Congratulations!

The founders, editors, and members of the editorial board of the journal Chemical Problems cordially congratulate the member of the editorial board of the journal, the director of the Institute of Radiation Problems of the NAS of Azerbaijan, corresponding member of ANAS Islam Mustafayev with his 70th birthday. They wish him good health, longevity, success in scientific work, and the achievements of the institute he leads.

Islam Israfil oglu Mustafayev – is a well-known scientist in the field of High energy chemistry and Environmental protection. He was born in 1951. In 1973, he graduated from the Physics Department of the Azerbaijan State University and began working in the Radiation Research Sector of the National Academy of Sciences. In 1974-1977 he studied at the Institute of Chemical Physics of the USSR Academy of Sciences in Moscow, in 1978 he received the degree of Candidate of Chemical Sciences in Moscow, and in 1991 he received the degree of Doctor of Chemical Sciences in Leningrad Technological Institute. In 1996 he became a professor. Since 1992, he has been the head of the Laboratory at the Institute of Radiation Problems. At the same time, since 2016, he is the head of the Department of Emergency Situations at the Azerbaijan University of Architecture and Construction. In 1997, he took advanced training courses at the Regional Environmental Center in Hungary, in 1998 at the University of Maryland, USA, and in 1999 at the National Radiation Monitoring Laboratory in Alabama (USA). He worked as a researcher-professor at Istanbul Technical University under the NATO Program (1993-1994, 1996-1997, 2003). He has been a Project manager and expert for more than 50 projects in the European Union, NATO, the World Bank, the United Nations and other International organizations. He has been an expert on the United Nations Environment Program since 2006. He is the author of more than 350 scientific works, including 18 patents and 6 books. Has trained 15 candidates of sciences and 1 doctor of sciences. In 2014, he was elected a corresponding member of ANAS. In 2021, by the decision of the Presidium of ANAS, he was appointed Director General of the Institute of Radiation Problems.

He has given scientific lectures in the United States, Turkey, Spain, Italy, Germany, Japan, Belgium, Denmark, Czech Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, France, Greece, Iran, Morocco, Kenya, Senegal, India, Pakistan, Romania, Yugoslavia and other countries.

He founded “Ruzgar” Ecological Public Union in 1996 and still heads it. Awarded with “Progress” medal and 3 Honorary Decrees of the Presidium of ANAS

He is a full member of the New York Academy of Sciences and the International Academy for Sustainable Development, and chairman of the Baku branch of the International Academy of Ecology and Life Safety.