Шукуров Носир

Dr.Nosir Shukurov obtained his Ph.D. from Tashkent State University in 2000. Subsequently, he did post-doctoral research at Bar-Ilan University (Israel). In 2004, he returned to work at the Institute of Geology and Geophysics of the Uzbekistan Academy of Sciences and served as thedeputy director of the institute. He has been a visiting scholar at theUniversity of Bayreuth (Germany, 2000); Johannes Gutenberg University ofMainz (Germany, 2005, 2012, 2013-2016); University of Athens (Greece,2005); University of Bern (Switzerland, 2014); University of the WestIndies (Jamaica, 2009, 2011); University of Georgia (the USA,2017-2018). Currently, he is working as a head of the Geochemistry lab.at the Kh.M. Abdullaev’s Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Universityof Geological Sciences, State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistanfor Geology and Mineral Resources. His research interest includesEnvironmental Sciences; Environmental Geochemistry; Biogeochemistry;Environmental pollution assessment; Occurrence forms and bioavailabilityof heavy metals in polluted soils; Heavy metals uptake by plants;Interactions of soil microorganisms and heavy metals in contaminatedsoils in industrial areas; Bioindication and bioremediation aspects ofenvironmental pollution.Recent research activities focus onHeavy metals in soils Angren-Almalyk mining industrial area(Uzbekistan): Heavy metal concentrations, chemical and mineralogicalforms, and their bioavailability. Research interests: EnvironmentalGeochemistry; Occurrence forms and bioavailability of heavy metals inpolluted soils; soil microorganisms in metal contaminated soils, bioindication aspects.