[13] Ismail-Zadeh has conducted research in the fields of geodynamics, seismology, sedimentary geology and tectonics (incl.
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.
[54] He has been a member of the scientific council of the UNESCO East African Institute for Fundamental Research (EAIFR), Kigali, Rwanda, since 2018.
[55] He was a founding member and the (inaugural) governing board member of the European Association for the Promotion of Science and Technology (EuroScience);[56] (inaugural) president of the Natural Hazards Section of the American Geophysical Union (AGU);[57] chair of the Committee on Sergei Soloviev Medal on Natural Hazards of the European Geosciences Union (EGU); chair of the steering committee of GeoUnions grouped under the International Science Council;[58] and council member of the UNESCO International Geoscience Program.
[59] He served the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization [CTBTO],[60] the Group on Earth Observations [GEO],[61] the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction [UNDRR][62][63] and the United Nations International Year of Planet Earth [IYPE; 2007-2009][64] in various capacities.