Western Caspian University

Ulviyya Karimova-Cafarova

PhD in Chemistry

Environmental problems of the oil industry, ecology of the Caspian Sea, ecology of the atmosphere and modern pollutants

+994 12 492 74 18

ujapharova@wcu.edu.az

Ulviyya Nizami gizi Karimova-Japharova was born on May 20, 1980, in Shamakhi city. She studied at Shamakhi City Secondary School No. 1 from 1986 to 1997. In 2001, she was admitted to the Faculty of Chemical Technology of the Azerbaijan State Oil Academy. In 2005, she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in “Oil, Gas, and Alternative Energy Technologies,” and in 2007 she completed her master’s degree in “Processing Technology of Hydrocarbon Gases” with honors.
Her master’s thesis was titled “Catalytic Processing of C3–C4 Hydrocarbons Obtained from Oil Refining Processes.”

In 2008, she was admitted to the full-time postgraduate program at the Institute of Petrochemical Processes named after Academician Yusif Mammadaliyev of the Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, specializing in "Oil-Gas-Coal Processing and Technology."

Ulviyya Karimova-Japharova began her professional career in April 2008 as a junior researcher at the “Technology of Petrochemical Processes” laboratory at the Institute of Petrochemical Processes (ANAS). Between 2008 and 2017, she progressed from junior researcher to leading researcher. At the same time, she worked as a scientific secretary in the institute’s Scientific Council. She participated as an executor in four grant projects that won competitions organized by the Science Development Foundation under the President of Azerbaijan and SOCAR’s Science Foundation.

In 2013–2014, she undertook a one-year scientific and practical internship at the Leibniz Institute for Catalysis at the University of Rostock in Germany, focusing on reaction mechanisms and heterogeneous catalysis, while also conducting research for her dissertation.

In 2015, she successfully defended her PhD dissertation on the topic “Study of Hydrogen-Containing Gas Mixture Formation Processes Based on Water, Methane, and CO₂.” In 2016, she was awarded the academic degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Chemistry by the decision of the Supreme Attestation Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

She is the author of 70 scientific works, including 25 scientific articles, more than 40 theses presented at national and international conferences, symposiums, and forums, and 2 patents of the Republic of Azerbaijan.

In 2021–2022, Ulviyya Karimova-Japharova worked as Deputy Dean of the School of High Technologies and Innovative Engineering at Western Caspian University. She is currently a lecturer in the Department of Ecology and Environment. She is also actively involved in supervising scientific personnel at the university, and under her supervision, three master’s students have successfully defended their theses. She also chairs scientific councils for master’s defenses at various higher education institutions. Since September 2023, she has been a member of the International Association of Engineers (IAENG).

Selected Scientific Publications:

1. S.B.Aghayeva, S.I.Abasov, S.M.Hajizadeh, Sh.F.Taghiyeva,  U.N.Karimova-Japharova, T.F.Aghayeva, S.F.Ahmadbayova, F.A.Babayeva. Heterogeneous oligomerization of catalytic cracking gases on modified industrial catalyst KN-4,PPOR, Vol.25, No.4, 2024, pp.1038-1043

2. S.Safaraliyeva, A.Gasimov,  U.Karimova-Japharova. Ecological assessment of the use of pesticides used in palm, oliva and elm plants in Azerbaijan /International Conference “Mountains: Biodiversity, Landscapes and Cultures”, 5-6 november, 2024, Baku, Azerbaijan, P

3. Кондратенко Е.В.Изучение процесса углекислотной конверсии метана в присутствии наночастиц переходных металлов нанесенныхна различные типы носителя Tezis V Российский конгресс по катализу, Роскатализ, 21-26 апреля, 2025 г., Санкт-Петербург, Россия,

4. V.A.Kondratenko, U.Karimova, A.A.Kasimov, E.V.Kondratenko. Methane conversion into synthesis gas over supported well-defined Pt, Rh or Ru nanoparticles: Effects of metal and support, Applied Catalysis A: General, Volume 619, 5 June 2021, 118143
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2021.118143
5. Khazangul Piriyeva B., Zulfiyya İsmailova R., Azer Gasimov A.,  Ulviyya Karimova Japharova N,  Sevinj Hajizadeh M., Tunzala Aghaeva F.Rasim Japharov P. Determination of hydrodinamic rejime of the reactor alkylation of olefins with paraffin in the modified zeolite catalyst OMNICAT- 210P,  American Journal of Chemical Engineering & Process Technology, 2017, Volume 8, Issue 3, 1000339

DOI: 10.4172/2157-7048.1000339

6. Kasimov A.A.,  Piriyeva Kh.B., Gadzhizade S.M., Dzhamalova S.A., Kerimova U.N. lkylating activity  of an Omnikat -210 P zeolite catalyst modified with Ni, Cr and Co. Petroleum Chemistry, 2017, Vol.57, No.3, pp.441-445

https://doi.org/10.1134/S096554411705005X

7. Касимов А.А.,  Пириева Х.В., Гаджизаде С.М., Джамалова С.А., Керимова У.Н.,   Активность цеолитсодержащего катализатора ОМНИКАТ-210 П, модифицированного Ni, Cr, Co в реакции алкилирования // Нефтехимия, 2017, том 57, №3, стр.329-333.

DOI: 10.7868/S0028242117030054

8. Karimova U.N.,  Kasimov A.A., Rodemerck U.,  Kondratenko V.A.,    Sokolov S., Linke D., Kondratenko E.V. Effect of size and support on activity, selectivity and on-stream stability of Pt, Rh, and Ru nanoparticles in partial oxidation of methane to synthesis gas / Selective Oxidation and Functionalization: Classical and Alternative Routes and Sources, Special edition of DGMK Conference, Berlin, 2014

9. Керимова У.Н., Касимов А.А., Алиев Н.А., Исмаилов Э.Г., Юсифов Ю.Г., Гаджизаде С.М.. Исследование наноструктурированного Fe2O3, NiO, γ-Al2O3 катализатора разложения воды методом рентгенофлюoресцентной спектроскопии / Международный симпозиум «Фуллерены и   наноструктуры в конденсированных средах» Минск, 2011, Сборник научных статей, c.242-247

10. Керимова У.Н., Касимов А.А., Алиев Н.А., Джамалова С.А., Зейналова С.А. Разложение воды на Ni, Fe/γ-Al2O3 катализаторе// Актуальные проблемы современной науки №6(50),2009, с.143-149