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Congratulations to professor Tokay Huseynov on his 75th anniversary!

Congratulations to professor Tokay Huseynov on his 75th anniversary!

75th anniversary of the doctor of Biological sciences, professor Tokay Huseynov, head of the laboratory Ecological biophysics.

Tokay Maharram Huseynov was born on October 23, 1945, in Baku. He received his first education in the secondary school No. 3 in Sabail district in 1945-1962. He continued his education at the faculty of physics of the Azerbaijan State University (present Baku State University) in 1962-1969.

In 1980, the professor defended his Ph.D. thesis on the topic “Free radical oxidation processes in preserved tissue”, in 1994, doctoral dissertation on “Environmental selenium and its functional role as an antioxidant factor”, in 2015 he received the title of professor.

T.Huseynov in 1971 worked as a junior researcher at the Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR, and in 1981 as a senior researcher. In 1987 he worked as the head of the creative group of the Special Constructor Bureau (SCB) “Biotech” of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR. In 1989-1997, he worked as the head of the laboratory at the Institute of Molecular Biology, in 1998 – the leading researcher of the biotechnology department of the same institute, since 2000 – the leading researcher at the Institute of Physics, and then head of the laboratory, now he holds the position of the head of the laboratory at the Institute of Biophysics.

He is the author of more than 100 scientific publications. He supervised training and defending of 5 PhDs.

Professor has repeatedly participated in international conferences and congresses and worthily represented the science of Azerbaijan outside our country.

We congratulate Professor Tokay Huseynov on his 75th birthday and wish him many years of life, good health and success in his scientific activity.

date 23 October 2020