Misir Jumayil oglu Mardanov (born October 3, 1946).

Member of ANAS (2017), director of the AMEA Institute of Mathematics and Mechanics, former Minister of Education of Azerbaijan, doctor of physical and mathematical sciences and university professor.

[1][2][3] Between 1973 and 1998, he gave lectures on analytical geometry, differential geometry, mathematical methods of optimal control at the BSU Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics.

[citation needed] He also lectured and conducted seminars in specialist courses on optimal management and supervised students' diploma studies.

[5] In 2011, by the order of the President of the Republic of Dagestan, he was awarded the honorary title "Honored Scientist of the Republic of Dagestan" for his great contributions to the development of scientific cooperation between the Republics of Dagestan and Azerbaijan.