Power Engineering Laboratory
Oksana Ismailova received her Master's degree in Physics from the National University of Uzbekistan under the supervision of Dr. Valiev Uygun Vakhidovich in 1997. She joined Academician Habibullaev's group on condensed matter at the Department of Thermophysics of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan as a junior researcher. Under the guidance of Academician Khabibullaev P.K., she defended her PhD thesis in physical and mathematical sciences in 2006.
From 2006 to 2012, she was twice awarded the Marie Curie Scholarship, having conducted research at the Universities of Nottingham (UK) and Innsbruck (Austria), and twice received the DAAD scholarship, having visited the Technical University of Kiel and Freiburg.
In 2015, she was recognized as the best young physics scientist in the Republic of Uzbekistan by TWAS.
In 2017, she was invited to Prof. Hattori's group, Tsukuba University to conduct terahertz measurements of aqueous systems.
From 2021 to 2023, she was the PI of project No. UZB-IND-2021-83 “Synthesis and characterization of novel multifunctional properties of sulvanite compounds from theory and experiment”
From 2022 to 2023, she got a scholarship of JICA.
In 2024, she received her DSc degree in physics and mathematics.
Since 2015, she has been teaching at the Department of Natural and Mathematical Disciplines of Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent.
Since 2024, she is the PI of the fundamental project FZ-2020092931: SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS IN REVERSE MYCELIUM, as well as the leader of the perovskite group in the SATREPS project.
In 2025, she was awarded a certificate as a woman scientist by Saida Shavkatovna Mirziyeva, Head of the Sector for Communications and Information Policy of the Executive Office of the Presidential Administration.
Scientific articles:
https://en.ujicy.uz/scientific-articles
e-mail: oismailova56@gmail.com
Shukur Gofurov received a bachelor's degree in physics from Namangan State University in 2009 and a master's degree in laser physics from the National University of Uzbekistan in 2011. From 2012 to 2019, he worked as a researcher at the Institute of Ion Plasma and Laser Technologies. In 2016-2017, he was a researcher at Lund University (Sweden) under the Erasmus Mundus grant, and in 2017 completed an internship in India under the ITEC program. In 2019-2023, he was a doctoral student at the University of Tsukuba (Japan) as part of the JICA project, and in 2024 he was a researcher at the University of Lille (France). Since 2023, he has been working as a researcher at the UJICY Power Engineering Laboratory. He has published 11 articles in journals indexed in Scopus. AWARD FOR THE BEST REPORT (Uzbekistan-Korea International Conference, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2024).
Scholarships:
Grant from the Government of Uzbekistan for undergraduate studies, 2005 Namangan, Uzbekistan.
Grant from the Erasmus Mundus Partnership Lot 9 Euro-Asian CEA II, 2016. Lund, Sweden.
JICA SCRA-UJICY Scholarship, 2019. Tsukuba, Japan.
Scientific internships of the Agency for Innovative Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2025. Lille, France.
Participation in scientific grants:
FZ-20200929314 – Uzbek-Japan Innovation Center of Youth, Uzbekistan, 2024-2028.
UZB-Ind-2021-83 – Uzbek-Japan Innovation Center of Youth, Uzbekistan, 2021-2023.
VA-FA-F-6-010 – Institute of Ion Plasma and Laser Technologies, Uzbekistan, 2017-2020.
OT-F2-51 – Institute of Ion Plasma and Laser Technologies, Uzbekistan, 2017-2020.
F2-FA-F146 – Institute of Ion Plasma and Laser Technologies, Uzbekistan, 2012-2016.
Scientific internships:
University of Lille, France. 2 months, 2024.
Lund University, Sweden. 9 months, 2016.
Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation Program (ITEC) on Solar Energy. National Institute of Solar Energy. Haryana, India, 1 month, 2017.
