ریاست پژوهشکده

Dr. Razyeh Lak

Director of Research Institute for Earth Sciences, Geological Survey of Iran 

 

• Phone: +98 912 137 0783
• Fax: +982166070511
• Email: lak_ir@yahoo.com
• Office Address: Geological Survey of Iran, Meraj St., Azadi Sq., Tehran, Iran

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2007

Ph.D. in Sedimentology and Sedimentary Rocks

Kharazmi University Geology Department, Faculty of Science (formerly Tarbiat Moallem University), Tehran Province, Iran

• Thesis Title: Sedimentology, Hydrochemistry and brine evolution of Maharlou Lake

2000

MSc. in Sedimentology and Sedimentary Rocks

Azad University (North Tehran Branch). Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Tehran Province, Iran

• Thesis Title: Marine geology and sedimentary charachtristic of Chabahar embayment area

1988

BSc. in Geology

Kharazmi University Geology Department, Faculty of Science (formerly Tarbiat Moallem University), Tehran Province, Iran

• Thesis Title: Geological Map of Emamzadeh Hashem-Plour Region

 

Environmental Geology

  Climate Change

Holocene Paleoclimate

Lake and Playa Environments

Marine  and Coastal Sedimentology

 

 

12/2018 -Present

Full Proffesor and Director of Research Institute for Earth Sciences, Geological Survey of Iran, Tehran, Iran

11/2017 – 12/2018

Associate Professor and General Director of Geological Survey of Iran, Tehran, Iran

9/2012-12/2018

Assistant Professor and Director of Planing, budget and information data department, Geological Survey of Iran, Tehran, Iran

2011-2012

Assistant Professor and Director of Marine Geology Department, Geological Survey of Iran, Tehran, Iran

2007-2011

Deputy of Marine Geology Department, Geological Survey of Iran, Tehran, Iran

2001-2007

Head of Marine Geophysics Group, Marine Geology Department, Geological Survey of Iran, Tehran, Iran

1996-2001

Expert of Remote Sensing Group, Geomatics Department, Geological Survey of Iran, Tehran, Iran

1993-1996

Expert of exploration, Mine and Industrial Organization, Hamedan, Iran

1988-1993

Expert of Sedimentology Group, Geology Department, Geological

Survey of Iran, , Tehran, Iran

 

5. Best Researcher Award, 2013
   Ministry of Science, Research and Technology, Iran
   Awarded to the top-performing faculty researcher of national research institutes; official letter of appreciation signed by the Minister of Science, Research and Technology.
5. Best Marine Researcher Award, 2017
   International Maritime Organization (IMO) – Iran
   Recipient of a letter of appreciation signed by the Head of the Iran Ports and Maritime Organization.
5. Best Researcher Award, 2016
   Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade, Iran
   Recognized as the top researcher among ministry experts.
5. Top Ph.D. Student, 2007
   Kharazmi University (formerly Tarbiat Moallem University), Iran

• Chief Scientist of projects on protection of Natural Environment (air, soil and water resources)
• Individual consultant for UNESCO to the assessment of the performance of the Regional Education and Research Centre on Oceanography for West Asia (RCOWA)
• Scientific board of Chair on Coastal Geohazard Analysis of UNESCO
• President of Geosciences committee Iranian National Commission for UNESCO (2018)
• Manager of Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman marine geology project (2007-2015)
• Manager of Urmia Lake restoration project in the field of geology
• Head of geological committee, Urmia Lake restoration
• Scientific secretarial of 32th and 34th national and 1^st and 2^nd international geosciences congress, Marine geology and oceanography section (2014), Lake Urmia (2016)
• Reviewer of “Journal of Arid environment”
• Reviewer of  “SN Applied Sciences”
• Reviewer and member of scientific committee of ICOPMAS conference (from 2010 to 2014)
• Reviewer and committee member of Urmia Lake rescue conference (2014)
• Scientific secretarial of climate change national conference (2011)
• Scientific secretarial of Aerosol national conference
• Member of establishing committee Quaternary association of Iran
• Member of establishing sedimentology association of Iran
• Member of Editorial Board, Iranian Journal of Quaternary,   Geological Survey of Iran, Tehran

• Joint project with Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Science, Geological Survey of Belgium under titled "Paleoenvironment of khouzestan plane- north west of Persian Gulf (2012-2017)
  Project manager: Cecile Baeteman
• Joint Project with National Indian Oceanography about sources of Aeolian sediment of Persian gulf and Oman Sea sediments (2008-2010)
  Project manager: Dr Ramaswamy
• Joint project with (IMEP) Marseille  France for reconstruction of Holocene paleoclimate of Lake Maharlou (2005-2007)
  Project manager: Dr Morteza Djamali

(Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles)

2025

1. Hamid A. K. Lahijani, Lak, R,. Amjadi, S,. Pourkerman, M,. Naderi Beni, A,. Azizpour, J,. Saleh, A,. (2025). "Modern and Holocene sedimentation patterns in the Persian Gulf," Geodiversitas, 47(14), 623-640,
2. Shahbazi, R,. Maleki, S,. Lak, R,. Feiznia, S,. Ahmadi, H,. (2025) "Paleo-shoreline changes in the northwestern Persian Gulf during the Holocene" Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecss.2025.109286.
3. Zare, F,. Vaezi A, Tavakoli, A,.  Lak, R,. (2025). "Assessing pollution and ecological risks of potentially toxic elements in surface sediments of the north-central Persian Gulf" Regional Studies in Marine Science, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2025.104159.
4. Ertunç, G,. Mohammadi, A,. Çiner, A,. Kadir Eriş, K,. Aydar, E,. Lak, R,. Yetemen, Ö,. (2025). "Lake level fluctuation controls the formation, types, and abundance of coated grains in hypersaline lakes: a case study from Urmia Lake (NW Iran)" Journal of Quaternary Science  https://doi.org/10.1002/jqs.3694.
5.  Gitipour, S,. Sanaei, M,. Lak, R,. Karbassi, A,. (2025). "Effective elimination of Pb (II) cations from waste water and polluted water using siderite magnetic biochar" Scientific Reports, Nature.
6. Vaezi, A., Shahbazi, R., Sheikh, M. et al. Environmental pollution and human health risks associated with atmospheric dust in Zabol City, Iran. Air Qual Atmos Health 17, 2491–2513 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11869-024-01582-7.

