2013 MEDALS & AWARDS

GILBERT H. CADY Dr. Goodarzi was the Geological Survey I also share this award with and of Canada’s most senior research scientist who thank my wife Margaret for her patience AWARD made significant and lasting contributions that and understanding. Even though I am the Presented to can be described as a triangle whose base is recipient of this medal, in reality it is also Fariborz Goodarzi coal and sedimentary organic petrology and awarded collectively to my friends and sciences, and the sides comprise colleagues and to those research teams I fossil fuels and energy resources as well as have been a part of. I decided to become environmental sciences. He has been a selfless coal scientist and organic petrologist because leader in building a coal expertise network it is fascinating subject, touching upon the around the world. In Canada, he has gained the exploration, exploitation and utilization of respect and support of experts in all levels of energy (fossil fuels), by using coal fragments government, industry, and academia. as a measure of environmental and human Dr. Goodarzi has supervised and health and much more. Organic petrology mentored an impressive list of students to includes relating the nature of char in fly advanced degrees in earth sciences. He has ash to captured mercury and the extent of a quality that many leading scientists lack: ancient forest fires by analyzing the char he is a great educator and mentor. His PhD content in peat. The subject is so enticing that and MS students are eminent scientists. His one does not feel the passing of time!Coal high standing in the international scientific science going to stay with us for a long community is shown by the invitations to time, given the vast reserves of coal in both serve as visiting scholar in highly regarded Canada and that are used in Fariborz Goodarzi academic institutions. Such invitations are both steel and energy industries. Indeed, of Calgary testimony to his outstanding research output. new sources for coking coal are required for As one of the most eminent scientist of the Asian markets. The production of energy 20th century, William S. Fyfe said: from coal will continue and most likely is not “We knew more about the rocks on the Moon going diminish by 2050 as predicted, assisted Citation by Thomas Gentzis than about trace elements in coal” before Dr. by new technologies such as underground Dr. Fariborz (Fari) Goodarzi obtained Goodarzi’s valuable contributions to fossil fuel gasification and generation of gas using his BS degree from the University of science. bacteria. I thank the Geological Society of in 1963, his MS from the University of America for this prestigious award, which is truly a great honour. Newcastle‑Upon‑Tyne, England, in 1971, Response by Fariborz Goodarzi and a PhD from the same university in 1975. Since then, he held the following Ladies and GentlemanCongratulations positions: Assistant Professor and then Head, to the Geological Society of America for Department of Mineral , Isfahan their 125th Anniversary. Indeed, it is a great University of Technology (1975‑1979); honor to receive the Gilbert Cady Award- Dean, Faculty of Materials, Arya-Mehr Coal Division of such a venerable society. University of Technology (1979‑1980), and I thank Dr. Thomas Gentzis for nominating Research Scientist, Natural Resources Canada me, and Brian Cardot, Clause Diesel, Shimon (1982-2008). He has been a UNDP expert Feinstein, Frank Huggins, Maria Mastarles, since 1981and represented Canada at the Jingle Ruppert, Hamed Sanei and Eileen International Energy Agency since 1998. He Van-der Flier–Keller for their support. I am served as an Adjunct Professor of Geology at humbled to be nominated by these eminent four Canadian from 1984 to 2010. scientists from around the world. During his lustrous career, Dr. Goodarzi has received a variety of awards, including the Government of Canada Award of Excellence in Executive Leadership, the ICCP Rheinhardt Thiessen Medal, the CSCOP Hacquebard Award, the AAPG Vincent E. Nelson Memorial Award, and an induction to the Royal Society of Canada.

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