Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

H. Mustafayev was born in 1932 in Baku. In 1956 he graduated from the Geological Faculty of Moscow State University. He studied in graduate school in Moscow at the Institute of Mineralogy, Geochemistry, and Crystal Chemistry of Rare Elements.

Mustafayev received his PhD in 1965 and his doctorate in geology and mineralogy in 1975. In 2001, he was elected a corresponding member of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan.

H. Mustafayev worked in the production organizations of Kyrgyzstan and Azerbaijan of the Ministry of Geology of the USSR in 1956-1960. In 1963, he began working at the Institute of Geology of the ANA (now the Institute of Geology and Geophysics).

H. Mustafayev is an outstanding specialist in the field of metrology, geochemistry and petrology. He developed statistical, mineralogical and geochemical studies to study the petrolology and metallogeny of magnetic forms, and also conducted fundamental studies of the Mesozoic granitoid complex. His scientific forecast was confirmed in practice by the discovery of new deposits of porphyry copper ores of industrial importance in the northeastern part of the Lesser Caucasus.

More than 120 scientific works by H. Mustafayev have been published, including 6 monographs (3 with co-authorship). He headed the department of the Institute of Geology of ANAS.

In 1991, H. Mustafayev was named an Honored Geologist of Azerbaijan.

In 1992, he received the title of Professor.

Hamid Mustafayev was awarded the honorary title of "Honored Scientist" of the Republic of Azerbaijan for his great contribution to geological science. He was also awarded the Order of "Shohrat". Hamid Mustafayev was engaged in the training of young specialists at BSU, and was also the chairman of the GEC (State Examination Commission). He was a member of the Scientific and Technical Council of the Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of Azerbaijan, a member of the regional Petrographic Council for the Caucasus-Crimea-Carpathians, and was repeatedly elected to the organizing committee of All-Union and international meetings and symposiums.

Corresponding member of ANAS Hamid Mustafayev died in 2011 in Baku.