Abdurakhmonov Ibrokhim

Ibrokhim Y. Abdurakhmonov received his BS in Biotechnology from the National University, Uzbekistan in 1997, an MS in Plant Breeding from Texas A&M University in 2001, and a PhD in Molecular Genetics and DSc from the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan in 2002 and 2009, respectively. He became a full professor at the same university in 2011. He founded the Center of Genomics and Bioinformatics of Uzbekistan in 2012. He received the 2010 TWAS prize and ICAC Cotton Researcher of the Year 2013 for his outstanding contribution to cotton genomics and biotechnology. Dr. Abdurakhmonov was elected as a fellow of The World Academy of Sciences (TWAS) in 2014 and a member of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan in 2017. He served as Uzbekistan's Minister of Innovative Development during 2017-2022. He was honored as the 2022 Ambassador of Silk Road Friendship (Individual) by the China International Culture Exchange Center (CICEC) and Global People Magazine. He was appointed the Minister of Higher Education, Science, and Innovations of Uzbekistan in 2023. He received the 2023 UNESCO-Equatorial Guinea International Prize for Research in the Life Sciences.