Mehdi Saeed Hazari

Mehdi Saeed Hazari is an Islamic Scholar, physiologist, environmentalist and a scientist by profession.

Mehdi Saeed Hazari
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Born
Toronto
OccupationIslamic Scholar, physiologist, environmentalist and a scientist

BiographyEdit

Shaykh Mehdi Saeed Hazari has lived in Durham, North Carolina, where he has been also the resident scholar (Imam) of Ahlul Bayt Association of the Triangle. Born in Toronto, Shaykh Hazari spent his youth in Oman and moved to United States in the decade of 1980s along with his family.

CareerEdit

  • Adjunct Faculty Member, College of Medicine, University of North Carolina
  • Member, Council of Shia Muslims Scholars of North America
  • Board Member, Imam Mahdi Association of the Marjaeya

EducationEdit

  • Fifteen years of Hawzah Studies and the direction of Shaykh Mohamad al-Ali al-Halabi
  • PhD (Physiology), John Hopkins University
  • M.Sc. (Medical Science), University of Toronto
  • B.Sc. (Clinical Laboratory Sciences), University of Florida

Academic ActivitiesEdit

  • Mentors research students of the Curriculum in Toxicology and Transnational medicine, College of Medicine, University of North Carolina

BooksEdit

HonorsEdit

  • 2011 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers in July 2012 (Received from Barack Obama)