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Nominees for Election as Full Members (Academicians) of the AAS

Azerbaijan

Arif Pashayev 

Rector of the Azerbaijan National Aviation Academy

Academician of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences. Academician of:International Academy of Sciences/International Council for Scientific Development (Germany/Austria); Engineering Academy of Azerbaijan; International Transport Academy; International Academy of Engineering; International Ecoenergy Academy; International Academy of Informatization; International Academy of Astronautics. Honorary Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.
Honored Scientist of Azerbaijan.

Public Positions:
President of the Azerbaijan Engineering Academy and Vice President of the International Academy of Engineering; President of the Innovation Association; Chairman of the Space Council of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
State Awards: 
Laureate of the State Prize of Azerbaijan; Orders: "Shohrat" (Glory), "Sharaf" (Honor), and "Istiglal" (Independence).

International and Public Awards: 

Medal "Inventor of the USSR"; Medal named after Academician Y. Mamedaliyev; Gold Medal of the International Biographical Centre (UK); Gold Star "Honor and Dignity" of the International Committee for Human Rights Protection; "Golden Badge" named after Nobel Laureate Pavlov of the International Academy of Sciences (Austria); Gold Medal of the World Intellectual Property Organization; Gold Medal of the Interstate Aviation Committee;  Gold Medal of the International Academy of Engineering; Gold Medal "Science Without Borders" of the World Organization for Scientific Cooperation (Germany);  Order "Engineering Glory" of the International Academy of Engineering; Gold Medal "Engineering Valor" of the Azerbaijan Engineering Academy. 

Nominated for the title of "Honorary Academician" of the AASc. Azerbaijan.

Jamil Aliyev 

General Director of the National Oncology Center of Azerbaijan

Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, the Russian Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences of Georgia, and the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences; Doctor of Medical Sciences, Professor,  Serves as General Director of the National Oncology Center under the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

State Awards: The Sharaf (Honor) Order;

International and Public Awards: Awarded the N.N. Petrov Prize of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences (1980) for his monograph "Plastic Surgery for Malignant Skin Tumors"; Conferred the honorary title of "Ambassador of Science and Peace" by the United Nations International Awards Council (2018); Премия имени Ю.Мамедалиева Национальной академии наук Азербайджана; Gold medal "For service to the Turkic world";The title of "Honorary Scientist of Europe" and the Wilhelm Leibniz Medal; Academician M. Mirgasimov Award of the National Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan; 

Honorary Titles:

Honored Scientist of Azerbaijan; Honored Scientist of the Republic of Dagestan; Full Professor at Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College (Royal College) London; Honorary Professor at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center (USA).

Scientific Output:
Author of over 600 publications, 10 inventions, 18 monographs, and textbooks. Under his supervision, more than 48 candidates have defended dissertations for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Medicine, and 8 have defended dissertations for the degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences.

Nominated for the title of Full Member (Academician) and Presidium member of the AASc. Azerbaijan.

UK

Ahmed Elsheikh

Chair of Biomedical Engineering, University of Liverpool, UK

Full Professor, Chair of Biomedical Engineering, University of Liverpool, UK; Principal Investigator, OuJiang Laboratory, Wenzhou, China; Professor, Eye Hospital, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.

Membership:
Clinical Committee of Keratoconus Management; 

I chaired 2 recent conferences in China: Medicine in Novel Technologies and Devices, Hangzhou, China, 2024, 2025.

Chief Scientific Officer, OCUWELL Limited, UK.

Awards:

University of Liverpool award for Research Impact of the year in 2023.

