The following is a list of notable Iranian scholars, scientists and engineers around the world from the contemporary period. For pre-modern era, see List of pre-modern Iranian scientists and scholars. For mathematicians, see List of Iranian mathematicians. A Behnaam Aazhang, professor boob, Rice University Akbar Adibi, electronic engineer, VLSI researcher, professor of engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology Majid Adibzadeh, scholar and Political scientist Haleh Afshar, academic and peer, University of York Masoud Alimohammadi, assassinated quantum field theorist and elementary-particle physicist Abbas Amanat, professor of history and international studies at Yale University Shahram Amiri Anousheh Ansari, the world's first female space tourist, co-founder and chairman of Prodea Systems, Inc., co-founder and former CEO of Telecom Technologies, Inc. (TTI) Farhad Ardalan, physicist, IPM Nima Arkani-Hamed, professor, Institute for Advanced Study Nasser Ashgriz, professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, University of Toronto Touraj Atabaki, professor of social history of the Middle East and Central Asia, Department of History, University of Amsterdam Reza Amrollahi, Physicist and the former president of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran B Mehdi Bahadori, professor of mechanical engineering Hossein Baharvand, professor of stem cell and developmental biology, and director of Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology Shaul Bakhash, historian, George Mason University Asef Bayat, professor of sociology and Middle East Studies at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Nariman Behravesh, chief economist and executive vice president, Global Insight Mahmoud Behzad, pioneer Iranian biologist Mina Bissell, director of UC Berkeley Life Sciences Division D Touraj Daryaee, Iranologist and historian, University of California, Irvine E Abbas Edalat, professor of computer science and mathematics, Imperial College London Kamran Elahian, entrepreneur Kamran Eshraghian, VLSI pioneer in Australia F Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, nuclear physicist and scientist, former head of the Organization of Defensive Innovation and Research. Fereydoon Family, Samuel Candler Dobbs Professor of Physics, Emory University Yasaman Farzan, Kharazmi young scientist Award in 2006, Young Scientist Prize of the International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP) in 2008, International Centre for Theoretical Physics Prize in 2013 G Nasir Gebelli, computer scientist and video game developer Zoubin Ghahramani, professor of information engineering, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge Mohammed Ghanbari, professor, University of Essex Mehdi Golshani, professor, Sharif University of Technology Vartan Gregorian, president, Carnegie Corporation of New York H Mohammad Reza Hafeznia, professor, University of Tehran Ali Hajimiri, Caltech, professor of electrical engineering, co-founder of Axiom Microdevices Inc. Majid Hassanizadeh, professor of