Born : 21 October 1953 Zaqatala, Azerbaijan SSR, USSR
Awards:  Alexander von Humboldt Foundation fellowship (Germany) – 1991
 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science – 2006
 Otto Monsted Foundation fellowship (Denmark) – 2009
 Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers – 2015
 Deans Distinguished Visiting Professor in the University of Toronto and in the Fields Institute-2018
 James D. Murray Distinguished Visiting Professor in the University of Waterloo-2019/2020
 Rector's istinguished Visiting Professor in the University of Marmara-2020/2021
 Fields: Mathematics (Biomathematics and Biostatistics) 
 Institutions         
 Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences University of Stuttgart Free University Berlin Technical University of Munich Helmholtz Zentrum München