Chingiz Khalifa-zade


Professor Chingiz Muzafar oglu Khalifa-zade is an Azerbaijani and Soviet geologist and Professor of Geology and Mineralogy and Petrology; and Head of Department at Azerbaijan State Oil Academy; and President of the Sedimentological Society of Azerbaijan; and Academician at the International Eco-Energy Academy; and Honorary foreign member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.

Career

In 1952, Khalifa-zade graduated from Baku State University. In 1955, he prepared PhD thesis related the Mineralogy and Middle Jurassic Argullicies of the South-East Caucasus and received Candidate of Science degree. Later, he held positions as Senior Scientist, Head of Division and Acting Head of the Institute of Geology, Makhachkala, Dagestan, Russian Federation, USSR.
In 1972, Khalifa-zade obtained Doctor of Science degree on Geology and Mineralogy from the Institute of Geology, Moscow, Soviet Academy of Science., In 1975, he received the rank of Professor of Geology and Mineral Deposits at Baku State University. In 1980–1981, he headed the Baku-based United Nation courses and training programs on Geology for professionals from Turkey, Nigeria, Vietnam, Bulgaria, Tanzania, Nepal, Burma, Yemen, Bangladesh, Egypt and other developing countries. He also was a scientific adviser for the Saatli Superdeep well.
In 1980, he was awarded the title of Honorable Geologist of Azerbaijan SSR. In 2000, he received Azerbaijan's Medal of Progress, awarded by the President of Azerbaijan, H.E. Heydar Aliyev, on occasion of the 80th Anniversary of Azerbaijan State Oil Academy.
Since 1981, Khalifa-zade is Full Professor and Head of Department of Mineralogy and Petrology at Azerbaijan State Oil Academy. He also is a member of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Houston (USA and President of the Sedimentological Society of Azerbaijan.
Since 2008, Khalifa-zade is an honorary foreign member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences.
Khalifa-zade is a member of editorial board of the International Journal of Stratigraphy And Sedimentology Of Oil-Gas Basins, Baku, Azerbaijan National Academy of Science

Activities

In 1978, Khalifa-zade lectured at the University of London and Imperial College, United Kingdom. In 1992, he lectured at the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey; and within 1991–1992, he was a visiting professor at University of Cairo and University of Alexandria, Egypt.
He was a member of Soviet and Azerbaijani delegations at DC, XI, XII, XIV and XVII International Congresses on Sedimentology and chaired the Section on Sedimentology and Geochemistry.

List of Awards and Certificates

Publications

Khalifa-zade authored more than 270 articles, 4 text-books and 5 monographs. He also authored Sideritovye zalezhi Dagestana, book, in-Russian, Moscow, Nauka Publishing house, 1963; co-authored Srednei︠u︡rskie otlozhenii︠a︡ vostochnoĭ chasti Bolʹshogo Kavkaza, book, in-Russian, Moscow, Nauka Publishing house, 1982 and co-authored Mineralogii︠a︡ i genezis boksitovykh porod Nakhichevanskoĭ ASSR, book, in-Russian, 1986, Elm publishing-house, Baku, Azerbaijan.

Textbooks

  • The Course of Lithology and Fascia, in-Azerbaijani, Maarif publishing house, Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, 1982
  • Secrets of the Moon', in-Azerbaijani, Azernesr publishing house, Baku, Azerbaijan SSR, 1979