ALLAKHVERDIEV SULEYMAN

Short Biography

• BSc and MS in biophysics from Azerbaijan State University, Baku (1973)
• Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics (Biophysics) from the Institute of Biophysics, USSR (1984)
• Dr.Sci. in Plant Physiology and Photobiochemistry from the Institute of Plant Physiology, RAS, Moscow (2002)
• He is the Head of the Controlled Photobiosynthesis Laboratory at the K.A. Timiryazev Institute of Plant Physiology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Moscow; Chief Research Scientist at the Institute of Basic Biological Problems RAS, Pushchino, Moscow Region; Professor at the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow; Professor at the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University), Moscow, Russia; Head of Bionanotechnology Laboratory at the Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnologies of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Baku, Azerbaijan; Professor at the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan; Professor at the Foshan University, China, and Invited-Adjunct Professor at the Department of New Biology, Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (DGIST), Daegu, Republic of Korea. Recently he joined the faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
• In 2019, he is winner of the K.A. Timiryazev prize of Russian Academy of Sciences. In 2021, became the laureate of "Global Energy Prize" in the “Non-conventional energy” category for his outstanding contribution to the development of alternative energy, particularly his design for a system of artificial photosynthesis and for his cycle of scientific works on bioenergy and hydrogen energy. In 2022, The Honored Scientist of the Russian Federation Title is given to Allakhverdiev SI as an assessment of his outstanding contribution to the plant biology development and the study of the fundamental principles of photosynthesis. In 2022, Allakhverdiev SI was elected Corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
• In 2016-2022 he has been recognized by Thomson Reuters – WoS (Clarivate Analytics) as one of the Highly Cited world-class researchers selected for their exceptional research performance, and entered the list of the most highly cited researchers of the world (1% of the total number of researchers). He has organized 10 international conferences on “Photosynthesis and Hydrogen Energy Research for Sustainability” (see: https://icprs.ru/).
• He is associate editor of the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (Elsevier), associate editor of the Photosynthesis Research (Springer), associate editor of the Photosynthetica (Springer), associate editor of the Functional Plant Biology (CSIRO), section editor in chief of the Cells (MDPI) and associate editor of the Heliyon (Cell Press), and member of the Editorial Board of more than 15 international journals including BBA Bioenergetics (Elsevier), J Photochem Photobiol B and etc. He has been a guest editor of many (more than 30) special issues in international peer-reviewed journals (Photosynth. Res.; Biochim. Biophys. Acta; Photochem. Photobiol. Sci.; J. Photochem. Photobiol., Int. J. Hydrogen Energy; Frontiers in Plant Science, etc.). He also acts as a referee for major international journals and grant proposals.
• He has authored (or co-authored) more than 450 research papers, 37 book chapters, 7 patents and 10 books. His work has been cited above 22000 times, and his h-index - 74.
• His research interests include the structure and function of PS II, especially the water-oxidizing complex, artificial photosynthesis, hydrogen photoproduction, catalytic conversion of solar energy, plants under environmental stress, and photo-receptor signaling.

Current Research Interest :

His research interests include the structure and function of photosystem II, especially the water-oxidizing complex, artificial photosynthesis, hydrogen photoproduction, catalytic conversion of solar energy, plants under environmental stress, and photo-receptor signaling.

Researcher ID:

B-5826-2016