cv

HOME

Resume

 

Parviz Tarikhi

E-mail: parviz_tarikhi@hotmail.com   Alternative: parviztarikhi@gmail.com

Blog: https://parviztarikhi.wordpress.com

Education

 6/02 to 11/09   Ph.D., Physics, Knightsbridge University, Denmark (Dissertation title: Radar Interferometry; a precise method for measuring the surface displacements and generating 3-D models of land features.)  [Distance learning]

11/96 to 3/99   M.Sc., Physics, Knightsbridge University, UK  [Distance learning]

10/79 to 3/91   B.Sc., Physics, Tehran University, Iran

 

Highlights of Qualifications

 ·         Well-experienced in the analysis of satellite data collected from earth resources I am specializing in radar remote sensing. The noteworthy in this connection is my expertise to work with synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. In 1999, in care of the European Space Research Institute (ESRIN) I implemented an international study project on SAR Interferometry the report of which was submitted to ESRIN and the relevant paper was presented by myself in the 29^th International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE-29) that was held in March 2002 at Buenos Aires, Argentina.

• Due to feature work on promoting remote sensing technology applications in Iran, I was awarded the ISPRS (International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing) International Eduard Dolezal Prize for year 2000 in the 19^th ISPRS Congress in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
• In May 2010, I worked as the lecturer of the international training course on the synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery; processing, interpretation and applications. The course was held from 3^rd to 14^th May in Tunis, Tunisia. I imparted training on SAR Interferometry, DInSAR and PSInSAR in the course. The program was organized and conducted jointly by the Centre Regional de Télédétection des Etats d’Adrique du Nord- CRTEAN (Regional Center for Remote Sensing of North African Countries) and the Inter-Islamic Network on Space Sciences and Technology- ISNET. To this should be added my contribution as the international resource person to the International Training Course on Radar Remote Sensing and Data Processing that was held on 21-24 December 2015 in Karachi, Pakistan and organized by the Institute of Space Technology (IST) in cooperation with SUPARCO. I imparted training of all SAR Remote Sensing techniques and data processing.

• Experienced in writing at the academic and popular levels with over 200 works as articles, reports and books, in English, Persian and French, and also as translator of works.

Work Experience

 7/2015 to 9/2019 Researcher at Microwave and LIDAR Remote Sensing Unit, Remote Sensing Laboratory, Iranian Space Agency (ISA), Mahdasht Space Center, Karaj, Iran (early retirement from state services).

8/2007 to 7/2015  Head of the Research Core on Microwave Remote Sensing Department, Iranian Space Agency (ISA), Alborz (Mahdasht) Space Center, Karaj, Iran.

9/2003 to 8/2007  Head of the Office for Specialized International Cooperation, ISA & Iranian Remote Sensing Center (IRSC), Tehran, Iran.

3/2003 to 9/2003  Head of the Research and Development of New Technologies Group, Remote Sensing and GIS Department, IRSC, Tehran, Iran.

9/2001 to 3/2003  Head of the Group for Analyze and Interpretation of Remote Sensing data on natural resources and environment, Remote Sensing and GIS Department, IRSC, Tehran, Iran.

10/1992 to 9/2001  Expert-in-charge for Training, Research on Space Science and Technology Applications, Research, Training and Space Sciences Department, IRSC, Tehran, Iran.

 Additionally, 4/1990 to date  Freelance Science and Technology Writer, mainly on physics and space science and technology.

 

Honors

 International Lecturer of the SAR Interferometry, Differential InSAR and PSInSAR units of the Centre Regional de Télédétection des Etats d’Adrique du Nord- CRTEAN (Regional Center for Remote Sensing of North African Countries) and the Inter-Islamic Network on Space Sciences and Technology- ISNET Training Course on Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Imagery: Processing, Interpretation and Applications, Tunis, Tunisia, 3 -14  May 2010.  I gave the lectures in the international level to the international PhD- and Master- level trainees from different countries. This activity continued afterwards with my contribution as a resource person of the International Training Course on Radar Remote Sensing and Data Processing that was held on 21-24 December 2015 in Karachi, Pakistan and I imparted training of all SAR Remote Sensing techniques and data processing.

