Reza Mansouri ( fa, رضا منصوری, born 1948) is an Iranian

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and a retired professor of physics at

Sharif University of Technology Sharif University of Technology (SUT; fa, دانشگاه صنعتی شریف) is a public research university in Tehran, Iran. It is widely considered as the nation's most prestigious and leading institution for science, technology, engineering ...

Biography

Reza Mansouri received his Ph.D. in 1972 from the

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under the supervision of Roman Ulrich Sexl. He also spent five years as an Assistant Professor there. He served as Deputy Science Minister from 2001 to 2005, and is one of Iran's influential scientific policymakers. Without his efforts, Iran would not have been able to participate in international scientific collaborations such as

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(Middle-East Synchrotron) and the Large Hadron Collider particle accelerator at

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. Mansouri has a number of publications focusing on scientific development in Iran. He has received scientific honors, including the prestigious

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prize. He is presently a visiting professor at

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. Mansouri has served as the president of The Physical Society of Iran. He is one of the founders of

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and head of its Astronomy School, which is responsible for Iran's 3.4 meter national telescope (INO340).

Awards

*Abdus-Salam prize

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