Malaysia

Law Chung Lim 

Associate Director, Engineering Accreditation Department, Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM)

Full Professor, PhD, Honorary Member, Association of Industrial Microwave Heating & High Frequency Applications, University of Nottingham Malaysia; Professor of Chemical and Process Engineering.
Fellow, Institution of Chemical Engineers, UK
Fellow, Advance HE (formerly Higher Education Academy), UK Fellow, International Academy of Drying Science and Technology (Macau); Chartered Engineer, Engineerin Council, UK; Chartered Scientist, Science Council, UK; ASEAN Professional Charted Engineer; Professional Engineer with Practicing Certificate, Board of Engineers Malaysia; Corporate Member, Institution of Engineers Malaysia.
Leadership:
• Associate Director, Engineering Accreditation Department, Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM);
• Chair, Sydney Accord Review Panel, Engineering New Zealand (EngNZ);
• International Accreditation Panel Member (Nominee), Institution of Engineers Sri Lanka;
• Leader, Chemical Working Group, BEM Professional Competency Examination (PCE) Committee;
Awards: International Research Association for Drying Science and Technology (Macau) (IRADSTM); International Drying Symposium (IDS) 2024; UNM Professional Outreach and Accreditation Award 2024; Vice Chancellor Medal 2021; Lord Dearing Award 2020;

Nominated for the title of Full Member  (Academician) of the AASc. Malaysia.

Canada

Saeid Pirasteh

National High-Level Talent of China

Full Professor, PhD in Geology, PhD in Geography. Associate Dean and Professor of Institute of the Artificial Intelligence, Shaoxing University, China.
Membership:

Funding Member of the World Alliance for Geospatial Industry at United Nations Global Geospatial Knowledge and Innovation Centre (UN-GGKIC)(2025 to present); GRSS Disaster Management & Early Warning Working Group; .IEEE-Collabratec volunteer (2025 to present); Global Ambassadors of Sustainability, Advisory Board; IEEE, Senior Member (2023-present); IEEE GRSS, Technical Committee Member, Earth Science Informatics;  IEEE GRSS, Technical Committee Member, The Remote Sensing Environment, Analysis and Climate Technologies; UN-GGIM, United Nations, Academic Network; Canadian Institute of Geomatics (CIG), Chair- International Network; United Nations Open GIS Initiative); Canadian Remote Sensing Society (CRRS) (2020-present); International Cartographic Association (ICA) Commission; International Society Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS); Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG); UNESCO, Geoenvironmental Disaster Reduction, Shimane University, Japan; American Society Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS); Professional Geoscientists of Ontario (PGO); Disaster Advances Journal, India (Life Member); Indian Association of Geomatics (Life Member); Asian Institute of Technology (Fellow); International Journal of Geoinformatics (IJG); Indian Society Remote Sensing (Life Member); Hydroinformatics for Asia (HI4A) (Core member); Member of Water Forum Japan; 
State Awards: "National High-Level Talent of China" (2019);

Awards: Innovation City Commemorative Medal (2025), Shaoxing City, Zhejiang Province, China; ISPRS Geospatial Week (2025), Best Paper Award, Earth Observation and Geospatial Artificial Intelligence for Disaster Risk Management, 17-21 Feb 2025, Dubai, UAE; Canadian Institute of Geomatics (Association) Award (2024), recognition for the outstanding commitments to the growth and strengthen of the Canadian geomatics community; TATA (2023), Outstanding Certificate Award, recognition certificate and outstanding specialized field in the world; Marquis Who’s Who (2022-2023). Outstanding contribution to society, accomplishments and recognition letter. USA; FIG Prize Winner (2022). Mapping and Suitability Analysis of Existing Electoral Polling Units in Katsina Local Government Area of Katsina State, Nigeria. Survey Review Journal. [Prize winner]; Natural Disaster Expo Awards, USA (2022). GeoIME cloud-based for earthquake disasters.Life Saving Solution of the Year Finalist Winner Award. Feb 7-8, 2022; The 4th Future and Smart Cities (FSC) and the Resilient and Responsible Architecture & Urbanism (RRAU), 7th Earth Observation for Environmental Changes (EOEC)-Geo-information Technologies for Natural Disaster Management (GiT4NDM) International Conference, 3-5 December 2021. Xiamen University Malaysia Campus. [Best Paper Award]; .IEEE 1st International Conference on Modern Geomatics and Application, Tabriz, Iran, May 19-21, 2021. [Best Paper Award]; Marquis Who's Who in the World (2020). Listed as a noteworthy and outstanding geologist by Marquis Who's Who. (28th Edition 2011). Canada.