Second Vice-Chairman of COPUOS (United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space) for the period of 2004-2006.

Chairperson of the Action Team #1 of the Recommendations of UNISPACE III “Develop a comprehensive worldwide environmental monitoring strategy” from March 2002 to June 2007.  In charge of Joint International Cooperation with the Russian Federation and Republic of Syria in preparing the report of the Action Team #1 of the Recommendations of the Third United Nations International Conference on the Applications of Space Technology (UNISPACE-III), “Develop a Comprehensive Worldwide Strategy for Monitoring of the Environment”, second half of the year 2003.

National Distinguished Researcher of the Ministry of Post, Telegraph and Telephone, and the IRSC for the Year 2001-2002.

National Focal Point for the International Space-Week Association from 2000 to 2007.

Scientific and Technical member of the Iranian Delegations to the United Nations COPUOS and its Scientific and Technical Subcommittee from 2000 to 2007.

Winner of the Eduard Dolezal 2000 Award for outstanding work in Remote Sensing in Iran which was awarded by the Austrian Society for Surveying and Geoinformation in the 19^th ISPRS Congress held at Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 16^th-23^rd July 2000.

National Distinguished Employee of the Iranian Remote Sensing Center for the Year 1998-99.

National Contact Point for the Human Network of Earth Science Technology Organization (ESTO) of Japan (1996-1999).

 

Special Skills

 Well-experienced in online scientific authorship due to the long term work and cooperation with GEOEurope Magazine as its Middle East representative and freelancer.

• Well-experienced in working with the image processing softwares such as Adobe PhotoShop and ER Mapper, and radar data processing softwares including ESA’s SAR Toolbox, BEST (ESA’s Basic Envisat SAR Toolbox),
• Knowledgeable in NEST (Next ESA SAR Toolbox), RESTEC’s SAR_e2, Canadian Earth-View (professional software for SAR interferometry), US Envi, ERDAS Imagine, German/Stuttgart University IDIOT (InSAR Deformation Inspection and Observation Tool), Dutch/ Delft University DORIS (Delft object-oriented radar interferometric software), ESA’s PolSARpro and
• Familiar with FORTRAN, Visual Basic and Linux programming.
• Familiar with English, French and Esperanto languages and fluent in English and Persian.
• Scientific translating from English and French to Persian language.

Participation in International Scientific and Technical Meetings and Symposia

 I have attended more than 48 international scientific and technical meetings and symposia. I participated COPUOS and its subcommittee meetings from 2000 to 2012 and chaired some of the COPUOS meetings. I have also chaired the meetings of the Action Team number 1 of the recommendations of UNISPACE III focusing on development of a worldwide comprehensive strategy for environmental monitoring from 2001 to 2007.  In addition to COPUOS and its marginal meetings, I have participated and contributed to a number of international symposia and meetings relevant to space science and technology.

Detailed list is available at the web address: [Parviz, Put the past 5-7 years worth in here!]

https://parviztarikhi.wordpress.com/participation-in-the-international-events-symposia/.

 

Main Research Projects

• ESA/ESRIN-supported research study on InSAR for aquatic bodies, from April 2011 to June 2012.
• ESA/ESRIN-supported research study on Motion Estimates through Envisat Interferometric SAR Imagery concerning the Bam Quake of December 26, 2003 from February to December 2004.
• “Surface displacement assessment of the dynamic phenomena of Iran through new technologies in remote sensing with emphasize on SAR Interferometry and other radar remote sensing techniques“, from September 2001 to January 2003. Implementation of the project was limited due to the financial shortage of IRSC.
• ESA/ESRIN-supported one-year research project entitled Plate motion estimates through ERS Interferometric SAR imagery concerning the Izmit quake of August 17^th, 1999 from November 1999 to November 2000.

Journalism and Scientific Writing

 Involved with this activity since 1990, originally in my native language, Persian, later in English at the international level.  I worked with the local basic science magazine Ganjineh, Fatemi Publishers, Tehran, and then organized and headed the Bulletin of the IRSC. 

