Ilham Shahmuradov

Ilham Shahmuradov (born 1 January 1958 in Qubadli District, Azerbaijan SSR) — Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences Head of Bioinformatics laboratory in ANAS Botany Institute, professor of Department of Medical Biology and Genetics in the Azerbaijan Medical Universitydoctor of biological sciences, Curator of the Bioinformatics courses in the Departments of Biology, Ecology and Solil Sciences, Baku State University,Corresponding Member of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences

Ilham Shahmuradov (born 1958): PhD (Genetics, 1987; Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Academy of Sciences of the (former) USSR, Siberian Branch, Russia) and Doctor of Sciences (Genetics, 2005; Institute of Botany, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, ANAS).

Professor, Department of Medical Biology and Genetics, Azerbaijan Medical University (2013 – 2014), Foreign Professor, Department of Biosciences, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad, Pakistan (2007-2010), Head of Bioinformatics Laboratory, Institute of Botany, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS), Baku, Azerbaijan (2002 – present), Researcher, Department of Computer Science, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, UK (2001-2004), Visiting scientist, Bioinformatics Department, Helix Research Institute, Kisarazu, Japan (2000-2001), Head of Group of Mathematical Modeling, Institute of Botany, ANAS (1989 – 2000), Researcher, Department of Molecular-Genetic Bases of Production Processes, Institute of Botany, ANAS (1987–1989).

structure and evolution of eukaryotic genomes; Organization and expression of genes in eukaryotic genomes; Organelle-to-nucleus gene transfer in plants; Development of bioinformatics tools and databases.

• Secretary General of the Azerbaijan Society of Biochemists and Molecular Biologists
• Member of the Azerbaijan National Committee of "Bioethics, Ethics of Science and Technologies" under the UNESCO