Iran

Soodabeh Davaran

Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Director of Health Innovation and Acceleration Center 

Full Professor, PhD in Polymer Chemistry, BSc in Organic Chemistry, Professor of Pharmaceutical Biomaterials of the Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Experienced Instructor of Organic Chemistry, Polymer Sciences, Biomaterials, Synthesis Of Organic Compounds, Nanomaterial, Nanomedicine. Director of East Azerbaijan branch of Iranian Society of Nanomedicine.

Editorships:

● Associate editor of Chemical Review & Letters ● Editorial board of BioImpacts, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences ● Editorial board of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Journal of Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences ● Editorial board of Controlled Release Journal, The official journal of Controlled Release Society of Iran. 

Membership:
● Council of the Club of the Laureates of UNESCO medal “Contribution to development of nanoscience and nanotechnologies ● Joint Ukraine-Azerbaijan International Research and Education Center of Nanobiotechnology and Functional Nanosystems ● Technology Council of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences ● Policy Council of Health Innovation & Acceleration center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences ● Tabriz City Council Advisors, East Azerbaijan province, Iran ● Nanomedicine Examination Board, Iran Ministry of Health and Medical Education.
Awards:
UNESCO Medal and Award for “Development of Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies” (2015); Distinguished selected national researcher, the 26th National Abu Rayhan Biruni National Festival; Outstanding Researcher in Stem Cell Research, Fourth National Farzaneh Prize; Research Chair award, Iran National Science Foundation; Selected as one of the "TOP 100 Scientists", International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England, UK; Selected as "2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 21st Century", International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England, UK; Awarded as "Women Elites of Iran and All Elites around the Islamic World"; Awarded as "Distinguished Researchers of the East Azerbaijan Province"; First Rank of "9th Razi Festival" in Basic Sciences, Razi Festival; Awarded as the "Top researcher of Research Centers of Tabriz University of Medical Sciences", Tabriz University of Medical Sciences; "Who's Who in Plastics and Polymers", First Edition, Society of Plastic Engineers, Technomic Publishing Company Inc., USA. Iran.

Georgia

Ramaz Khurodze

Vice-President of Georgian National Academy of Sciences

Academician of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences, Full Professor,  Doctor of technical sciences. 
Membership:

Member of the European Academy of Natural Sciences, Sigma Xi – Member of the American Association for Scientific Researches; 

Academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences; 

Academician of the International Academy of Engineering; 

Academician of the Georgian Academy of Engineering;

Academician of the UN Academy of Informatization/

State awards:

Laureate of the Georgian State Prize in Science and Technology;

Medal of Honor. Georgia.


Vladimer Papava

Academician-Secretary, Georgian National Academy of Sciences

Academician of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences, Full Professor, Doctor of Economics. Professor of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. 
Membership: 
Founding Fellow of the Royal Economic Society. London,UK; Fellow of the CORE Academy (International Core Academy of Sciences and Humanities). Hong Kong. China; EminentFellowMemberoftheScholarsAcademicandScientificSociety.Assam. India; Member of the International Research Institute for Economics and Management. Hong Kong, China / Denver, USA; 

Member of the International Academy of Sciences, Education, Industry, &Arts. CA/USA; 

State awards:
1. Sate Prize of Georgia in Science for the Series of Publications – “The Methods and Models of Macroeconomic Regulations” (together with a group of Georgian economists.) Tbilisi, Georgia;

2. In 1987 – Republican Prize of the Ministry of Education of Georgia for the textbook – Economics of Industrial Firm. (together with Giorgi Papava.) Tbilisi, Georgia.

