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Reza Moridi (Persian: رضا مریدی) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is a Liberal member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who was elected in 2007. He represents the riding of Richmond Hill. He serves as a cabinet minister in the government of Kathleen Wynne. He is the first Iranian-Canadian elected to a provincial legislature in Canada. ==Background== Moridi was born in Urmia, capital of West Azerbaijan Province in northwest Iran. He grew up in Urmia, attended Alborz High School in Tehran and graduated from Tehran University with BSc and MSc degrees in Physics. He continued his education in the U.K. and obtained MTech and PhD degrees from Brunel University in London. He is a Chartered Engineer and Chartered Physicist. In 1986, for his original contribution to physics, he was elected Fellow of the Institute of Physics (FInstP) of the UK. In 1992, for his original contribution to engineering, he was elected as Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (FIEE) of the UK. In recognition of his contributions to the understanding of nuclear materials and radiation, the Canadian Nuclear Society presented Moridi with the Education and Communication Award in 2001. Also, in recognition of his contributions to the profession of Health Physics, the Health Physics Society of the USA presented Moridi with the Fellow Award in 2002. Moridi is an Editor of Health Physics, The Radiation Safety Journal, published by Health Physics Society, USA. He has authored or co-authored numerous research papers, conference abstracts, technical reports, training manuals and articles. He has made presentations at over forty scientific conferences held in North America, Europe, Asia, New Zealand and Australia. Moridi worked for 17 years at the Radiation Safety Institute of Canada where he was the Vice-President and Chief Scientist. Prior to that, Moridi taught at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji as Senior Lecturer in Physics before moving to Canada. He was also an executive in the electrical industry in Iran and he was a professor and a dean at the Alzahra University, Tehran. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Reza Moridi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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