Prof. Amdulla Mehrabov was born in Bolinsi, Georgian Republic, USSR, 15 April 1952. He is of Azerbaijan  nationalty and lives in Azerbijan. He is married with three children. Dr Mehrabov was awarded a Doctorate of Science from Tbilisi State University, Georgia, 1989; a PhD from Moscow State  University, USSR, 1978 in Solid State Physics and a Master's degree in Physics  from Baku State University, Azerbaijan, 1974. He has been a viisting professor, Departement of Metallurgical and Material Engineering, middel East Technical University (METU), Turkey, since 1992; Professor and Head of Department of Optical and Mollecular Physics, Bku state University , Azerbijan (1990-1996); Associate Professor at the same department, (1983-1990). Prior to that, he was an assistant professor (1978-183).

He was visiting researcher in Japan for one year  (1984-1985), and a Fullbright Professor at the Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara, USA, for four months in 1991/ 1992. Dr Mehrabov Main fields of specialistaion include Alloy-Design, Metal and Alloy Physics, Materials Science and Engineering and Effects of Radiation on Materials. Dr Mehrabov has over 92 publications, of which many were published in international journals. Prof. Amdulla Mehrabov Dept.of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Middle East Technical University 06531 Ankara, Turkey.