Biography of Nazim Muradov, University of Central Florida
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Dr. Nazim Z. Muradov is the principal research scientist at the Florida Solar Energy Center, University of Central Florida. He holds a Doctor of Science degree in Physical Chemistry (1990) and Ph.D. in Kinetics & Catalysis (1975) both from the Institute of Chemical Physics (Moscow, Russia), and he graduated from the Institute of Oil and Chemistry with B.S./M.S. in Petroleum/Chemical Engineering (Baku, Azerbaijan, 1970). Dr. Muradov has been involved in hydrogen energy research since 1979. His main areas of research include thermocatalytic and photocatalytic hydrogen production systems, hydrocarbon reformers for fuel cell applications, solar hybrid water-splitting cycles, catalytic conversion of solar energy, hydrogen sensors, fossil fuel decarbonization, radiant detoxification of hazardous wastes, nanostructured carbon materials and catalytic processing of hydrocarbons.
Dr. Muradov is a member of the Board of Directors of the International Association for Hydrogen Energy and a member of the Scientific Council of the Madrid Institute for Advanced Studies, IMDEA Energia, Spain. He is a member of the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy and the International Editorial Council of the Processes of Petrochemistry and Oil Refining, and a member of the American Chemical Society. Dr. Muradov has authored and co-authored close to 200 publications and 28 patents, and he has presented papers at more than 80 international and national conferences, including invited lectures and keynote presentations in the United States, Japan, Spain, the Netherlands, Saudi Arabia and Turkey. He is a recipient of the University of Central Florida (Institutes & Centers) Distinguished Researcher of the Year Award (1996) and Research Incentive Award (2003).
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