Professor Mohssen Moazzen is a Academic Programme Director, Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences (EES) at UCA’s School of Arts and Sciences. His major interests include the application of petrology, geochemistry, and mineralogy to study the geodynamics of the Earth's crust, mantle petrology, and evolution of the mountain belts. He also has worked on mineral resources, especially porphyry copper, gold, and molybdenum deposits from a geodynamic perspective.
He has worked as an Associate Professor and full-time Professor at the University of Tabriz, where he taught several courses for undergraduate and graduate students. He was also a supervisor for 15 Ph.D. and more than 30 M.Sc. students. Professor Moazzen has research experience as a Post-Doctorate Fellow at the University of Manchester (1999-2000), Associate Researcher at Potsdam University of Germany (2005-2006), and Research Professor at the Wollongong University in Australia (2018-2019). He holds a Ph.D. from Manchester University in the United Kingdom.
Office: 115, Academic Building, Khorog Campus
Publications
- Ahangari, M., Moazzen, M., Altenberger, U., Dilek, Y., & Oberhänsli, R. (2026). Melt-rock interaction in Neotethys ophiolitic peridotites: Textural and chemical evidence from serpentinized peridotites in NW Iran. Mineralogy and Petrology.
- Mohammadi, A., Kaveh-Firouz, A., & Moazzen, M. (2026). Petrography and Geochemistry of Building Stones in a Well-Preserved Urartian Fortress, NW Iran: Implications for Adaptive Construction. Environmental Archaeology, 1-14.
- Simmonds, V., Moazzen, M., Topuz, G., Mohammadi, A., Zack, T., & Guillong, M. (2026). Zircon U–Pb Age and Lu–Hf Isotopic Constraints on Granodioritic Rocks From the Qaradagh Batholith (NW Iran): Implications for Paleogene Magmatism in NW Iran and S. Armenia. Acta Geologica Sinica - 100(3), 708-730.
- Mehdipour Ghazi, J., Moazzen, M., Thomsen, T. B., & Heredia, B. D. (2026). Uranium mineralization linked to the tectonomagmatic history of the Narigan–Zarigan Granitic Terrane, Central Iran. Journal of the Geological Society, 183(4), jgs2025-114.
- Moazzen, M., Ahmadi, Z., Oh, C. W., & Jahangiri, A. (2025). Paleogene Back-Arc Mafic Magmatism in NW Iran: Protolith Nature and Metamorphism Condition of Amphibolites. Geotectonics, 59(6), 573-588.