I have 190 publications in physics and other space science and technology and its applications in book and article format.  I have edited and translated notable works in my career from English and French languages. Finally, I have worked as the freelance journalist and technical writer. A list of my publications are as follows:

Sanctions and the Scientific Community of Iran, Sociology of Islam, May 2020, Vol. 8, Issue 2, pp. 225-264 (DOI: 10.1163/22131418-00802005).

The Status of Science Journalism in Iran, News ISWA (International Science Writers Association), June 2017, Vol. 2, Issue 5, pp. 4-7.

The Iranian Space Endeavor- Ambitions and Reality, Springer/Praxis, Jul. 2014, 326 pages  (DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-05347-9).

InSAR of Aquatic Bodies, paper presented to the XXII ISPRS Congress, 25 Aug.-1 Sep. 2012, Melbourne, Australia (International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences, Volume XXXIX-B7, 2012, pp. 85-90).

InSAR: a new generation, Position Magazine, Australia, No.50, Dec. 2010/Jan. 2011, pp. 42-46.

DEMs from InSAR, Position Magazine, Australia, No.43, Oct./Nov. 2009, pp.39-42.

Iran’s space program: Riding high for peace and pride, Elsevier’s Space Policy International Journal, Issue 3, Vol. 25, August 2009, pp. 160-173, (DOI: 10.1016/j.spacepol.2009.05.010).

Inside GEOSS, Position Magazine, Australia, No.39, Feb./Mar. 2009, pp. 43-44.

Statute of the Iranian Space Agency (2005 &2008), Journal of Space Law, USA, No. 2, Vol. 34, winter 2008, pp. 487-495.

Destruction in the Delta, Position Magazine, Australia, No.33, Feb./Mar. 2008, pp. 40-41 (one of the five recognized articles about space-2008 Aerospace Journalist of the Year Award).

Report to ESA/ESRIN on the research project: PLATE MOTION ESTIMATES THROUGH ERS INTERFEROMETRIC SAR IMAGERY CONCERNING THE IZMIT QUAKE OF AUGUST 17, 1999, November 2000, Presented to European Space Research Institute/European Space Agency (ESRIN/ESA).

Principles of Remote Sensing (translation from English language to Persian), IRSC, Tehran, Iran, fall 1993 & spring 1994, 350 pages (It won the title of the Best Book of the Year 1996-97 in remote sensing in Iran).

Harvard Project Physics, (translation from English language to Persian), Fatemi Publishers, Tehran, Iran, 1991, 492 pages (The book won the title of the Best Book of the Year 1988-89 in physics in Iran).

A detailed list of my feature works is available at the web address:

https://parviztarikhi.wordpress.com/features-2/.

 I have also had articles published in these other publications as far back as 1998: ASM-Asian Surveying and Mapping (Australia-based remote sensing and geo-information weekly online newsletter)ER-Mapper Magazine (UK-based remote sensing and geo-information software magazine), Geo-Europe (UK-based remote sensing and geo-information monthly), Geo:connexion (UK-based remote sensing and geo-information monthly),

Independent Daily (Bangladesh’s leading national daily)

Journal of Space Law (USA, University of Mississippi School of Law) Position Magazine (Australia-based remote sensing and geo-information bimonthly),

Space Policy International Journal (USA, Elsevier)

Spatial Business News (Australia-based remote sensing and earth space business news biweekly journal)

It is notable that my article entitled “Destruction in the Delta,” published in the Feb./Mar. 2008 issue, #33, of the Australian Position Magazine, was recognized as one of the top five articles in the 2008 Aerospace Journalist of the Year Award, in the category of ITT Best Space Submission organized by World Leadership Forum.

Memberships

International Science Writers Association (ISWA) since 1999.

National Geographic Society since 1997.

Iranian Society of Physics since 1992.

Board of the Authors of the basic sciences magazine Ganjineh (1992-1995).

References, digital copies of articles and other publications, and telecommunication points of contacts can be sent upon request.

 

Parviz Tarikhi

January 1, 2023

 

HOME