The 21st Prize Award Ceremony of Iran Science Promotion was held on Thursday, February 18th. Prof. Mehdi Zare, associate fellow and chairman of the Division of Geology of the Academy, received the Science Promotion Award for his unceasing, responsible, purposeful and comprehensive human and moral efforts, the activities beyond the research and academic domain and in order to make the public more familiar with the science of seismology.
Prof. Zare is one of the most cited Iranian scientists in his field of research. He has received the Diploma on Habilitation, the most prestigious scientific degree in Europe from France.
Iran Science Promotion Award Committee holds this ceremony every year to recognize the efforts of science promoters and encourage the public to work and lay the ground for promoting scientific insight and thinking in society, and to appreciate the most effective activities of the people or organizations for popularizing science, spreading scientific thought and culture in Iran, and applying science to all levels of social life.