2024

7. Lak, R*., Mohammadi, A,. Darvishikhatooni, J,. Aghaali, E,. (2024). "Flood on 28^th  July 2022 Imamzadeh Davood; lessons understanding the flood risk in the north of Tehran" Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences.
8. Amiri, V., Sohrabi, N., Lak, R., Tajbakhsh, GH,. (2024). "Estimation of natural background levels of heavy metals and major variables in groundwater to ensure the sustainable supply of safe drinking water in Fereidan, Iran". Environ Dev Sustain 26, 19807–19832.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-03438-z.
9. Sarı, S,. Mohammadi, A,. Schwamborn, G,. Haghipour, N,. Yong Yu, B,. Kadir Eriş, K,. Lak, R.,  (2024). "Sedimentary evolution and lake level fluctuations of Urmia Lake (north‐west Iran) over the past 50 000 years; insights from Artemia faecal pellet records". Sedimentology. https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.13159.
10. Amjadi, S,. Alizadeh-Lahijani, H,. Mahmudy-Gharaie, MH,. Lak, R.,  Marriner, N,. (2024). "Reconsltruction and correlation of palaeo-seismic events in the Weslt Makran using physical and biological properties of deep-sea cores from Oman Sea".Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences.
11. Amjadi, S,. Gharaie, M.H., Lahijani, H., Kaniewski, D,. Lak, R.,  et al.. Summer monsoon belt displacement and precipitation sources in the Northern Arabian Sea: A multi-proxy palaeoenvironmental reconstruction for Late Holocene. Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences - CJES, 2024, ⟨10.22124/cjes.2024.7990⟩. ⟨hal-04693341⟩

2023

12. Vaezi A, Lak, R*., Sediment Texture, Geochemical Variation, and Ecological Risk Assessment of Major Elements and Trace Metals in the Sediments of the Northeast Persian Gulf. Minerals, 2023; 13(7):850. https://doi.org/10.3390/min13070850
13. Vaezi, A., Lak, R., 2023. Contamination and Environmental Risk Assessment of Potentially Toxic Elements in the Surface Sediments of Northwest Persian Gulf. Reg. Stud. Mar. Sci. 103235. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rsma.2023.103235
14. Vaezi, A., Shahbazi, R., Lak, R*., Ahmadi, N., Sheikh, M.,  Mohammadi Gol, A, 2023, Assessment of Potentially Toxic Elements in Atmospheric Dust and Associated Health Risks in Zahedan City, Iran. Environmental Geochemistry and Health.
15. Amiri, V., Sohrabi, N., Lak, R., Tajbakhsh, G., 2023,
16.  Estimation of natural background levels of heavy metals and major variables in groundwater to ensure the sustainable supply of safe drinking water in Fereidan,Iran, Environment, Development and Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10668-023-03438-z
17. Maghrebi, M., noori, R., Danandeh Mehr, Lak, R*., Darougheh, Razmgir, R., Farnoush, H., Taherpour, H., Alavimoghadam, S. M.R., Araghi, A., Klove, B, 2023. Spatiotemporal changes in Iranian rivers discharge, Elementa,
18. Pourkerman, M., Marriner, N., Amjadi, S., Lak, R., Hamzeh, M., Mohammadpor, Gh., Lahijani, H., Tavakoli, M., Morhange, Ch., Shah-Hosseini, M. 2023. the impact of Persian Gulf water and ocean-atmosphere interactions on tropical cyclone intensification in the Arabian Sea, Marine Pollution Bulletin

2022

19. Rahmani, F., Jafarian, A., Lak, R., Esmaeili, J., 2022, Environmental Geochemistry and geobiochemistry studies on agricultural soil and rice plant in Sari-Mazandaran Province,Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences

2021

20. Mohammadi, A, Lak, R., Schwamborn, G., Kaveh-Firouz, A., Çiner, A., Khatouni, JD., 2021, Depositional environments and salt-thickness variations in Urmia Lake (NW Iran): Insight from sediment-core studies,Journal of Sedimentary Research 91 (3), 296-316
21. Hosseinyara, Gh., Behbahanib, R., Moussavi-Harami, R., Lak, R., Kuijperse, A., 2021, Holocene sea-level changes of the Persian Gulf Quaternary International, 571, 26-45
22. Jalalian,T, Lak, R, Taghian, Darvishikhatooni, J, 2021, Evolution of sedimentary environments and geography of the Gavkhouni Playa during the Late Quaternary, International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology
23. Jalilian, T., Taghian, A.R.,  Lak, R.,  Darvishi Khatooni, J. 2021, The Late Quaternary sedimentary sequences and environmental changes based on core studies in the Gavkhouni Playa (Central Iran), Environmental Earth Sciences volume 80, 782
24. Amiri,V, Nakhaei, M, Lak, R, Peiyue Li, 2021, An integrated statistical-graphical approach for the appraisal of the natural background levels of some major ions and potentially toxic elements in the groundwater of Urmia aquifer, Iran
25. Joudaki, M., Noroozpour, H., Baghbani, D., Lak, R., 2021, The Oligocene to Lower Miocene depositional sequences of the Zagros Basin, SW Iran, Geological Journal
26. Salehipour Milani,A, Lak,R ,Yamani,M, 2021, The Urmia Lake Level Fluctuations History in Late Pleistocene, Geographical Planning of Space

