Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

On June 1, Ayyub Guliyev, a prominent astrophysicist, member of the International Astronomical Union, a member of the European and Eurasian Astronomical Societies, a senior research fellow at Shamakhi Astrophysical Observatory named after N. Tusi is a 65.

Guliyev Ayyub Salah oglu was born on June 1, 1954 in Shahbuz district of Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic. He graduated from the Applied Mathematics faculty of the Azerbaijan State University in 1975.

He was the director of the Shamakhi Astrophysical Observatory in 1997-2015, and he also served as an academic secretary of the Department of Physical, Mathematical and Technical Sciences of ANAS. He is currently working as a senior research fellow at SAO.

He is also engaged in the pedagogical activity at Baku State University and Baku Engineering University.

A.Guliyev defended PhD in 1982, in 1993 he defended his doctoral thesis. He was elected as a corresponding member of ANAS in 2001, and in 2012 received professor title.

The scientist is a specialist on solar system objects. In 1998, under his leadership, the SAO’s 2-meter telescope was re-launched, and then the telescope's management system was upgraded, and the aluminum-mounting unit in the observatory started functioning, and its material-technical base was substantially strengthened.

His major scientific achievements are the finding of effects in the comet system, the new theory of comet fragmentation, including the concept of the formation of hyperbolic comets and meteors and the concept of unknown planets.

A.Guliyev is the author of 168 scientific articles (number of scientific works abroad 86, number of articles published in international journals indexed and indexed), including 3 monographs. Under his leadership, up to now seven PhDs have been prepared.

A.Guliyev is a member of the International Astronomical Union, European and Eurasian Astronomical Society.

In 1999, the new small planet discovered by the Lovell Observatory in the United States was named in honor of Ayyub Guliyev and in the relevant astronomical catalogs, that small planet was named "ayyubguliev" and registered under the number 18749. At the same time, on his initiative and motive, three smaller planets were named Nizami, Tusi and Javid.

The scientist was awarded the International Socrates Prize in 2011.

We congratulate outstanding astrophysicist on his 65th jubilee, wish him robust health and success in his life!

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