Public awards: 

Philippe Gogichaishvili Medal, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Tbilisi, Georgia; Paata Gugushvishvili Medal, Paata Gugushvishvili Institute of Economics,Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University. Tbilisi,Georgia; Ivane Javakhishvili Medal, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University Tbilisi,Georgia; Philippe Gogichaishvili Prize of the National Academy of Sciences of Georgia for the book – Necroeconomics: The Political Economy of Post-Communist Capitalism. New York.

Other awards: Honorary Doctor, Sokhumi State University. Tbilisi,Georgia; Honorary Doctor, Grigol Robakidze University. Tbilisi,Georgia; Honorary Doctor Degree, Akaki Tsereteli State University in Kutaisi. Kutaisi,Georgia; Honorary Doctor, Batumi Shota Rustaveli State University. Batumi,Georgia; Honorary Doctor, Institute of Economics, Azerbaijan National Academyo fSciences, Baku.Azerbaijan; Doctor Honoris Causa, Ecological University of Bucharest. Bucharest,Romania; Doctor Honoris Causa, Gori State University. Gori,Georgia; Georgia.

Liana Melikishvili 

Academician-Secretary of the Department of Social Sciences in Georgian National Academy of  Sciences

Academician of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Historical Sciences; Member of the Georgian Historical Society 1972; Member of the Javakheti Association 1989; Chairman of the Tbilisi City Council Commission on National Minorities 2000-2003; Member of the Board of the Ekvtime Takaishvili Historical Society 2006; Member of the European Association for Social Anthropology 1990; Member of the Council of the Women's Council of the Tbilisi Society 1996; Member of the Early Warning and Ethnographic Monitoring Network (EAWARN) 2000; Member of the Board of Today and Tomorrow (magazine) 2004; Member of the Special Committee on Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) of the Association of Asian Academies and Societies of Science (AASSA); Chairman of Scientific Council in International Scientific Research Institute of the Peoples of the Caucasus(NGO); The author of more than 1113 works in different languages (Georgian, Russian, English, German); author end co author them 36 monographs (Georgian, Russian, English, German); 
State awards:

The Order of Honors: “In appreciation of a considerable personal contribution to research into problems of the socio- economic and cultural development of various ethnic groups residing in Georgia and in reward of her fruitful scientific and organizational activities.”

Public awards:

Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University “Ivane Javakhishvili Scientific Prize” project “Repressed Scientists” - in the research, editing, commenting and publication of G. Bochoridze’s field diaries “Journey to Samtskhe-Javakheti”. 

Other awards:

“Letter of Appreciation” of the Ekvtime Takaishvili Georgian Historical Society 2013. Certificate of the Scientific Center for the Study of History, Ethnology, Religion and Propaganda 2016; Certificate of Honor of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences in connection with the World Science Day established by UNESCO for scientific achievements in the field of ethnology 2014; Certificate of Honor of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences in connection with the International Day of Women Scientists established by the UN for scientific achievements in the field of history 2017. Georgia.

David Lordkipanidze

General Director of the Georgian National Museum

Academician of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences, Full Professor, Doctor of Historical Sciences. 

Membership:

Founding member of the International Academy of Prehistory and Protohistory (AIPP); Full Member of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences; Member of Academia Europaea; member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts, elected as an Active Member of Class I – Humanities; member of the World Academy of Art and Science; Corresponding Member of German Archaeological Institute; Foreign Member of the United States National Academy of Sciences and an elected Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Science (U.S.A.); member of National Council for the Cultural Heritage of Georgia; Member of the Permanent Council of the International Union of Prehistoric and Protohistoric Sciences (Union Internationale des Sciences Préhistoriques et Protohistoriques – UISPP).
State awards:
Georgian National Prize for Science and Technology; National Decoration of Georgia; Special Award of the President of Georgia; Special Award of the President of Georgia for young scholars.
Public awards:
Humboldt Prize (the Humboldt Research Award) by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; Award of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei “Fabio Frassetto” International Prize, Italy; 2004 Rolex Award for Enterprise; Royal Society Award (UK), for visiting scientist.
Other awards:

Official Decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany - Goethe Medal 2025 Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic; French Order of Honour – Décoration de L’Ordre du Mérite, France; French decoration of “Palmes Academiques”; Award of the Prince of Monaco. Georgia.