2020

27. Mirzapour, B., Lak, R.,  Aleali, M., Djamali, M., Shahbazi, R., 2020, Mineralogical reconstraction of Late Pleistocene-Holocene climate and environmental changes in southern wetland of Lake Urmia, Geopersia
28. Lak, R., Mirzapour, B., Aleali, M., Djamali, M., Shahbazi, R., 2020, Identifying the effects of climate changes of sedimentary environments and determining sedimentation rate of south wetland of Lake Urmia during late Pleistocene and Holocene, Pollution
29. Behbahani R., Lak, R., Distribution of sediments components and organic matter in the northern part of the Persian Gulf, 2020, in: Caouette, (Ed) “The Persian Gulf, Oceanography and  Wildlife”,Nova science publishers, New York, 51-113
30. Shayan.S, Dadashzade,Z, Lak,R,.Shrifikia,M, 2020, Coastal morphodynamic analysis with the aim of determining the sediment cell boundaries (Case study: Hormozgan province). Quantitative Geomorphological Research
31. Karbasi, A., Maaghrebi, M., Noori, R., Lak, R., Sadrinasab., M., 2020, Investigation of spatiotemporal variation of drought in Iran during the last five decades, Desert, 25, 2, 213-226
32. Mohebbi Tefreshi, Gh., Nakhaei, M., Lak, R., 2020, A GIS-based comparative study of hybrid fuzzy-gene expression programming and hybrid fuzzy-artificial neural network for land subsidence susceptibility modeling, Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment, 34, 1059-1087p
33. Mohebbi Tefreshi, Gh., Nakhaei, M., Lak, R., 2020, Subsidence risk assessment based on a novel hybrid form of a tree-based machine learning algorithm and an index model of vulnerability, Geocarto International, 1-23p
34. Jafarian, A., Rahmani, F., Lak, R., Esmaeili, J., 2020, Urban and agriculture environmental  geochemistry and identification of heavy metals in the soil of sari city (Iran), International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

2015-2019

35. Amao, A., Kaminski, A., Asgharian Rostami, M., Mahmudy Gharaie, M., Lak, R., Frontalini, F., 2019. Distribution of benthic foraminifera along the Iranian coast, Marine Biodiversity, V. 49, Issue. 2, 933-946 p.
36. Mohebbi Tefreshi, Gh., Nakhaei, M., Lak, R., 2019, Land subsidence risk assessment using GIS fuzzy logic spatial modeling in Varamin aquifer, Iran, GeoJournal, doi.org/10.1007/s10708-019-10129-8(0123456789).
37. Karbasi, A.R., Maghrebi, M., Lak, R., Noori, R., Sadrinasab, M., 2019. Application of sediment cores in reconstruction of long-term temperature and metal contents at the Northern region of the Persian Gulf, Desert, 24-1, 109-118p.
38. Habibi,E., Lak., R., Torabi, H., Mahmoodi, S., Momtaz., H., 2018, Investigating the Relationships Between Chemical Indices of Soil Development and Wethering in Various Parent Material in Urmia Lake Catchment, Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, February 2019, Vol. 14, No. 1, p. 209 – 221
39. Maghrebi, M., Karbassi, A., Lak, R., Roohollah Noori, Masoud Sadrinasab,2018, Temporal metal concentration in coastal sediment at the north region of Persian Gulf, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 135, 880-888 p.
40. Erfan, Sh, Rezaei, Kh, Lak,R, Alaei, S.M,. 2017, Clay mineralogy and sediment grain-size variations as climatic signals in southern part of Urmia Lake cores, North West of Iran, Journal of Research in Biology
41. Davoodi, H.,  Gharibreza, M., Negarestan, H., Sedigh Mortazavi, M.,  Lak, R, . 2017,  Ecological risk assessment of the Assaluyeh and Bassatin estuaries (northern Persian Gulf) using sediment quality indices, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science 192, 17-28
42. Amiri, V., Nakhaei, M., Lak,R., 2017, Using radon-222 and radium-226 isotopes to deduce the functioning of a coastal aquifer adjacent to a hypersaline lake in NW Iran, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 147, 128-147
43. Vosoogh, A., Saeedi, M., Lak, R., 2017, Metal fractionation and pollution risk assessment of different sediment sizes in three major southwestern rivers of Caspian Sea, Environ Earth Sci (2017) 76:292
44. Zarezadeh, Rezaee, R., Lak, R., Masoodi, M., Ghorbani, M. 2017. Distribution and accumulation of heavy metalsin sediments of the north part of Mangrove Har Biospher Reserve, Qeshm Island (Persian Gulf), Soil and Water Research, Czech. 12: 86-95 p. doi:.org/10.17221/16/2016-SWR
45. Zarezadeh, Rezaee, R.,   Rezaee, P., Lak, R.,  Masoodi, M., Ghorbani, M. 2017, A study of  textural and accumulation of heavy metals of sediments in mangrove ecosystem of Persian Gulf, South of Iran, Indian journal of Geo Marine Sciences, 46 (1), 78-85 p.
46. Amiri, V.,Nakhaei, M., Lak, R., Kholghi, M., 2016, Investigation the Salinization and freshening processes of coastal groundwater resources in Urmia aquifer,NW Iran, Environ Monit Assess (2016), DOI: 10.1007/S 10661-016-5231-5, 188:233 p.
47. Amiri, V., Nakhaei, M., Lak, R., Kholghi, 2016. Geophysical, isotopic, and hydrogeochemical tools to identify potential impacts on coastal groundwater resources from hypersaline lake,NW Iran. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 23, 16,16738-16760
48. Hazermoshar, I., Lak, R., Espahbood, M., Kohansal, Ghadimvand, Farajzadeh, 2016. Geochemical, Sedimentological and mineralogical characterization of surficial sediments in Eynak marsh (North of Iran). Scientific Research Publishing Open Journal of Geology, 6:640-659
49. Vosoogh, A., Saeedi, M., Lak, R., 2016, Heavy Metals relationship with wter and size-fractionated sediments in rivers using canonical correlation analysis (CCA), Case study, Rivers of South western of Caspian Sea, Environmental Monitoring Assessment, 188, 603
50. Lak, R., Saeedi, S., Vosoogh, A., 2015, Heavy metal distribution in fractioned River sediments- Case Study: Shafaroud River-South west of Caspian Sea, International Journal of Environmental science and development, v.6 n.7,530-534
51. Amiri, V.,Nakhaei, M., Lak, R., Kholghi, M., 2015, Assesment of seasonal groundwater quality and potential salt water intrusiom: a study case in Urmia Lake coastal aquifer (NW Iran) using the groundwater quality (GQI) and Hydrochemical facies evolution diagram (HFE-D), 30, 5, 1473-1484.
52. Behbahani, R., Hosseinyar, G.R., Lak, R., 2015, The controlling parameters on organic matter preservation within the bottom sediments of the northern part of the Persian Gulf, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen
53. Mojtahedin, Hadavi ., Lak, R. 2015, Distribution of Cocolithophorous as a potential proxy in paleoceanography , The case of the Oman Sea mansoonal pattern, Geologica Carpathica, 66, 1:69-80

