The 95-Year history of the department (1930-2025)
Today, the subject of Medical and Biological Physics taught at medical institutions of our republic plays an important role in training specialists in the fields of 'Therapeutic Work,' 'Pediatrics,' 'Dentistry,' 'Medical Prophylaxis,' 'Medical Biology,' 'Pharmacy,' 'OXI' (Higher Nursing), and 'Bioengineering.'"
"The department of Physics started its activities in 1930 with the establishment of Samarkand medical institute. Lectures were given by Professor G.S. Kuznetsov, while practical and laboratory classes were conducted by the faculty members of Samarkand state university until 1937."
Grigoriy Sergeyevich Kuznetsov was born in 1896 in the city of Saratov. In 1919, he graduated from the faculty of medicine at Saratov University. Between 1919 and 1922, he participated in the Civil War. From 1922 to 1932, he worked as a radiologist in the city of Samarkand. In 1932, he became the head of the department of Physics at Samarkand State Medical Institute, serving as an associate professor. Later, he established a course in radiology and led it until 1985. He was recognized as an Honored Doctor of the Republic of Uzbekistan. He passed away in Samarkand in 1986.
From 1938 to 1942, Associate Professor V.V. Pismennyy served as the head of the department. A.A. Kochnev, R.I. Sivolapov, A.Yu. Yusupov, and others taught students, and a laboratory was established under the department.From 1942 to 1944, Professor A.M. Titov, who had been relocated from Leningrad, temporarily headed the department.From 1945 to 1954, Associate Professor V.V. Pismennyy resumed his position as head of the department.
Vladimir Vasilevich Pismennyy was born in 1886 in the city of Tiflis. In 1908, he graduated from the Faculty of Physics at Moscow State University (MSU). From 1909 to 1927, he worked at a secondary school. Between 1927 and 1933, he served as an assistant at the Department of Physics at the Samarkand Pedagogical Academy. From 1935 to 1954, he worked as an assistant, associate professor, and head of the Department of Physics at Samarkand State Medical Institute. He passed away in Samarkand in 1956.
From 1954 to 1987, the Department of "Medical and Biological Physics" was headed by Candidate of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics, Associate Professor R.M. Malikov.
Malikov Rasul Malikovich was born in 1928 in the village of "Tezguzar" of the Shafirkan district of the Bukhara region. In 1947-1952 he studied at the Faculty of Physics of Samarqand State University. In 1968, he defended his dissertation for the degree of Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences at the Specialized Scientific Council of the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan. In 1970, he was awarded the title of Associate Professor. He died in 2013 in Samarkand.
Gradually, changes occurred in the department as the staff increased, and during this period the following employees started working in the department: A.L. Lutfullaev, M.F. Babak, R.U. Muslimova, N.A. Yusupova, Sh.A. Aripov, senior laboratory assistant Federmesser, and laboratory assistant M. Surovsev.
After the 1960s, one of the significant works carried out at the Nuclear Physics Institute of the Republic of Uzbekistan was conducted by Rasul Malikovich Malikov. His research focused on identifying various macro- and microelements in biological fluids and tissues using the neutron activation analysis method. The neutron activation analysis technique proved to be of great practical importance not only for analysts, but also for biologists and medical professionals.
A.L. Lutfullaev studied the working conditions of medical personnel in X-ray rooms, radiology departments, and treatment facilities in the city of Samarkand, while M.F. Babak researched the biological effects of ultraviolet radiation.
Starting from 1968, Associate Professor M.R. Malikov began inviting young specialists to join the department team. Among them were Naim Ochilovich Sodiqov (1968), Ko‘chim Umarovich Umarov (1969), CHori Abraevich Abraev (1970), and Ubaydullo Xoliqovich Xoliqov (1971), among others.
Between 1973 and 1997, Candidate of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics, Senior Lecturer Z.I. Niyozova, Candidate of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics, Senior Lecturer O.Kh. Suyunov, Candidate of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics, Associate Professor B.E. Eshpulatov worked at the department and left it for various reasons.
Between the years (1970-1980), Assoc. Prof. R.M. Malikov, N.O. Sodiqov, U.Kh. Kholikov carried out work on the mechanical properties of the blood vessels and muscles of the heart and determining the amount of micro and macro elements in them, presented reports at various conferences and published articles on the results.
