Ali Abdulkasimov
Geographer, Doctor of Geographical Sciences and professor at Samarkand State University, known for his work on the anthropogenic landscapes of Central Asia and as founder of a school of anthropogenic landscape science.
- Occupation:
- Scientist, Geographer or geologist
- Born:
- December 25 1934(91 years old) ♑
- Birthplace:
- Payariq District, Samarkand
Biography
Ali Abdulkasimovich Abdulkasimov was born on 25 December 1934 in the Payariq district of the Samarkand region. He is a physical geographer and landscape scientist.
He graduated from Samarkand University in 1959 and worked there as an assistant in 1960–1961. He then completed postgraduate study at Voronezh State University in 1964 under the geographer F. N. Milkov, and defended his candidate’s dissertation in 1965.
Back at Samarkand, he was a senior lecturer in 1964–1968 and an associate professor from 1968, and in 1970–1980 headed the chair of physical geography of the USSR.
In 1991 he received the degree of Doctor of Geographical Sciences and became a professor at Samarkand University. His research covers the mapping, regionalisation and formation of natural and anthropogenic landscapes, ecology, and the assessment and protection of Central Asian landscapes.
His publications include a monograph on the intermontane-basin landscapes of Central Asia (Tashkent: Fan, 1983), articles on the classification of anthropogenic landscapes and on their ecological optimisation, and several methodological manuals.
Samarkand State University regards him as the founder of the school of anthropogenic landscape science in Uzbekistan, and held an international scientific and practical conference for his 90th anniversary. He holds the Order “El-yurt hurmati”.
Education
- Samarkand State UniversityUniversity · Samarkand · 1959 · Geography
- Voronezh State UniversityUniversity · 1964 · Postgraduate study; candidate’s dissertation defended in 1965
Career
- Samarkand State UniversityAssistant, associate professor, head of chair, professor · Samarkand · 1960–present
Awards
Order «El-yurt hurmati»Uzbekistan
Life path
- 1934Birth
Born on 25 December in the Payariq district of the Samarkand region.
- 1959Graduation
Graduated from Samarkand University.
- 1960–1961Assistant
Worked as an assistant at Samarkand University.
- 1964Postgraduate study
Completed postgraduate study at Voronezh State University under F. N. Milkov.
- 1965Candidate’s dissertation
Defended his candidate’s dissertation.
- 1964–1968Senior lecturer
Senior lecturer at Samarkand University.
- 1968Associate professor
Became an associate professor.
- 1970–1980Head of chair
Headed the chair of physical geography of the USSR.
- 1991Doctorate and professorship
Became Doctor of Geographical Sciences and professor at Samarkand University.
Works
- “Questions of the classification of anthropogenic landscapes of Central Asia” (1966)Article
Published in the scholarly notes of the Voronezh branch of the Geographical Society of the USSR.
- “Problems of studying the intermontane-basin landscapes of Central Asia” (1983)Monograph
Tashkent, Fan publishers, 128 pages.
- “Questions of the ecological optimisation of anthropogenic landscapes of Central Asia” (1991)Article
Published in Moscow in the volume “Integrated Monitoring and Practice”.
- “Ecology of the anthropogenic landscapes of Central Asia and questions of their optimisation” (1997)Article
Printed in issue 1 of “Problems of Desert Development” (Ashgabat).