Khakimov Najmiddin Khakimovich

n.hakimov37@gmail.com

Associate Professor of the Department, Candidate of Biological Sciences. Has been working at the Department of Zoology at SamSU since 1997. In 1967, he defended his candidate dissertation on “Nematodes of Virgin and Cotton Fields of Mirzachul”.

Throughout his career, he is the author of 2 textbooks, 12 study and educational-methodological manuals, and 2 electronic textbooks. Also, over 100 of his articles and abstracts have been published in foreign and republican scientific journals.

Abdullayev Erkin Nurullayevich

abdullayev.erkin.n@gmail.com

Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor. Has been working at the Department of Zoology at SamSU since 1966. In 1967, he defended his candidate dissertation on "Entomophages of the Silkworm in Samarkand Region".

Throughout his career, Erkin Abdullayev has obtained 5 invention patents, and is also the author of 2 textbooks, 11 study and methodological manuals. In addition, to date, the scientist has published about 100 scientific articles and abstracts, including about 10 articles in international journals.

Fundukchiyev Semen Enverovich

s-fundykchiyev@samdu.uz

Candidate of Biological Sciences, Professor. Has been working at the Department of Zoology at SamSU since 1979. Began his scientific and pedagogical career as a junior researcher at the L.M. Isayev Scientific Research Institute of Medical Parasitology. In 1986, he successfully defended his candidate dissertation on «Anthropogenic Transformation of Bird Population in Mirzachul». Has been working as an Associate Professor at the Department of Zoology since 1994 to the present.

Since 2007, he has been working as a member of the Executive Committee of the Bird Conservation Society of Uzbekistan, a member of the editorial board of the journal "Scientific Notes of the Crimean Engineering and Pedagogical University" and the digest of the Bird Conservation Society of Uzbekistan.

Botirov Aminjon Rozimbayevich

aminjonbotirov@samdu.uz

Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor. Having thoroughly studied the specialty of paleozoology at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow State University, and the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, based on the collected archaeopaleozoological materials, he successfully defended his candidate dissertation at the Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine on “Commercial Theriofauna of Uzbekistan in the Holocene”.

Aminjon Botirov has completed internships in Ukraine and France in addition to the Republic of Uzbekistan. To date, over 300 of his scientific articles, study manuals, and textbooks in zoology, paleozoology, ecology, pedagogy, and popular science directions have been published. More than 10 study manuals on zoology, ecology, and nature conservation, a color illustrated popular science brochure about ancient rare animals, and an explanatory dictionary of biological and ecological terms have been published.

Mavlonov Ochil Mavlonovich

Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor. Has been working at the Department of Zoology at SamSU since 2021. In 1993, he defended his doctoral dissertation on “Phytonematodes of Cotton Agrocenoses (Taxonomy, Ecology, Zoogeography, and Control Measures)”.

Throughout his career, Ochil Mavlonov is the author of 50 textbooks, 78 study and methodological manuals. Also, to date, the scientist has published about 800 scientific articles and abstracts, including 50 articles in international journals. Under the scientific supervision of O. Mavlonov, 11 researchers successfully defended candidate dissertations, and 2 defended doctoral dissertations.

Xalimov Fazlitdin Zakirovich

fazlitdinxalimov68@gmail.com

Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor. Has been working at the Department of Zoology at SamSU since 2008. In 1995, he successfully defended his candidate dissertation on “Analysis of Relationships between Cabbage Flies and Their Entomophages on Cabbage Varieties with Different Resistance to Pests”.

Fazlitdin Xalimov is the author of 1 textbook, over 10 study and methodological manuals throughout his career. Also, to date, he has published about 150 scientific articles and abstracts, including over 20 articles in authoritative international journals, and holds 2 author's certificates. Under his scientific supervision, 3 PhD dissertations have been successfully defended.

Fazlitdin Xalimov is a member of the editorial board of 1 international journal indexed in the Scopus database and 1 republican scientific journal.

https://doi.org/10.26842/binhm.7.2022.17.2.0141

Yakovlev Roman Viktorovich

yakovlev_asu@mail.ru 

Doctor of Biological Sciences (DSc), Professor. Has been working at Samarkand State University since 2023. Curator of the butterfly collection of the Thomas Witt Entomological Museum in Munich, Germany.

Roman Yakovlev defended his dissertation in 2014 on “Systematics and Zoogeography of Old World Carpenter Moths (Lepidoptera: Cossidae)” and obtained the academic degree of Doctor of Biological Sciences (DSc).

The scientist is the author of 12 monographs and over 400 scientific articles. More than 300 scientific articles have been published in SCOPUS journals. Hirsch index (hirsh-index) is 17. Over 130 scientific articles have been published in Web of Science journals.  

Roman Yakovlev has been the organizer of more than 50 expeditions across Siberia, Central Asia, the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Africa, and Latin America. As a result of these expeditions, he owns the largest collection of the Cossidae family in the world.