Elizbar Javelidze

Academician 0f the Georgian National Academy of Sciences


Academician, Full Professor, Doctor of Philological Sciences. ``Honoured Worker of Culture`` by virtue of decree of the High Council of Azerbaijan. 
State awards: 
David Agmashenebeli Historical Literary Prize.
Public awards:
G.Tsereteli Prize in the field of Oriental Studies.
Other awards:
Literary Awards. Georgia.

Nominees for Election as Assosiate Members of the AASc

Georgia

Ramaz Khetsuriani

Academic Secretary,
Academician 0f the Georgian National Academy of Sciences

Full Professor, PhD, M.D, Tbilisi State Medical University, Department of Normal Anatomy, Division of Medical Sciences. 
Membership: 

International Academy – Highest School (1995); US International Academy of Science, Industry and Education (1996); Albert Schweitzer – Global Medical Academy; National Medical Academy of Poland; UNESCO – Medical-biological Academy; President of Academy of Medical Sciences in Georgia; Member of Georgian National Academy (since 2019) International Association of Universities (exec committee); Association of European Medical Education (cofounder; 1999); International Education Association; Global Naturalists’ Association (presidium); Anatomy, Histology and Embryology Association in Georgia; Georgian Association of Anatomists.

State awards: 
State Prize of Georgia.
Public awards:

International Order of Honor (1999); Albert Schweitzer awards/medals; Cambridge awards/medals; Hippocrates Grand Gold Medal; World Biographical Society medal.

Other awards: 

Order of Honor of Georgia; National Academy Alexander Natishvili Prize (2018); Georgian Honorary Award #101324; Co-Director (World Biographical Society from Europe); Expert of Cambridge & World Biographical Society (Higher Education Management and Governance). Georgia.

Giorgi Sosiashvili

Academician 0f the Georgian National Academy of Sciences,
Member of the Parliament of Georgia

Professor at Gory State university, PhD in History.
Membership:

Member of the scientific committee for the study of the Georgian villages of Patriarchate of Georgia;

Honorary member of the Permanent Conference of Rectors of Universities of Georgia.

State awards: 
Georgian National Award Lauareate;
Public awards:
Pavlelngorokva Prize,"Academy of the Georgian Phenomenon"; Giorgi Eristavi, Shida Kartli Orgaпizatioп of the Writers;

Winner of the Revaz lnanishvili "One Short Story'' Competition; Nikolortkipanidze Prize, Writers' Unionof Georgia; Honorary Citizen of Go; Winner of the 2021 SABA literary Prize - Best se Collection of the Year 2022.

Other awards:

laureate of the Saint Grigol Peradze lnternational Prize , University of Warsaw, 2022. Georgia.

Nodar Grdzelishvili

Academic Secretary of the Center for Innovation and Advanced Technologies of the Georgian National Academy of Sciences

Assistant Professor, Georgian Technical University, Doctor of Economics PhD. 

Associate Professor, Faculty of Mining Geology and Sustainable Mountain Development, Georgian Technical.

Membership:

Full member of the Georgian Academy of Business Sciences;

Full member of the Georgian Academy of Ecological Sciences;

Member of the Phase Academy;

Public awards:

Georgian National Academy of Sciences Honorary Certificate;

Georgia.




Goneli Arakhamia

Head of the Scientific and Organizational Department, National Academy of Sciences of Georgia

Full Professor, University of Georgia, Doctor of Historical Sciences.
Georgia.




Teimuraz Khurodze

Supervisory Board Member - East-West University Powered by Arizona State University

Full Professor, D.Sc, Supervisory Board Member - East-West University Powered by Arizona State University.
 State awards:
Order of Honor.
Public awards:
Young Scientist Award.
Georgia.