JICA (Japan International Cooperation Agency) Additional studies on the photocatalyst, Tsukuba, Japan. 1 month, 2024
SATREPS, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. 2025
SATREPS, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. 2025
Areas of scientific research:
Physical processes in binary liquids, their heterostructures, and their optical properties. Raman and Infrared spectra. BiVO4 photocatalysts, BiOCl synthesis and their characteristics, DFT calculations. X-ray diffraction, Raman spectrum, SEM-EMF, RFES.
Relations with foreign and local universities:
Prof. Bucherroub, University of Lille, France
Prof. Shcheblykin, Lund University, Sweden
Prof. Sakurai, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Professor Dolenko, Moscow State University, Russia
Dr. Ziyaev, Namangan State University, Uzbekistan
Scientific articles in the Scopus databases:
1. Oktariza L.G., Sato Y., Gofurov S., Ozawa K., Islam M.M., Ikeda S., Sakurai T. Characterization of the electronic structure of sputter-deposited Mo-doped BiVO4 thin-film photoanodes. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 63 (2), 02SP41 (2024).
2. Bozorova D., Gofurov S., Ziyaev M., Ismailova O. Structural features of reverse AOT micelles in water/cyclohexane: molecular dynamics study. East European Journal of Physics, 2024(4), pp. 433–438, 2024.
3. Gofurov Sh., Bozorova, D., Ismailova O., Kadirova Z. Computational study of band gap and structural effect of doped BiVO4. E3S Web of Conferences, 525, 199732 (2024).
4. Shukur Gofurov, Namiki Uezono, Lingga Ghufira Oktariza, Jiaqi Liu, Sachin Pawar, Muhammad Monirul Islam and Takeaki Sakurai. Effect of sulfur doping on the photocatalytic performance of sputtered BiVO4 thin films. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (2023).
5. Dilbar Bozorova, Shukur Gofurov, Kokhkharov A. M & Oksana B. Ismailova. Terahertz spectroscopy of aqueous solution of acetic acid. Journal of Applied Spectroscopy. Vol.88, No.4, pp 536-540 (2021).
6. Dilbar Bozorova, Shukur Gofurov, Kokhkharov A. M and Oksana B. Ismailova. Study excess refractive indices of benzene + ethanol binary systems. Senhri Journal of Multidisciplinary Studies, Vol. 5, No. 1 (2020), p. 19-23.
7. I.Plastinin, S.Burikov, Sh.Gofurov, O.Ismailova, Yu.Mirgorod, T.Dolenko . Features of Self-Organization of Sodium Dodecyl-Sulfate in Water-Ethanol solutions: Theory and Vibrational Spectroscopy. Journal of Molecular Liquids. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 298, 112053 (2020).
8. Sh.P. Gofurov, U.K. Makhmanov, A.M. Kokhkharov, O.B. Ismailova. Structural and optical characteristics of aqueous solutions of acetic acid. Applied Spectroscopy, Vol. 73(5) 503–510 (2019).
9. Sh. Gofurov, O. Ismailova, U. Makhmanov, A. Kokhkharov. Heteromolecular structure formation in aqueous solutions of ethanol, tetrahydrofuran and dimethylformamide. International Journal of Chemical and Molecular Engineering. Vol: 11, No:4, PP. 330-333 (2017).
10. Kokhkharov A.M., Bakhramov S.A., Zakhidov E.A., Makhmanov U.K., Gofurov Sh.P. Clusterization of fullerene C60/70 molecules in solutions and its influence to optical and nonlinear optical properties of solutions. Journal of the Korean Physical Society (JKPS). Vol.64. No.10. PP.1494-1499 (2014).
11. Kokhkharov A.M., Bakhramov S.A., Zakhidov E.A., Makhmanov U.K., Gofurov Sh.P. Clusterization of fullerene C70 molecules in solutions and its influence to optical and nonlinear optical properties of solutions. International Journal of Nanoscience. Vol. 12. No.4. Paper No.1350027 (9 pages) (2013).
e-mail: schuckur@gmail.com
Shiknazarov Ayapbergen, 2016-2020 graduated from Karakalpak State University with a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry. In 2020-2021, he graduated from the Master's degree program at Karazin Kharikiv State University with a degree in Physical Chemistry. In the period from 2022 to 2023, he worked as an intern at Karakalpak State University. Intern researcher at the National University of Uzbekistan in 2024. In 2025, doctoral student and junior research assistant at the Power Engineering Laboratory, UJICY.