Project leader of the theme «Endemic, local, and invasive arthropods (Arthropoda) of the mountains of Southern Siberia and Central Asia: gene pool of a unique hotspot of biodiversity» for 2023-2025.

https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/1946991

https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=23062370800

Urazova Ra’no Stanislavovna

ranourazova@samdu.uz

Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor. Began her career at the Department of Zoology at SamSU in 1995 and has been working as an Associate Professor of the department since 2022. Ra’no Urazova is the author of 3 educational-methodological manuals and over 35 scientific articles throughout her career.

https://philpapers.org/rec/STAFIT-3

Mamashukurov Abdunabi Uraqovich

abdunabimamashukurov@gmail.com

Doctor of Philosophy in Biological Sciences, Assistant Lecturer. In 2021, he defended his PhD dissertation in biological sciences on “Ecology, Ethology and Role of Some Mass Birds of the Fergana Valley in Bio-Damages”. Has been working as an assistant at the Department of Zoology at SamSU since 2001. Author of the educational-methodological manual for summer field practice in vertebrate zoology, the study guide "Human Anatomy", and about 60 educational-methodological and scientific articles. Participated in numerous international and republican scientific-practical conferences based on the results of research work.

http://sersc.org/journals/index.php/IJAST/article/view/18004

Narzullayev Sardorbek Baxriddinovich 
narzullayevsardorbek1990@gmail.com 

Doctor of Philosophy in Biological Sciences, PhD. Has been working at the Department of Zoology at SamSU since 2016. In 2021, he successfully defended his PhD dissertation on "Nematode Fauna of Perennial Grasses of Biocenoses of the Western Zarafshan Mountain Range". Throughout his career, Sardorbek Narzullayev has obtained 2 author's certificates, and is also the author of 1 study manual and electronic textbooks. Also, to date, the scientist has published about 50 scientific articles and abstracts, including about 10 articles in international journals.

Xamidova Asolat Baxrankulovna

asolatxamidova@gmail.com

Senior Lecturer at the Department of Zoology. Has been working at the Department of Zoology at SamSU since 1990. Throughout her career, Asolat Xamidova is the author of 16 study and educational-methodological manuals and over 35 scientific articles.

                                                               Kudratov Jasur Asilbekovich

Professor at the Department of Zoology, Institute of Biochemistry, Samarkand State University named after Sharof Rashidov. Doctor of Biological Sciences (DSc) 

https://doi.org/10.13057/biodiv/d261017

https://doi.org/10.47278/journal.ijvs/2026.111

https://doi.org/10.47278/journal.ijab/2026.168

https://doi.org/10.13057/biodiv/d270331

https://doi.org/10.35885/ruthenica.2026.36(1).4

https://doi.org/10.13057/biodiv/d260943

https://doi.org/10.13057/biodiv/d260704

https://doi.org/10.47278/journal.ijab/2026.196

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21995047

https://doi.org/10.59251/2181-3973.2025.v1.138.1.3800

Xamzayev Rafiq Azimovich

xamzayev1988@gmail.com

Assistant Lecturer at the Department. Has been working at the Department of Zoology at SamSU since 2015. To date, Rafik Xamzayev is the author of 2 study manuals and over 20 scientific articles.

Rahimov Muhammadto‘ychi Rahmonberdi o‘g‘li

Assistant Lecturer at the Department. Has been working at the "Zoology" Department at SamSU since 2018. He is conducting research on the fauna and taxonomy of hoverflies (Diptera, Syrphidae) in Central Asia. In 2023, he successfully defended his PhD dissertation on “Comparative Analysis of Hoverfly Faunas of the Zarafshan and Hissar Ranges (Part Located in the Territory of Uzbekistan)”.

Throughout his career, he has published scientific articles in 6 authoritative foreign and 7 republican journals, and about 20 other types of scientific works. In addition, Muhammadto‘ychi Rahimov holds 2 author's certificates.

Urunova Gulrux Utkurovna

Doctor of Philosophy in Biological Sciences, assistant, works at the Department of Zoology at Samarkand State University. Has been serving as an assistant at the Department of Zoology since 2025. In 2026, she successfully defended her PhD dissertation in biological sciences on “Effect on Morphological and Qualitative Indicators of the African Catfish (Clarias gariepinus)”. Author of 1 study manual throughout her career. Also, to date, she has published scientific articles and abstracts in 3 journals included in the international Scopus database, as well as in about 20 authoritative republican publications

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/362435127_Chicken-based_by-products_as_a_main_component_in_African_Catfish_Clarias_gariepinus_in_the_environments_of_Uzbekistan.

Zoxidova Iroda Sodikovna

Assistant Lecturer at the Department. Has been working at the "Zoology" Department at SamSU since 2015. Conducting research on the biological principles of out-of-season breeding of carp (Cyprinus carpio L.) under conditions of constant water temperature. She has published about 15 scientific works throughout her career.

About the Department of Zoology

The Department of Zoology was established in early 1928, headed by Professor A. Zavadsky. In 1934, within the Department of Zoology, an independent Department of Vertebrate Zoology was established, and Prof. B.G. Turkevich was appointed as its first head.

Thus, the Department of Zoology split into two independent departments, conducting research work on studying faunistics, biology, ecology, and the practical significance of invertebrate and vertebrate animals in the Zarafshan oasis.

Currently, the department employs 3 Doctors of Science, Professors, 7 Candidates of Science, Associate Professors, 1 PhD Associate Professor, 2 PhD Assistants, 1 Senior Lecturer, and 5 Assistant Lecturers.