BEFORE 2015

54. Lak, R., 2014, Sea level changes of the northern part of the Persian Gulf, Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 120,763-757
55. Bayati, M., Lak, R. and Modaberi, S., Saeidi, Shakiba Azad,A., 2014, Environmental Geochemistry of metals in the surface Sediments of the North-west of Persian Gulf (Boushehr Province Area), Journal of Tethys, v. 2, n.1, 9-19
56. Dehghan chenari, A., Lak, R., 2014, Effect of heavy metals from petroleum pollutions on carbonate surface sediments of the Persian Gulf, International  journal of Environmental Research, V.8 NO.2,457-464
57. Mohammadi Parvaneh, M., Lak, R., Fatemi, Khaksar, 2014,  Reconstruction of the Caspian Sea water level fluctuations in Holocene, the study of Ostracods in wetland of Amirkelaye, International journal of current life sciences, 4, 9, 5509-5605
58. Rezaeian Langroudi, S., Lak, R., Turkamani, 2014, Investigation of hydrogeochemical characteristics and groundwater quality of Hoz-e-Soltan Lake, Qom, Iran, Tethys, 1(3)
59. Nezhadafzali, K., Shayan, S., Lak, R., Yamani, E., Ghorashi, M., 2014. Newly discovered and volcanoes, mechanism, geomorphological and geochemical characteristics in coastal belt of Makran, Iran, Journal of applied environmental and biological sciences, Vol.5, 2:9-19
60. Mojtahedin, Hadavi , Lak, R. 2013, Investigating Paleoenvironmental Factors ofStrait of Hormuz during the Holocene, Journal of the Persian Gulf, Vol. 4/No. 13:30-19
61. Hashemi, S J., Riahi Bakhtiari, A., Lak, R., 2013, Source identification and distribution of Lead, copper, zinc, nickel, chromium and vanadium in surface sediments of Caspian Sea, Journal of Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences, 22, 1, 36-50
62. Hosseinyar, G. R., Behbahani, R., Chaychizadeh, S., Lak, R., and Chakeri, M., 2013, High resoloution sceismic stratigraghy and current- induced bedforms in the khuran strait, South of Iran, 29(6a):51-62
63. Pouresmaeil, A., Hadavi, F., Lak, R., 2012, Calcareous Nannofossils in Holocene Surface Sediments of the Persian Gulf, Journal of Persian Gulf, Vol.3, No.8, 13, 35-48
64. Ahrari Roudi, M., Moussavi-Harami, R., Lak, R., Mahboubi, A., and Motamed, A., 2012, Using of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and Sediment Cores As Method Interpretation of Sedimentary Environments the Estuaries of Northern West Oman Sea, Research Journal of Environmental and Earth Sciences, 4, 05, 500-510
65. Salehipure Milani, A., Lak, R., Beigi, 2013. Monitoring the Area and Distribution of Mangrove Forests in the Southern Coasts of Iran, Journal of Environmental Treatment Techniques, 1, 3, 137-146.
66. Djamali, M., Miller, M., Ramezani, E., Andrio-ponel, V., Beulieu, L., Berberian, M., Lahijani, H., Lak, R., Ponel, P., 2010, Notes on arboricultural and agricultural practices in ancient ancient Iran based on new pollen evidence, Paleorient, 36-2, 175-188
67. Djamali, M., Beaulieu, J.L., Andrieu Ponel, V., Miller, N.F., Poonel, P., Lak, R., Sadeddin, N., Akhani, H., Fazeli, H., 2008, Vegetation history of the SE section of the Zagros Mountains during the last 5 millennia; a pollen record from the Maharlou Lake, Fars Province, Iran, Vegetation History Archaeobotany, Springer-Verlag, 2
68. Fayazi, F., Lak, R., Nakhaei, M., 2007, Hydrogeochemistry and brine evolution of Maharlou Saline Lake, southwest of Iran, Carbonates and Evaporites 22(1):33-42
69. Lak, R., Fayazi, F., Nakhaei, M.,2007,  Sedimentological evidences of a major drought in the Mid-Late Holocene of the Lake Maharlou, SW Iran, 4th international limnogeology congress, abstract book
70. Lak, R., Mohammadi, Ali, Darvishi khatooni, J, Lake Urmia Brine Evolution from 2007 to 2019, 2021, in: Nooran, Yakushev, Nøst and Bruggeman (eds.),  “The handbook of Environmental chemistry”, Lake Urmia: A Hypersaline Waterbody in a Drying Climate, Springer Nature Switzerland, 1-23