Participation in research grants:
FZ-20200929314 – Uzbek-Japan Innovation Center of Youth, Uzbekistan, 2024-2028
Areas of scientific research:
Fields of scientific research: synthesis of photocatalysts, IR spectroscopy, XRD, Raman, SEM-EDS, XPS.
Relations with foreign and local universities:
Prof. Nikolay Otarovich Petrossyan, Kharkiv National University, Kharkiv, Ukraine,
Professor Smagul Karazhanov, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Ottawa, Norway.
Dotz. Sharipova Aishagul. I.M. Berdakh Karakalpak State University, Nukus, Karakalpakistan.
Prof. Seitkhan Azat, Kazakh National Research Technical University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Scientific articles:
1. Tursunova Dilshoda, Daminova Shahlo, Nusretov Rafael, Shiknazarov Ayapbergen, Kadirova Zuhra. “Effect of desorption on photocatalytic decomposition of methylene blue using materials from solid wastes of production of molybdenum oxides (vi) and titanium dioxide”. Chemistry and chemical engineering, 4, 7 (2025). doi: https://doi.org/10.59048/cce202447
2. Аташов А., Киньшакова Е., Зиятов Д., Шикназаров А., Торамбетов Б., Кадирова Ш. Синтез и исследование комплексных соединений некоторых 3d-металлов с 2-амино-5-этилтио-1,3,4-тиадиазолом. UzMU xabarlari. 3/2б 2023.
e-mail: ashiknazarov@gmail.com
Bozorova Dilbar received her Bachelor's degree in Physics from the National University of Uzbekistan in 2011 and her Master's degree in Laser Physics in 2013. From 2013 to 2018 she worked as a physics teacher at school, from 2019 to 2020 as a research intern at the Institute of Ion Plasma and Laser Technologies of the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan, and in 2021 as a junior researcher. In 2022-2024 she studied in doctoral program (PhD) at the Institute of ion-plasma and laser technologies. In 2024, she completed an internship in Hungary, at the Wigner Center for Physical Research, Institute of Solid State Physics and Optics, Department of Applied and Nonlinear Optics. She has published 4 articles in journals indexed in the Scopus database. BEST PAPER AWARD (Uzbekistan-Korea International Conference, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 2024).
Scholarships:
Scientific internships of the Agency for Innovative Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2024. Budapest, Hungary.
Participation in scientific grants:
FZ-20200929314 - Uzbek-Japan Innovation Center of Youth, Uzbekistan, 2024-2028.
UZB-Ind-2021-83 - Uzbek-Japan Innovation Center of Youth , Uzbekistan, 2021-2023.
VA-FA-F-6-010 - Institute of ion-plasma and laser technologies, Uzbekistan, 2017-2020.
Research Internships:
Wigner Physical Research Center, Hungary. 1.5 months, 2024.
Research areas:
Physical processes in binary fluids, investigation of optical properties of heterostructures. Raman and infrared spectra, MD calculations. X-ray diffraction, Raman spectra, SEM-EDS, XRD, TEM.
Prof. Miklos Veres, Institute of Solid State Physics and Optics, Hungary.
Prof. Dibya Prakash, Mizaram University, India
e-mail: bozorova191@gmail.com
Nigmatov Otabek received his Bachelor's degree in Engineering from Turin Polytechnic University in Tashkent in 2018 and Master's degree in Physics of Combustion in Japan from Teikyo University in 2022 as part of JICA, SCRA-UJICY project. From 2022 to 2023, he worked as Head of Science Technology Department at the Uzbek-Japan Youth Innovation Center. In 2023 was a researcher at Teikyo University of Japan, Tokyo. In 2024 was trained in ITA-UZB program at UCIMU, in Milan, Italy. Since 2023, he is a PhD student in Physical Chemistry at UJICY Power Engineering Laboratory. In January 2025, he was a research internship of the Agency for Innovative Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2025. Tokyo, Japan.
