Prof. Djamaladdin (Jamal) Musaev

Jamal Musaev received his B.A. degree in 1978 from Azerbaijan State University, Azerbaijan. He received his PhD degree from Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of USSR Academy of Sciences (Moscow) in 1985 under guidance of Prof. Oleg P. Charkin. He worked as a Research Fellow and then as a Sr. Research Fellow at the Institute for New Chemical Problems of USSR Academy of Sciences (Chernogolovka, Moscow region). In 1991 Jamal was awarded by JSPS junior fellowship and worked at Institute for Molecular Sciences, Okazaki, Japan (1991-1993) under guidance of Prof. Keiji Morokuma. In 1993, Dr. Musaev moved to the Emory University, Atlanta, USA. Dr. Musaev is a Director of the Emerson Center for Scientific Computation, and Adjunct Professor of Chemistry. Musaev is co-founder of the Emory BioInspired Energy Center, the CCI-NSF Center for Stereoselective C-H Functionalization, and founder of the Emerson Center Lectureship Award promoting multi-disciplinarity in modern science and technology. Musaev’s scientific interest includes: (a) Designing of predictive rules for development of new and more effective Stereoselective C-H bond functionalization strategies; (b) Designing solar energy-driven robust multi-electron-transfer catalysts for water splitting and fuel formation; (c) Understanding of fundamental principles of transition metal catalyst (including nano-scale catalysts) and photocatalyst promoted nitrogen fixation, hydrocarbon oxidation and borylation, olefin polymerization; (d) Elucidating mechanisms of enzymatic processes, and (e) Development of hybrid computational methods to study interfacial charge transfer dynamics. Among Jamal’s multiple awards are JSPS Sr. Fellowship (Japan), Tubitak Award (Turkey), and multiple visiting professorships in Spain, Germany and Japan. Jamal is member of Editorial board of Organometallics, and member of American Chemical Society and American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). He published more than 350 papers in peer-review journals, two books, and have presented more than 320 invited talks in 21 countries.