)Articles In Persian are listed below(

71. Dasbarzin, D., Rezaei, Kh., Lak, R., Mohammadivijeh, M., Moslemi, H., 2019. Sedimentology and depositional paleo-environments of Quaternary alluviums determination using sedimentology and ground penetration radar (GPR) data combination, Quaternary Journal of Iran, 4-4, 435-456p
72. Lak, R. Darvishi Khatooni, J. Mohammadi. 2012. Paleolimnology study and causes of Sudden decrease in water level of urmai Lake. Journal of Applicable Geology, zahedan university. zahedan uni press. 4:357-372.
73. Salehipure Milani, A. Mohammadi, A. Darvishi khatooni, J., Lak, R. 2012. Spatial-Temporal Modelling of Urmia Lake fluctuation. Journal of Science & Research, Islamic Azad University Campus Tehran uni press.
74. Lak, R., Darvishi khatouni, J, Mohammadi, A., Langroudi, S., 2014, Climate change during Holocene by investigation of core sediments from three saline Lake (Maharlou, Hoz-e-soltan and Urmia, Geosciences journal.
75. Darvishi Khatooni, J. Lak, R. Mohammadi, A., 2015. Hidrogeochemistry and Brine Evolution of Urmia hypersaline lake Northwest of Iran. Geosciences journal.
76. Yamani, M., Moghimi, E., Lak, R., Salehipour Millani, A., 2015, Reconstruction of Quaternary Paleo Lake Levels of Urmia by Studying Lake Terraces, JPHGR_Volume 47_Issue 1, 1-19
77. Pashazadeh, B., Jahani, D., Lak, R., Nazari, H., Zamani pedram, 2019. Identification of an old lake for the first time in quaternary units around Yazd city, Publisher of Geosicence, 101-108p.
78. Jalilian, T., Taghian, A. R, Lak, R. & Darvishi Khatooni, J. 2021. Climate and Environmental Changes in Late Quaternary Using Clay Mineralogy in Gavkhoni Playa, Quantitative Geomorphological Research, Volume 9, Issue 4, Pages 25-41.
79. Dehghani, M., Pirkharrati, H., Lak, R. & Asadzadeh, F. 2021. Assessment risk of heavy metal contamination in the surface sediments of Urmia Lake’s west and southwest rivers, New Findings in Applied Geology, 32.
80. Yamani, M., Lak, R., Goorabi, A., Shahbazi, R. & Shabani Eragh, A. 2020. Investigating the potential of wind erosion and dust production areas in Jazmourian Playa, Quarterly journal of Environmental Erosion Researc.
81. Shayan, S., Dadashzadeh, Z., Lak, R., Sharifikia, M. 2020. Coastal morphodynamic analysis with the aim of determining the sediment cell boundaries (Case study: Hormozgan province), Quantitative Geomorphological Research, Volume 9, Issue 2, 1-20.
82. Shayan, S., Dadashzadeh, Z. Yamani, M. & Lak, R. 2020. Explanation of study scale in littoral cell determin (case study: Coasts of Hormozgan province). c. Volume 19, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2, 62-72
83. Mohebbi Tafreshi, Gh., Nakhaei, M. & Lak, R. 2020. Evaluation of Accuracy of Hybrid Model of Gene Expression Planning - Fuzzy Logic in Estimation of Land Subsidence Risk, Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences, Volume 31, Issue 1 - Serial Number 119, 163-172
84. Lak, R. & Darvishi khatooni, J. 2016. Depositional environments and brine composition of Urmia lake: implications on appropriate solution to restoration, Journal of Natural Environment, Volume 69, Issue 3, 835-851
85. Behbahani, R. & Lak, R. 2017. Distribution of sedimentary constituents and mineralogy in the northern part of the Persian Gulf (marine area and incoming rivers), Applied Sedimentology, Volume:7, 35 – 56
86. Yamani, M., Lak, R., Goorab, A., Shahbazi, R. & Shabani Eragh, A. 2020. Potential Analysis of Wind Erosion Processes and Dust by Adaptation of Wind Circular Pattern System in Damghan Hole, Quarterly journal of Environmental Erosion Research,  82-102
87. Shohreh, E., Rezaei, Kh., Lak, R. & Ale Ali, S. M. 2017. Integration of sedimentology and geoelectrical studies in Quaternary deposits in western and eastern coastal areas of southern part of Lake Urmia, , Volume 5, Number 1, 78-59 Quaternary Journal of Iran
88. Erfan, Sh., Rezaei, Kh., Lak, R. & Ale Ali, S. M. 2020. Evaluation of past climate change in lake Urmia, according to clay minerals, Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences, 115, 123-136
89. Mohammadi, A., Darvishi khatooni, J. Salehipuor milani, A., Kaveh Firouz, A. & Lak, R. 2017. Thegenesis of micro-landforms of muddy and salty plains of Urmia Lake, 5, 2, 237-262 (In Persian)
90. Salehipour, A. R., Lak, R. & Yamani, M. 2019. Heinrich Climatic Events in North West of Iran in Late Pleistocene, 17, 55, 109-132
91. Pashazadeh, B., Jahani, D., Lak, R., Nazari, H. & Zamani Pedram, M. 2019. Identification of an old lake for the first time in quaternary units around Yazd city, Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences, 28, 112, 101-108
92. Pashazadeh, B., Jahani, D., Lak, R., Nazari, H. Mohammadi Vizheh, M. & Berasmayer, M. 2017. Quaternary cone forming model using sedimentary and geophysical (geoelectric) data in the southeast of Yazd city, Central Iran, QUATERNARY JOURNAL OF IRAN, 18 
93. Dasbarzin, D., Rezaei, Kh., Lak, R. Mohammadi Vizheh, M. & Moslemi, H. 2016, Sedimentology and depositional paleo-environments of Quaternary alluviums determination using sedimentology and ground penetration radar (GPR) data combination, a case study: Kouchesfahan area-Guilan province, QUATERNARY JOURNAL OF IRAN, 4, 12. 435-456
94. Abdi, L., Rezaean, S. & Lak, R. 2017. A Comparison of Hydrogeochemistry and Brines evolution in Meyghan and Hoz-e-Soltan Playas, Quaternery journal of Iran, 3, 10, 191 – 203
