research interests of ismail-zadeh cover geodynamics, seismology, sedimentary geology and tectonics (incl. research for hydrocarbon industry), geohazards, risk analysis, science diplomacy and history. his research methods are also broad covering multi- and interdisciplinary synthesis, theoretical analysis, and numerical experiments. he is a principal author and co-author of over 120 peer-reviewed papers and several books published by the cambridge university press, springer nature, and others. scientific results obtained by him and his group are as follows: