Reza Roosta Azad (23 February 1962 – 11 October 2022) was an Iranian academic who was the chancellor of

Sharif University of Technology Sharif University of Technology (SUT); (, romanized : Dāneshgāh-e sana'ti-e sharif) is a public research university in Tehran, Iran. It is widely considered to be the nation's most prestigious and leading institution for science, technology ...

, serving from 2010 until 2014. Roosta Azad held a BSc from

Isfahan University of Technology The Isfahan University of Technology (IUT) (, Dāneshgāh-e San'ati-ye Esfahān) is a leading public university in Iran, established with the help of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Before establishment 60 top Iranian student received Royal ...

, a MSc from

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and a PhD from the

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. Azad ranked 27th in the

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in 1980 and graduated ranking first in all three levels of undergraduate, master, and Ph.D. . His scientific activities include 39 research projects, 43 articles published in prestigious national and international journals, 68 papers in national and international conferences, and supervising more than 80 masters and doctoral theses.

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1962 births 2022 deaths Istanbul Technical University alumni University of Waterloo alumni University of Isfahan alumni Academic staff of Sharif University of Technology Chancellors of the Sharif University of Technology Society of Devotees of the Islamic Revolution politicians Popular Front of Islamic Revolution Forces politicians Actresses from Tehran {{Iran-academic-bio-stub