Ashraf Balamet oglu Balametov (born 27 January 1947) is an Azerbaijani scientist specializing in electrical power engineering. He holds a Doctor of Technical Sciences degree and is a full member of the Russian Academy of Electrical Engineering, an academician of the International Ecoenergy Academy, and a chief research scientist at the Azerbaijan Scientific Research and Design-Prospecting Institute of Energetics.[1]
Ashraf Balametov | |
|---|---|
| Əşrəf Balamət oğlu Balamətov | |
| Born | 27 January 1947 |
| Education | Baku Energy Technical School |
| Alma mater | Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University |
| Known for | Research in electric power engineering |
| Awards | Honored Scientist of Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan SSR State Prize |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Energy engineering, Applied mathematics, Information technology |
| Institutions | Azerbaijan Scientific Research and Design-Prospecting Institute of Energetics |
| Orkhan Mammadyarov | |
Early life and education
editBalametov was born on 27 January 1947 in Aghachur village, Qusar District, Azerbaijan SSR, Soviet Union.
In 1961, he entered the Baku Energy Technical School and graduated in 1966. In the same year, he was admitted to the Faculty of Energy at the Azerbaijan State Oil and Chemistry Institute. In 1971, under the supervision of Professor Zaki Kazimzadeh, he defended his diploma thesis titled Equations of Power Supply Systems for Deep Oil Wells.[2]
Career
editIn 1971, Balametov began working as an engineer at the Azerbaijan Scientific Research Institute of Energetics under the USSR Ministry of Energy.
From 2002 to 2008, he worked at the Azerbaijan Scientific Research Institute of Energy and Energy Design. Between 2020 and 2022, he served at the Azerbaijan State Oil and Industry University, and from 2023 to 2025 he was a member of specialized doctoral scientific councils at Azerbaijan Technical University.
He currently works as Chief Research Scientist at the Azerbaijan Scientific Research and Design-Prospecting Institute of Energetics, leading research on energy efficiency in power systems.