Sh.A. Aripov was born in 1937 in Jomboy district of Samarkand region. He graduated from the Faculty of Physics at Samarkand State University in 1961. In 1964, he started working as an assistant at the Department of Medical and Biological Physics at Samarkand State Medical Institute. From 1970, he held the position of senior lecturer. In 1981, he defended his dissertation for the Candidate of Biological Sciences degree in Ashgabat. From 1982, he held the title of Candidate of Biological Sciences. Between 1983 and 1987, he served as an associate professor of the department, and from 1988 to 1995, he was the head of the Department of Medical and Biological Physics at Samarkand State Medical Institute. He was the author of over 60 scientific, educational-methodical, and popular science articles. He passed away in 1997 in the town of Jomboy.
In 1983, K.U. Umarov defended his PhD dissertations in Moscow, in 1985, O.N. Normurodov in Chelyabinsk, in 1989, M.A. Aburakhmanov in Moscow, and in 1990, U.Kh. Kholikov in Krasnoyarsk. In the next decade, the scientific potential of the department grew even more.
By 1996-1997, the department was divided into two courses, namely "Medical and Biological Physics" and "Computer Engineering". Only three people worked in the "Medical and Biological Physics" course: Assoc. Prof. Sh.A. Aripov, Assoc. Prof. N.O. Sodiqov, Assoc. Prof. U.Kh. Kholikov.
From November 12, 1998, the department was restored and named “Biophysics and Computer Engineering”. By order of the rector, Assoc. Prof. N.O. Sodikov was appointed head of the department. In August 1999, Assoc. Prof. N.O. Sodikov was elected head of the department “Biophysics and Computer Engineering” on a competitive basis.
Naim Ochilovich Sodiqov was born on June 8, 1945 in the village of "Tezguzar" of the Shofirkan district of the Bukhara region. In 1951-1961, he graduated from the full course of the A. Navoiy (now No. 27) school of the Kyzyltepa district of the Bukhara region. In 1961-1966, he studied at the Physics and Mathematics Faculty of the Bukhara State University (formerly the Bukhara State Pedagogical Institute) and graduated from the full course in 1966. From November 1966 to January 1968, he served in the military in the cities of Novograd-Volynsky and Kremenets of the Republic of Ukraine. His military rank is a reserve captain. The total number of his scientific articles is 310, and in the next 5 years, 1 monograph, 6 textbooks, 60 articles and theses were published. The total number of educational and methodological articles is 55, and educational and methodological manuals is 32.
N.O. Sodiqov defended his Candidate’s dissertation in theoretical and mathematical physics in 1985 at the Nuclear Physics Institute under the Academy of Sciences of Uzbekistan in Tashkent. The dissertation was titled (“Difraksionniye protsessi malыx peredannыx impulsax v modeli dvuxglyuonnogo obmena”).On September 4, 1985, N.O. Sodiqov was awarded the degree of Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.
In his scientific research, N.O. Sodiqov carried out important work on two-quark and three-quark systems, quantum chromodynamics, the Born approximation, as well as exclusive and inclusive diffractions. The results obtained were recommended and published as articles at international conferences on high-energy physics held in foreign countries (Paris in 1982, Moscow in 1982–1983).
In 1992, on the initiative of Associate Professor N.O. Sodiqov, a regional scientific and methodological conference was held involving the physics departments of medical, pharmaceutical, and agricultural institutes from Central Asia and Kazakhstan.
In 2005, also on the initiative of Associate Professor N.O. Sodiqov, a scientific-practical conference of the physics departments of medical institutes of the Republic of Uzbekistan (Tashkent, Andijan, Bukhara, and Samarkand) was organized.
Starting from January 19, 2005, due to the increase in the number of first-year students and the growing academic workload, the departments of “Medical and Biological Physics, Medical Equipment and New Medical Technologies” and “Informatics and Information Technologies” were established. Associate Professor N.O. Sodiqov was appointed as the head of the “Medical and Biological Physics, Medical Equipment and New Medical Technologies” department, while Candidate of Technical Sciences T.S. Safarov was appointed head of the “Informatics and Information Technologies” department.
According to the new organizational structure of the institute, from March 1, 2005, the departments were merged again and renamed as the “Department of Informatics and Information Technologies” with a “Course of Medical and Biological Physics.” Candidate of Technical Sciences T.S. Safarov was appointed as the head of the department. (The announcement of him as Doctor of Technical Sciences and professor was incorrect.)
The head of the department, T.S. Safarov, graduated from the Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics at Samarkand State University in 1975. He completed his postgraduate studies at the Scientific Production Association of “Cybernetics” under the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan. From 1975 to 1993, he progressed from a young specialist to a leading expert at this scientific institution.
