Education

Higher education, Doctor of biological science, professor, academic

1992 – 1997 – Tashkent State University

1998 – 2001 – Texas A&M University, USA

Experience 

1993–1997 – Laboratory assistant, Institute of Genetics of Academy of Science of the Republic of Uzbekistan

1997–1998 – Junior researcher, graduate of Institute of genetics and experimental biology of plants

2002–2012 – Senior researcher, project lead of the laboratory of the Centre of genomic technologies of the Institute of genetics and experimental biology of plants

2012–2017 – Director of Centre of genomics and bioinformatics of Academy of Science of the Republic of Uzbekistan

2017 – Vice president of Academy of Science of the Republic of Uzbekistan

In accordance with the Decree of President of the Republic of Uzbekistan from November 29, 2017 (№УП-5265), I.Yu. Abdurakhmonov is appointed to the post of the Minister of innovative development of the Republic of Uzbekistan.