Curriculum Vitae Mehdi Reza Poursoltani Associate Professor of Geology (Sedimentology and Sedimentary Petrology) Department of Geology Faculty of Sciences Islamic Azad University of Mashhad Mashhad, Iran Tel: +98-51-3840-3490 Mobile: +98915-559-1613 Email Address: [email protected] [email protected] 1 Degrees: 1991-1995: B.Sc. in Geology, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran 1999-2001: M.Sc. in Geology (Sedimentology and Sedimentary Petrology) Islamic Azad University, Tehran-e- Shomal Branch, Tehran, Iran, 2001-2007: Ph.D. in Geology (Sedimentology and Sedimentary Petrology) Islamic Azad University, Sciences and Research Campus, Tehran, Iran, (a share work with Dalhousie University of Canada) Employment History: 2016-to date: Associate Professor, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch, Iran 2007-2016: Assistant Professor, Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch, Iran 2003-2007: Lecturer, (approx. equivalent to Asst. Professor) Islamic Azad University, Mashhad Branch, Iran RESEARCH ACTIVITIES • My main research has been concerned with the petrography of sandstones, such as Jurassic deposits in eastern of Iran, from the study of their field occurrence, depositional environment, petrography, sequence stratigraphy, and ichnology. • I also studied the Early Cambrian deposits in Central Iran, and also Early Devonian deposits, in eastern of Alborz, working on depositional environments, sediment provenance and diagenesis. • A sabbatical year in Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada (2005-6) • A sabbatical year in Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada (2013-2014) Editorial and Reviewing Experience: Chief editor of Iranian Journal of Earth Sciences (2008-2009) Editorial Board of Iranian Journal of Earth Sciences(2018- to date) 2 Editorial Board of International Journal of Paleobiology & Paleontology (IJPBP)( 2019- to date) International Coordinator of The 1st International Applied Geological Congress, Iran, Mashhad (2010) Chairman of The 1st Professional Conference of Sedimentary and Stratigraphy of Iran (2012) International Coordinator of The 2nd International Applied Geological Congress, Iran, Mashhad (2015) Reviewer of different international journals and also Iranian Journals Member of Sedimntologist Society of Iran (2013-to date) Chair of Petroleum Engineering and Geology Department (2020-to date) Refereed Journal publications: Poursoltani, M.R., Soltani Mah-Abad, M., Ghaemi, F. 2021, Deposition environment of Jurassic deposits in the Binalud basin, according to the provenance and paleo-tectonic, northwest of Mashhad, Iran, Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.22108/jssr.2021.126665.1196. Poursoltani, M.R. 2021, Diagenitic history of Cretaceous sandstones of the Neyzar Formation, Kopet-Dagh Basin, NE Iran: a case study of albitization, Arabian Journal of Geosciences 14, 1164 (2021). Poursoltani, M.R., 2021, Petrography and diagenetic history of Shurijeh Formation (Late Kimmeridgian-Hautrivian) at Estarkhi section, Kopet-Dagh Basin, NE Iran, Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Research, http://dx.doi.org/10.22108/jssr.2020.124716.1181. Poursoltani, M.R., 2020, Ichnology of the Middle Jurassic Deposits of NE Iran: Depositional Environment Interpretation, International Journal of Paleobiology & Paleontology, 3(1): 000115. Poursoltani, M.R., Pe-Piper, g., 2020, Diagenetic history and provenance of Devonian terrestrial sandstones at the margin of Gondwana: Padeha Formation, Eastern Alborz, Iran, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 204:104576. 3 Poursoltani, M.R. 2020, Architectural analysis of an Early Cambrian braided-river system on the north Gondwana margin: The lower sandstone of the Lalun Formation in the Shirgesht area, central Iran, Journal of African Earth Sciences 171:103935 Poursoltani, M.R., Fürsich, F.T., 2020, Tectonic setting and provenance of Jurassic siliciclastic deposits based on geochemical and petrological studies: an example from a Cimmerian intramontane basin, the Binalud Mountains, Iran. Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 13: 650. Javanbakht, M., Kholghi, N., Poursoltani, M.R., 2020, Use of morphometric indices in drainage network changes (indicators in the Kordkanlo basin), NE Ian, Iranian Journal of Earth Sciences, 12 (3), PP. 205-211. Javanbahkt, M., Tayeban, S.A., Poursoltani, M.R., 2019, Geochemical, diagenetic processes and depositional environment investigation of Tirgan Formation, in eastern Kopet-Dagh Basin, NE Iran, Apllied Sedimentology, 6 (12), PP. 112-133. Poursoltani, M.R., Kermanshahi, H., Javanbakht, M., 2019, Depositional environment interpretation, diagenetic history and porosity and permeability estimation of Tirgan Formation, as a probable reservoir rock in the eastern of Kopet-Dagh Basin, Apllied