95. Rahmati, M., Yamani, M. & Lak, R. 2018. Evolution of Arvand Delta (Iranian part) During the Holocene using Sedimentology Evidence, Quaternery journal of Iran, 3, 12, 315 – 329 (In Persian)
96. Rahmati, M., Yamani, M. Lak, R. Siavash, Sh. & Farajzadeh, M. 2017. Factors Affecting Hydrodynamics of Arvandrud Delta Coastline during 1955-2016, Physical Geography Research, 50, 2, 339-352
97. Rezaeian Langeroudi, S., Lak, R. & Jahani, D. 2014. Comparing of Holocene Sedimentary facies between Hoz- e- Soltan and Garmsar playas, 2, 2, 167-182
98. Davoodi, H., Negarestan, H., Gharibreza, M. R., Lak, R. & Mortazavi, M. R. 2016. The role of gray mangroves in reducing pollution of heavy metals in Basatin Estuaries sediments, 24, 3, 519-507
99. Tatebeh, A., Lak, R., Shahbazi, R., Ghadimi, M., Asadi, A., Karami, F., Vigand, P., Alizadeh, K. & Behling, B. 2014. Geochemical and Palynological analysis of lake Gahars Sediment core in high Zagros Mountains, 2, 1, 27-40
100. Rezaeian Langeroudi, S., Lak, R. & Mahdloo Turkmani, S. 2014. Investigation of  Hydrogeogeochemistry and brine Evolution and sources of Hoz- e- Soltan lake, Qom, 2, 1, 79-91
101. Lak, R. & Rezayian Langeroodi, S. 2015. Sedimentology and mineralogy of Holocene sediments of Hoz-e-Soltan Lake, Quaternery journal of Iran, 1, 2, 137-148 
102. Nezhadafzali, K., Shayn,S., Lak, R., Yamani, M. & Ghorashi, M. 2016. Determination, geochemical investigation and sediment provenance in the Makran coasts, 25, 98, 249-254
103. Salehipour Milani, A. R., Yamani, M., Mogimi, E., Lak, R. & Jafarbeiglou, M. 2017. Reconstruction of Urmial Lake’s Paleohydrology and Paleoecology in Quaternary By Studying Lake Terraces Biostratigraphy, Hydrogeomorphology, 2, 4, 143-170
104. Vosoogh, A., Saeedi, M. & Lak, R. 2014. River surface size fractioned Sediments pollution with heavy metals case study Sefidroud river, 41, 4, 887-908
105. Behbahani, R., Lak, R., Hossieinyar, Gh. & Dehghan, A. 2012. Effets of dissolved Oxygen, Biogenic content, Bioturbation and Particles size on organic matter preservation potential in surficial Sediments of Northern part of the Persian Gulf,Oceanography, 4, 14, 45-56
106. Akbari, T., Lak, R., Shahbazi, R., Alizadeh, K., Asadi, A. & Ghadimi, M. 2013. Paleoclimate Modeling and Identification ofAnthropogenic Effects in High Zagros Mountains, Environmental Sciences, 13, 3, 89-102
107. Darvishi Khatouni, J., Lak, R. & Mohammadi, A. 2015. Hydrogeochemistry and Brine Evolution of Urmia Hyper Saline Lake, Northwest of Iran, 24, 95, 239-252
108. Malayjerdi, S., Hadavi, F. & Lak, R. 2013. Investigating Paleoecological changes in the Oman sea (Negour area) Holocene deposits based on calcareous Nannoplanktons, Quaternary Journal of Iran, 1, 2, 149-156
109. Behbahani, R., Lak, R., Chanani, N. & Hosseinyar, G. 2014. Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences, Organic Geochemistry of Khowr-e-Mussa's Sediments and its Adjacent Marine Areas, Northwest of the Persian Gulf, 23, 92, 55-67
110. Lak, R. & Taghizadeh, M. 2015. Determination of Sedimentation Rate and Verification of Holocene Sediments in Northeastern Part of the Persian Gulf: ACase Study in Southern Bandar Abbas, Scientific Quarterly Journal of Geosciences, 24, 94, 183-192
111. Yamani, M., Moghimi, E., Lak, R., Jafar Beiglu, M. & Salehipour Milani, A. R. 2015. Reconstruction of Quaternary Urmia Paleo Lake level by studying Lake Terraces, Physical Geography Research Quarterly, 47, 91, 1 – 19
112. Lak, R. & Rezaean, S. 2015. Holocene sedimentary environment of Maharlou Lake by sedimentological and mineralogical evidences. 1, 1, 83-97
113. Nazari, H., Ghorashi, M., Kaveh Firouz, A., Ensani, M. R., Baharfirozi, Kh., Azizi, A., Lak, R., Karimi Bavandpour, A. R., Mohamadi Vizheh, M., Soboti, F. & Razavi, A. 2014. Probable Tsunami in the south Caspian Sea by a large earthquake, Iranian Journal of Geology, 8, 32, 1 – 10
114. Shahbazi, R., Feiznia, S., Lak, R. & Ahmadi, H. 2017. Surface sediments of southern Khuzestan plain classification based on physical and chemical characteristics and determine the most effective factors and variables in the variability of the sediments, Journal of Range and Watershed Management, 70, 3, 695-709
115. Hosseinyar, Gh., Lak, R. & Behbahani, R. 2013. Distribution of organic matter in surfacial sediments of northern part of the Persian Gulf, Journal of Stratigraphy and Sedimentology Researches, 29, 4, 93-110
116. Mojtahedin, E., Hadavi, F. & Lak, R. 2013. Investigating paleoecological changes in the Oman Sea (Sirik area) Holocene deposits based on calcareous nannoplanktons, Scientific Semiannual JournalSedimentary Facies, 6, 2, 244-259
117. Davoudi, A., Lak, R. & Bahramabadi, B. 2012. Determination the Origin of the Barium Element in the Sediments of Southern Shores of the Caspian Sea (Case Study: Larym and Farahabad Regions), Oceanography, 3, 11, 55-63
118. Davoudi, a. & Lak, R. 2012. Identifying the economical source of titanium and determining its origin in coastal sediments of Larym and Farah Abad zone (Mazandaran province), Journal of Geotechnical Geology, 8, 3, 225-232
119. Hashemi, S. J., Riahi Bakhtiari, A. & Lak, R. 2016. Source Identification and Distribution of Lead, Copper, Zinc, Nickel, Chromium and Vanadium in Surface Sediments of Caspian Sea, J Mazandaran Univ Med Sci, 21, 1, 36-50
120. Behbahani, R., Hosseinyar, Gh., Lak, R. Gharaee, A., Ensani, M. R. & Chaychizadeh, S. 2012. Study of Khoran Strait bedforms and deposits (Laft- Pohl), East of Persian Gulf, 27, 4, 101-120

