Speaker, GES Dept., Stanford University
 2002-2004 Committee Member, James B. Macelwane Medal , AGU
 2002-2004 Committee Member, Middle Atmosphere, AMS
 2000-2004 Mentor, Job Shadow Program, Bay Area High Schools
 2003 Invited Speaker, IUGG, Sapparo, Japan
 2003 Invited Speaker, ACS National Chemistry Week, Santa Clara Section
 2003 Invited Speaker, Physics Dept., Michigan Technological University
 2003 Invited Public Lecture (500+ audience), Global Warming, Flint Center, Cupertino
 2003 Invited Speaker, CEE Dept., Stanford University
 2003 Invited Speaker, Max Planck Institute, Mainz, Germany
 2001-2003 Sciene Team Member, Crystal-Face Field Project, NASA
 2002 Invited Speaker, The 87th Statistical Mechanics Conference, Rutgers University
 2002 Invited Speaker, Physics Dept., SJ state University
 2002 Invited Speaker, Agricultural and Environmental Chemistry Dept., UC Davis
 2002 Keynote Speaker, HIAPER Project, NSF (Boulder, CO)
 2002 Invited, Education Section, AGU
 2002 Invited Speaker, Union Section, AGU
 2002 Invited Speaker, EPS Dept., UC Berkeley  
 2002 Organizer, Special Section on Aerosols, AGU
 2000-2002 Associate Editor, Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere, AGU
 1997-2002 Sciene Team Member, Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite, NASA
 2001 Co-author (Ch. 3), International Assessment Report on Ozone Depletion, WMO
 2001 Invited Speaker, Chemistry and Biochemistry Dept., UCLA
 2001 Invited Speaker, Atmospheric Chemistry Gordon Conference
 2000 Invited Speaker, SLAC, Stanford University
 1999 Invited Speaker, Atmospheric Section, AGU
 1999 Satellite Validation Panel Member, NASA (Snowmass, CO)
 1999 Invited, Frontiers of Science Symposium, National Academy of Sciences
 1999 Invited Speaker, Chemistry and Biochemistry Dept., UC Berkeley  
 1996-1999 Organizer, Earth Science Seminar Series, NASA Ames Res. Center
 1998 Peer Review Panel Member, NASA
 1996-1998 Science Team Member, SUCCESS Aircraft Field Project, NASA
 1997 Peer Review Panel Member, NASA
 1997 Organizer, Special Section on Aerosols, AGU
 1996 NASA Group Achievement Awards, UARS Science Team
 1996 Invited Speaker, Environ. Section, ACS
 1995 Invited Speaker, CEE Dept., Stanford University
 1995 Invited Speaker, Atmospheric Chemistry Gordon Conference