Sedimentology, 5 (10), PP. 127-152. Poursoltani, M.R., Harati Sabzevari, M., 2019, Porosity evolution and diagenetic history of the Upper Jurassic Mozduran Formation, eastern Kopet-Dagh Basin, NE Iran, Iranian Journal of Earth Sciences, 11 (2), PP. 141-159. Poursoltani, M.R., Gibling, M.R., Pe-Piper, G., 2019, Diagenesis, burial history, and hydrocarbon potential of Cambrian sandstone in the northern continental margin of Gondwana: a case study of the Lalun Formation of Central Iran, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, V. 172, PP. 143-169. Poursoltani, M.R., Kazemi Zanjani Lotfabadi, N., Fazel Valipour, M.E., The effect of geologic units on composition and quality of water: an example from the Kardeh watershed, northeast of Mashhad, Iran, Sedimentray Facies, 12 (1): 35-52. Poursoltani, M.R., 2017, Sea-level change and deep sea sequence stratigraphy: A study of Middle Jurassic siliciclastic strata, NE Iran, Iranian Journal of Earth Sciences, V. 9, PP. 17-30. Erfani, S., Javanbakht, M., Poursoltani, M.R., 2016, The study of diagenetic processes in the Chehel Kaman Formation in the eastern of Kopet-Dagh region, North-East of Iran, Iranian Journal of Earth Sciences, V. 8, PP. 125-134. 4 Poursoltani, M.R., Alami, S., 2016, The effect of geologic units on water quality of Bazeh-Hour watershed, with emphasis on sedimenotology studies, SE Mashhad, Iran, Journal of Environmental Geology, V. 34, PP. 19-45. Poursoltani, M.R., 2017, Petrography and diagensis of Padeha Formation sandstones (Lower-Middle Devonian) at Bujhan section, Binalud Basin, NE Iran, Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Research, No. 4, PP. 87-112. Poursoltani., M.R., Jamali., M., Nasiri, Y., 2016, Lithofacies, Petrofacies and depositional environment of Jurassic deposits in Binalood Zone in the Bazeh hoz section, South of Mashhad, V. 3, Issue 6, PP. 82-102. Poursoltani, M.R., Compaction, fracturing and cementation, the main diagenetic events - An example from upper sandstone of Lalun Formation, Binalud Zone, Iran, Sedimentray Facies, 2016, 9 (1): 77-90. Poursoltani, M.R., Pe-Piper G. 2015, Source and diagenesis of Middle Jurassic marine mudstones, Kopet-Dagh Basin, NE Iran, Geopersia, V. 5, No. 2, PP. 93- 109. Poursoltani, M.R., Oskouian Shirvan, S., 2015, Facies analysis and depositional sequences of a siliciclastic–carbonate deposit: The Late Paleocene–Early Eocene Succession, Fariman, Central Iran, Journal of Arabian Geosciences, V. 8, pp. 8429–8439. Poursoltani, M.R, Ghotbi Ravandi M.R., 2014, Diagenetic history of Early Cambrian sandstones, at Gazouieyeh outcrop, Central Iran, Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Research, No. 57/4, pp. 103-125. Chenarani, A., Allameh, M., Poursoltani, M.R., Taherpour Khalil Abad M., 2014, The investigation on the facies and sedimentary environment of the Tirgan Formation in the South of Sarrood village, East of Kopet-Dagh Basin, Quarterly Journal of The Earth,, V. 9, No. 31, pp. 173-186. Poursoltani, M.R., Ghaemi Moghadam M., 2014, Physiography and Geomorphology of Tabarak Dam watershed, north of Quchan, and their effects to type of deposits, New Findings in Applied Geology, V. 15, PP. 83-98. Saadati Jafarabadi, Sh., Allameh, M., Poursoltani, M.R., Sajjadi, F., 2013, Paleoecology and palynostratigraphy Dalichai Formation, according to miospores, in the Bar Village section, East of Binaloud Basin, Paleontology, V. 1, No. 1, PP. 67-80. 5 Poursoltani, M.R., 2013, The role of diagenesis in clay mineral forming: Middle Jurassic deposits, northeast Iran, Sedimentary Facies, V. 6, No. 2, PP. 150-161. Poursoltani, M.R., Moeeni Saleh, M., 2012, Sedimentological study of Motr-Abad and Solh-Abad rivers, No-Bahar watershed, Central Iran, Sedimentary Facies, V. 5, No. 2, PP. 169-184. Poursoltani, M.R., Kargar, M., 2012, Analysis of Middle Jurassic course grain deposits, in the East of Kopet-Dagh Basin, Iran, Sedimentary Facies, V. 4, No. 2, pp. 135-150. Poursoltani, M.R., Gibling, M.R., 2011, Compasition, porosity and reservoir potential of the Middle Jurassic Kashafrud Formation, northeast Iran, Marine and Petroleum Geology, V. 28, pp. 1094-1110. Poursoltani, M.R., Moussavi Harami, R., 2010, The role of cementation and compaction in porosity, Middle Jurassic sandstones, along the outcrop belt, northeast Iran, Sciences Journal, V. 36, No.1, pp.31-46. Poursoltani, M.R., Javad Moosavi, S.M., Alami, S., 2009, The geomorphological study of Binaloud basin, Apllied Geology, No. 4, PP. 258-265. Poursoltani, M.R., Moussavi Harami, R., Lasemi, Y., 2008, Reply to: Environmental interpretation of Kashafrud Formation (Upper Bajocian-Lower Bathonian) based on ichnofossils, NE Iran, Geosciences, V. 18, No.70, pp.71-75. Poursoltani, M.R., Moussavi Harami, R., 2008, Hydrological study of the Sangered Drainage basin, in the Sabzevar area, Applied Geology, No. 2, PP. 110 –