(Books & Book Chapters)

1. Behbahani R., Lak*, R., Distribution of sediments components and organic matter in the northern part of the Persian Gulf, 2020, in: Caouette, (Ed) “The Persian Gulf, Oceanography and  Wildlife”, Nova science publishers, New York, 51-113
2. Lak, R., Mohammadi, A., Darvishi khatooni, J., 2021, Lake Urmia Brine Evolution from 2007 to 2019. in: The handbook of Environmental chemistry, Lake Urmia: A Hypersaline Waterbody in a Drying Climate, Springer Nature Switzerland, 1-23
3. Behbahani R., Lak*, R., Geology of the northern part of the Persian Gulf with a special view on mineralogy and its sedimentary components, 2020,  Javan ٍEmozur publisher, 154p. (in Persian)
4. Behbahani R., Lak*, R., Marine Geology of the Persian Gulf, 2013, Geological Survey of Iran, Rahi Publisher, 205p. (in Persian)
5. Rezaeian-Langroudi, S., Lak, R., Atlas of Sediments and Detrital Sedimentary Rocks,, 2014, Rahi Publisher, 113p. (in Persian)

(Book Translation)

1. The book Sedimentary Rocks of the Desert, 2010, edited by Doric E. V. Stowe, Geological Survey, 339
2. Prominent Earth Scientists from A to Z, written by Alexander E. Gates, 2019, Javan Emroz Publishing, 603

• Arifeh Shabani, 2020. Co-supervisor: Razieh Lak. “Reconstruction of pluvial lake territories in Iran during the Holocene and their potential in dust production: Case study of Jazmourian and Damghan Playa.” Ph.D. Dissertation, Department of Geomorphology, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran, Iran.

• Ghazaleh Mohabi, 2020. Co-supervisor: Razieh Lak. “Assessment of the impact of hydrogeological properties of Varamin Plain on land subsidence using mathematical models.” Ph.D. Dissertation, Faculty of Earth Sciences, Department of Applied Geology, Kharazmi University, Iran.

• Bita Mirzapour, 2020. Primary supervisor: Razieh Lak. “Reconstruction of Holocene sedimentary environments and their evolution in the southern wetlands of Lake Urmia.” Ph.D. Dissertation, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Faculty of Basic Sciences, Department of Geology, Iran.

• Navidfar Asghar, 2019. Primary supervisor: Mehran Maqsoudi; Co-supervisor: Razieh Lak; First Advisor: Seyed Mohammad Zamanzadeh; Second Advisor: Alireza Sardari. “Reconstruction of paleoenvironments of archaeological sites using geomorphological analyses: Case study of Tel Melyan (Anshan), Fars Province.” Ph.D. Dissertation, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran.

• Mohsen Maghrebi, 2019. Primary supervisor: Abdolreza Karbasi; Co-supervisor: Razieh Lak; Advisors: Masoud Sadrinasab, Rouhollah Noori. “Assessment of heavy metal pollution changes in sediments of northern Persian Gulf using stable isotopes and geochemical approaches.” Ph.D. Dissertation, Faculty of Environment, University of Tehran.

• Zahra Dadashzadeh, 2018. Co-supervisor: Razieh Lak. “Determination of sedimentary cells along Hormozgan coasts and processes influencing their formation.” Ph.D. Dissertation, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran.

• Maryam Rahmati, 2017. Co-supervisor: Razieh Lak. “Reconstruction of geomorphological changes in Khuzestan Plain.” Ph.D. Dissertation, Tarbiat Modares University, Iran.

• Ali Vosough, 2016. Co-supervisor: Razieh Lak. “Risk assessment of heavy metal release in river and coastal sediments in Gilan Province.” Ph.D. Dissertation, Iran University of Science and Technology.

• Vahab Amiri Emraei, 2016. Co-supervisor: Razieh Lak. “Modeling and delineation of the saline front in the western Lake Urmia aquifer using geophysical, hydrogeochemical, and isotopic methods.” Ph.D. Dissertation, Kharazmi University, Iran.

• Reza Shahbazi, 2015. Primary supervisor: Sadat Feyz Nia; Co-supervisor: Razieh Lak; Advisor: Hassan Ahmadi. “Holocene sedimentary and ecosystem changes in Shadgan Playa-Wetland.” Ph.D. Dissertation, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran.

• Mojtaba Taghizadeh, 2012. Primary supervisor: Reza Mousavi-Harmi; Co-supervisor: Razieh Lak; Advisors: Seyed Ali Aghananbati, Hamidreza Pirouan. “Holocene sedimentary sequences of the northeastern Persian Gulf with emphasis on environmental geology.” Ph.D. Dissertation, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran.

• Salehipour, (Year not specified). Advisor: Razieh Lak. Ph.D. Dissertation, Faculty of Geography, University of Tehran.

• Behnam Pashazadeh, 2017. Co-supervisor: Razieh Lak. “Modeling Holocene sedimentary basin and delineation of sub-environments in Yazd region.” Ph.D. Dissertation, Islamic Azad University, Tehran North Branch.

• Shabnam Heydari, 2016. Primary supervisor: Abdolreza Karbasi; Co-supervisor: Fereydoun Ghazban; Advisor: Razieh Lak. “Geochemistry of geological formations and origin of heavy metals in West Azerbaijan soils: Case study northern Lake Urmia region.” University of Tehran.

• Pezhman Ghorbani, 2016. Primary supervisor: Abdolreza Karbasi; Co-supervisor: Akbar Baghvand; Advisor: Razieh Lak. “Total and bioavailable contamination assessment of key elements in soils and sediments of Maku region.” University of Tehran.

• Mahsa Sanaei, 2016. Primary supervisor: Abdolreza Karbasi; Co-supervisor: Touraj Nasr Abadi; Advisor: Razieh Lak. “Assessment of heavy metal contamination and release risk in soils and sediments of western Lake Urmia.” University of Tehran.

• Vahid Hasanlou, 2016. Primary supervisor: Abdolreza Karbasi; Co-supervisor: Akbar Baghvand; Advisor: Razieh Lak. “Evaluation of total heavy metal concentrations and their sources in surface soils and sediments using chemical fractionation and cluster analysis, West Azerbaijan Province.” University of Tehran.

• Hazer Mashar, 2015. Co-supervisor: Razieh Lak. Ph.D. Dissertation, Iran.

• Majid Keshavarzian, 2015. Primary supervisor: Razieh Lak; Co-supervisor: Samad Alipour; Advisor: Javad Darvishi Khatooni. “Lithium potential mapping and genesis in Haj Ali Gholi Playa, Damghan.” Research Institute of Earth Sciences, Iran.