In 1984, he defended his Candidate's dissertation on the topic «Имитационное моделирование и оптимизация одного класса техническихобъектов», and in 1991, he defended his Doctoral dissertation on the topic «Исследование и математическое моделирование многоцелевых сложных адаптируемых технических систем»
He has supervised and provided scientific advice to four Candidate’s dissertations (Karimov P., Iskandarov A.S., Nomazov F.Sh., and Urakov Sh.U.), all of which were successfully defended. From 1993 to 2005, he worked as the head of the “Mathematical Modeling and Control Systems” department and as a professor at Samarkand State University. Later, T.S. Safarov worked at the Samarkand branch of the Tashkent University of Information Technologies (TUIT).
From 2015 to 2022, the department was headed by M.R. Malikov, Candidate of Physical and Mathematical Sciences. M.R. Malikov graduated from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Engineering in 1978. He completed his postgraduate studies in Moscow at the Institute of General Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In 1986, he defended his Candidate’s dissertation on the topic («Когерентная спектроскопия комбинационного рассеяния высокого разрешения контура линии молекулярных газов» ) To date, he has served as an opponent for three Candidate’s dissertations, all of which were successfully defended.
From 1998 to 2005, he worked as an assistant at the “Biophysics and Computer Engineering” department, and later held positions as an assistant, senior lecturer, and associate professor at the “Biophysics, Informatics, and Information Technology” department. From 2015 to 2022, he served as the head of the department.
In 2022-2025, the head of the department of “Physics, Biophysics and Medical Physics” was Sh.U.Urakov, candidate of technical sciences, associate professor. Urakov Shokir Ulashovich was born in 1974 in the village of “Taragay” of the Chiraqchi district of the Kashkadarya region. In 1993-1998, he studied at the Faculty of Physics of Samarkand State University. Sh.U.Urakov defended his thesis on April 28, 2018 at the Tashkent University of Information Technologies named after Muhammad Al-Khwarizmi on the topic “Algorithms and methods of making collegial diagnostic decisions in hybrid intellectual systems” Gibrid intellektual tizimlarda kollegial diagnostik qarorlarni qabul qilishning algoritmlari va usullari in the specialty 05.01.02–“Systematic analysis, management and information processing” (technical sciences).
Winner of the nomination "Best Teacher of the Year" in the competition for the best doctor of the year among medical universities in the Republic in 2018. Scientific supervisor of 1 candidate of sciences. Author of 2 textbooks, 2 monographs and about 100 scientific articles.
Since December 2021, the professors and teachers of the department have been: head of the department, candidate of technical sciences, associate professor Sh.U.Urakov, candidate of physical and mathematical sciences, associate professor N.O.Sodikov, candidate of physical and mathematical sciences, associate professor etc. Jalilov M.J.,., senior lecturer Burkhonov B,N., senior lecturer Khudoykulova Sh.N., candidate of physical and mathematical sciences, assistant O'sarov A.A., assistant Hamroev J.Kh., assistant Akhrorov M.N., assistant Temirov F.N., assistant Ergashev A.J., st. assistant Nabiev A.A. and laboratory assistant Qoraboeva M.
Since September 2024, the professors and teachers of the department have been as follows: head of the department candidate of technical sciences, associate professor Sh.U.Urakov, candidate of physical and mathematical sciences, associate professor N.O.Sodikov, candidate of physical and mathematical sciences, candidate of physical and mathematical sciences, assistant O'sarov A.A., assistant Akhrorov M.N., assistant Temirov F.N., assistant Ergashev A.J., assistant Sodikov M.N., st. assistant Nabiev A.A., professor Mamatkulov J.M., assistant Patil Nazir, senior assistant Mamarajabov D.M. and laboratory assistant Qaraboeva M. (4 teachers left, 3 came).
During 2022-2025, PhD, Associate Professor S.A. Karabayev has been working as the head of the department of “Informatics, Information Technologies”. In 2025, in accordance with the decision of the Academic Council of Samarkand State Medical University, in order to improve the activities of the departments and increase their efficiency, in accordance with the new organizational structure of the university, the departments of “Informatics, Information Technologies” and “Physics, Biophysics and Medical Physics” were merged and renamed the department of “Information Technologies, Biophysics and Medical Physics”, and Karabayev Sanjar Abdusamatovich was appointed as the head of the department. Currently, 1 university professor, 2 associate professors, 5 candidates of sciences, 1 senior lecturer, 6 assistants and 8 trainee assistants are working in the department.
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