P rominent t ajik f igures of the

Ismoilov, Isroiljon
Tajik physicist Isroiljon Ismoilov was born in Samarqand on Octo-
ber 27, 1939.
Ismoilov graduated from Samarqand State Institute in 1962. From
1963 to 1968, he was first a Junior Scientific Worker and then a post-
graduate student at the Institute of Physics of the Academy of Sciences
of the Soviet Union. From 1961 to 1971, he was the Senior Scientific

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Worker at the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. In 1971, he became

the Head of the Quantum Electric Laboratories of the same institution.
He received his doctorate degree in physics and mathematics in 1981.
Ismoilov's research deals with laser rays and the luminosity of indium
phosphate and its solvents.
Islomov's contributions include Inzhektsionnie izluchatel'nie prebori
na osnove mnogokomponentnikh poluprovodnikovikh tverdikh rastvorov
(Injection Light Sources Based on Hard, Multi-Mass Semiconductors,
1979).
Ismoilov is a recipient of a number of medals.
Ismoilov, Mahmud
Tajik botanist Mahmud Ismoilov was born in Samarqand on October
1, 1929. He joined the CPSU in 1953.
Ismoilov graduated from the Department of Geology and Geography
of the University of Uzbekistan in 1949. From 1953 to 1960, he was a
graduate student and Scientific Worker at the Institute of Botany of the
Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan. Then, between 1960 and 1967, he
was the Director of the Botanical Gardens of the same institute. In 1967,
he became the Director of the Department of Botany of the Tajikistan
State University. He received his doctorate degree in biology in 1975
and became a professor in 1977.
Ismoilov's research is devoted to an understanding of the problems
of phytoserology, dendrology, and the structure of the plants of
Tajikistan and Central Asia. Ismoilov's contributions include Ocherk
drevesnoi i kustarnikovoi rastitel'nosti yugo-zapadnikh otrogov
Darvazskogo khrebta (An Essay on the Medicinal Trees and Plants in
the Southeastern Regions of Darvoz, Dushanbe, 1971).