Scholarships:
JICA SCRA-UJICY Scholarship, 2019. Utsunomiya, Japan.
Scientific internships of the Agency for Innovative Development of the Republic of Uzbekistan, 2025. Tokyo, Japan.
Scientific internships:
Teikyo University, Japan. 1 month, 2023.
ITA-UZB UCIMU Milan, Italia. 1 month, 2023.
Research internship, Teikyo University, Japan. 1 month, 2025
Research areas:
Physical processes in methane hydrate combustion, theoretical calculus of methane hydrate combustion by FDS-SMV software. Molecular Dynamics by GROMACS software.
Relations with foreign and local universities:
Prof. Toshihisa Ueda, Teikyo University, Japan
e-mail: nigmatovotabek@gmail.com
Since 2023, she has been working as a laboratory assistant at the UJICY Power Engineering Laboratory, and in 2025 she is a UJICY research intern.
Fields of scientific research: synthesis of semiconductors and their characteristics, molecular dynamics, XRD, IR spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, SEM.
Scholarships:
Grant from the Government of Uzbekistan for undergraduate studies, 2013 Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
JICA SCRA-UJICY Scholarship, 2019. Tokyo, Japan.
Participation in scientific grants:
UZB-Ind-2021-83 – Uzbek-Japanese Innovation Center of Youth, 2021-2023.
Scientific internships:
Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan. 6 months, 2019.
National Institute of Materials Science, Japan. 1 month, 2021.
Areas of scientific research:
Electrochemical catalysis for green energy. Raman and infrared spectra. Electrochemical metal/metal oxide catalysts and organometallic structures. X-ray diffraction, Raman spectrum, SEM-EDS, XPS, potentiometry, coulometry, voltammetry, corrosion studies.
Relations with foreign and local universities:
Prof. Miauchi, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
Prof. Abe, National Institute of Materials Science, Japan
Scientific articles in the Scopus databases:
Strijevskaya A., Yamaguchi A., Shoji S., Ueda S., Hashimoto A., Wen Y., ... & Miyauchi M. (2023). Nanophase-Separated Copper–Zirconia Composites for Bifunctional Electrochemical CO2 Conversion to Formic Acid. ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 15(19), 23299-23305.
Umida Rayimjonova received her bachelor's degree in Physics and Mathematics from Fergana State University. Her research interests are matrix elements of two- and three-chamber absorption of polarized radiation in semiconductor.
She completed a master's degree in practical science at Tsukuba University in Japan from 2021 to 2024.
Since 2024, she has been a recipient of a grant from the prestigious European Union's Maria Curie Academy of Sciences and is currently a postdoctoral researcher at Uppsala University in Sweden, where she specialises in operando analysis of two-dimensional heterostructure devices using synchrotron X-ray techniques. Her research focuses on understanding the unique properties of these materials and exploring their potential applications in next-generation technologies.
Scholarship:
European Union's Maria Curie scholarship
e-mail: rayimjonova2021@gmail.com
The main direction of research of the Power Engineering Laboratory is the creation and study of properties of nanoparticles and nanofilms based on them, which act as a light-absorbing layer in new generation solar cells.
The laboratory uses methods of synthesis of nanoscale crystalline structures: thermal decomposition, sol-gel method and method of precipitation from solutions, which allow to obtain nanoparticles with narrow size distribution and absorption and emission lines, with the subsequent possibility of modifying the size and structure of particles. Special attention in the utilization is paid to a rather simple, cheap and well scalable colloidal synthesis procedure. The laboratory has designed and built a sol method setup with the ability to produce thin-film structures in an inert atmosphere.
Optical characteristics of nanoparticles and nanofilms are investigated using Raman spectrometer and electron microscope available at the center.
