Fazila Samadova

Fazila Samadova was born on 29 March 1929 in Shamakhi, Republic of Azerbaijan.[3] In 1946, she graduated from Baku secondary school No. 132 with a gold medal.[1] The same year Samadova was admitted to the Faculty of Chemical Technology of the Azerbaijan Industrial Institute named after M. Azizbayov.[3]

After graduating from the institute in 1951, Samedova received a diploma in chemical engineering and continued her studies in 1951-1955 as a postgraduate student at the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas.[1]

Samadova started her first scientific developments in the 1950s as a postgraduate student at the Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas and at the Azerbaijan Industrial Institute, after which she continued them already at the Institute of Petroleum Industry.[4] In 1956, she defended her dissertation on "The effect of the chemical composition of oils on their performance properties" and received the degree of Candidate of Technical Sciences.[5]

From 1960 to 1981, Samadova worked in the laboratory "Chemistry and Technology of Oils" of the Azerbaijan State Institute of Petrochemical Processes named after M. Aliyev as a senior researcher.[1] The results of research conducted by Samadova in 1960-1973 were reflected in the dissertation of the scientist on "Research of obtaining distillate and residual oils from Baku paraffin oils with high cost-effective technologies and prospects for production in Azerbaijan" and she successfully defended her doctorate.[5]

From 1982, Samadova was in charge of the laboratory "Research of oils and technology of oils".[1] From 1986, she headed the Petroleum Research and Oil Technology Laboratory of the NKPI.[5]

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Samadova was awarded the title of Professor of Oil and Gas Technology (1987), the title of Honored Scientist of Azerbaijan (1991) and elected a full member of the New York Academy of Sciences.[5] Since 2001, she has become a corresponding member of Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences (ANAS).[6]

The results of Samadova's research work are reflected in 530 scientific works, including 24 monographs, 1 publicist book, 64 author's certificates and patents.[5] One of her monographs is dedicated to the memory of her brother, explorer Fuad Samedov, the discoverer of Oil Rocks.[4]

Samadova was repeatedly elected a member of Academic Councils and Specialized Scientific Commissions, both in Azerbaijan and outside the country. She was a member of the editorial board of two scientific journals.[1] Under her leadership, 4 doctors of sciences and 20 doctors of philosophy were trained.[5]

Samadova died on 8 January 2020 in Baku at the age of 91.[1]

In 2004 Samadova received the Shohrat Order.[2]

In 2012, Samadova was awarded the title of Honorary Scientist of Europe and Alexander von Humboldt Medal.[2]