Alik Ismail-Zadeh, a former researcher with ICTP's Structure and Nonlinear Dynamics of the Earth research group as well as a frequent conference lecturer, has received the American Geophysical Union's International Award. The award honors an individual scientist or a small team for outstanding contributions to furthering the Earth and space sciences and using science for the benefit of society in less favored nations. Dr. Ismail-Zadeh was cited for promoting and fostering geophysics between Eastern European scientists and their colleagues worldwide.

Dr. Ismail-Zadeh is chief scientist and head of the Computational Geodynamics section at the International Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences. He also is a senior research scientist at the Geophysical Institute, University of Karlsruhe.