Professor Fikret Mamedov from Uppsala University, Sweden, delivered lecture titled ‘Photosynthetic hydrogen production’. In his presentation, he emphasized the importance of using microalgae cells as an innovative approach to hydrogen synthesis.

Fikret Mamedov obtained his Ph.D. in Biology from the Institute of Botany of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences in 1994. From 1995 to 1998, he conducted research at Lund University, Sweden. In 2002, he was appointed as an Associate Professor at Lund University, and in 2008, he earned a doctoral degree in science. Since 2016, Fikret Mamedov has been a professor at Uppsala University. The scientist has authored 120 articles in leading scientific journals, and his Hirsch index is 36.