• Farahnaz Harathi, 2015. Supervisor: Razieh Lak; Advisor: Fazel Khaleghi. “Reconstruction of Holocene paleoclimate of Lake Urmia using clay mineralogy.” Islamic Azad University, Iran.

• Monireh Basteani, 2014. Primary supervisor: Mohammadreza Espahbod; Advisor: Razieh Lak. “Physicochemical conditions of sedimentary environment in Anzali Wetland in Masouleh region with focus on metal deposition.” Islamic Azad University, Tehran North Branch.

• Mahnaz Mohammadi Parvaneh, 2014. Primary supervisor: Razieh Lak; Co-supervisor: Mohammad Reza Fatemi; Advisor: Keyvan Khakzad. “Reconstruction of Holocene water level fluctuations in the Caspian Sea using benthic foraminifera and sediment cores.” Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran.

• Javad Hashemi, 2013. Supervisor: Alireza Riahi; Advisor: Razieh Lak. “Source identification of Pb, Ni, V, Zn, and Hg in sediments from southern Caspian Sea coasts.” Tarbiat Modares University, Faculty of Natural Resources.

• Somayeh Farhangi, 2013. Supervisor: Razieh Lak; Advisor: Majid Moeini. “Identification of sediment components and environmental pollutants in Amir Kabir Dam Lake sediments.” Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch.

• Mohyeddin Ahrari Roudi, 2012. Primary supervisor: Mousavi-Harmi; Co-supervisor: Razieh Lak. “Sequence stratigraphy of Quaternary sediments along northern Oman Sea coast.” Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch.

• Ali Asghar Shakiba Azad, 2012. Supervisor: Razieh Lak; Advisor: Homayoun Asgarian. “Heavy metal contamination assessment in Sefidrud Dam using sedimentology and geochemistry.” Islamic Azad University, Tehran North Branch.

• Sami, 2012. Supervisor: Mohsen Soltanpour; Advisor: Razieh Lak. “Transport of carbonate sediments: Case study of Asaluyeh Port.” Khajeh Nasir University, Iran.

• Mahdieh Abdollahi Khalili, 2012. Supervisor: Razieh Lak; Advisor: Ali Orumiyeh. “Assessment of heavy metal concentrations and sources in Gulf sediments, Bostanu-Laft region.” Islamic Azad University, Tehran North Branch.

• Farzaneh Bayati, 2012. Primary supervisor: Razieh Lak; Co-supervisor: Soroush Modbari; Advisor: Ali Shakiba Azad. “Environmental and economic evaluation of heavy metals in sediments of NW Persian Gulf.” Research Institute of Earth Sciences.

• Yaser Vakilzadeh, 2012. Supervisor: Razieh Lak; Advisor: Reza Ahari Pour. “Sedimentology and geochemistry of Neka River sediments, Mazandaran Province.” Islamic Azad University, Shahrud Branch.

• Hanieh Sadat Hejazi Pour, 2012. Supervisor: Razieh Lak. “Geochemistry and hydrogeochemistry of Maharloo Lake brine with focus on economic potential.” Islamic Azad University, Shahrud Branch.

• Behnam Pashazadeh, 2011. Supervisor: Razieh Lak; Advisor: Eng. Hosseini. “Sedimentology of Kal and Shur rivers with focus on environmental issues and identification of metal pollutants, Hormozgan Province.” Islamic Azad University, Shahrud.

• Saeid Rezaeian Langroudi, 2011. Primary supervisor: Farajollah Fayazi; Co-supervisor: Razieh Lak. “Sedimentology, geochemistry, and depositional facies of Playa Sultan sediments using core analysis.” Tarbiat Moallem University.

·  Development of Environmental Regulations for Soil Pollution in chemical accidents, natural disasters, unforeseen events, and mining activities (commissioned by the Department of Environment, Iran).

·  National Climate Change Mapping Project.

·  Feasibility Study of Economic Salt Extraction from Lake Urmia with Environmental Considerations (commissioned by the Lake Urmia Restoration Program – Sharif University of Technology).

·  Hydrogeochemistry and Evolutionary Trends of Lake Urmia.

·  Pathology and Investigation of the Causes of Lake Urmia Drying.

·  Reconstruction of Holocene Paleoclimate of Lake Urmia Using Clay Mineralogy.

·  Feasibility of Saline Water Intrusion into Urmia Plain Aquifers Using Isotopic Studies.

·  Holocene Paleoclimate and Paleogeography of Southern Lake Urmia Wetlands (Kani Barazan and Solduz Wetlands).

·  Environmental Impact Assessment of Potassium Sulfate Extraction from Lake Urmia Brine.

·  Marine Geology of the Persian Gulf up to National Waters Border (sedimentology, sediment geochemistry, heavy metal pollutants).

·  Holocene Climate Change of Maharloo Lake, Shiraz.

·  Hydrochemistry and Evolution of Maharloo Lake Brine.

·  Sedimentology and Geochemistry of Maharloo Lake Sediments.

·  Sedimentology and Geochemistry of Neka River Sediments, Mazandaran Province.

·  Reconstruction of Holocene Caspian Sea Water Level Fluctuations.

·  Earth Sciences and Flood Analysis (April 2019 Flood from a geological perspective).

·  Environmental Issues of Gorgan Bay and Proposed Solutions.

·  Heavy Metal Pollution in Rivers of Gilan Province.

·  Sedimentology and Geochemistry of Chabahar Gulf.

·  Sedimentology, Heavy Metal Geochemistry, and Clay Minerals of the Continental Shelf, Oman Sea.

·  Impact of Artificial Islands in the UAE on Morphology of Southern Persian Gulf Coasts.

·  Assessment of Heavy Metal Concentrations and Sources in Gulf Sediments, Bostanu-Laft Region.

·  Sedimentology, Geochemistry, and Facies Analysis of Playa Sultan Sediments Using Core Studies.

·  Sedimentology and Geochemistry of Sevan Lake Shores, Armenia.

·  Sedimentology and Geochemistry of Lake Iskandkul, Tajikistan.

• Persian: Native
• English: Fluent