Ilman Shazhaev

Ilman Shazhaev (born 13 May 1993, Grozny, the Chechen Republic) is a scientist, IT engineer, and the author of 30 scientific papers and 10 patents.

Early life and education
Ilman Shazhaev was born on the 13th of May in 1993 in Grozny, the Chechen Republic. In 2012, he received a gold medal at the Russian Federal Young Scientists Contest for his innovative project of a new-generation electricity counter. In 2015, Ilman graduated from Moscow State Road & Automobile University with a BS degree in Informatics and Computing.

From 2015 to 2017, he studied Mechanical Engineering in Harbin Institute of Technology, China. From 2017 to present, Ilman is a PHD candidate in Management of Science and Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China.

From 2011 to 2012, Ilman worked as an engineer and researcher at Grozny State Oil Technological University. From 2013 to 2014, he served as an assistant to the Head of Grozny State Oil Technological University.

Due to his academic records, in 2014, Ilman was awarded the Russian President Scholarship. In 2015, he got the Chinese Government Scholarship, and in 2017 — Shanghai Government Scholarship. At the same time, Ilman initiated a business incubator program in partnership with the Heilongjiang province government of China and Wanda Group. Under Ilman's coordination, the program helped 10 startups and businesses accelerate and set up their business in the Chinese market.

In 2019, he cofounded Acoustery, a health tech company that developed AI technology for the early recognition of respiratory diseases.

In 2022, Ilman Shazhaev founded a decentralized science metaverse platform connecting scientists, gamers, and investors — MetaDeSci. Also, he created Farcana Gaming Metaverse and Farcana Labs, the scientific and engineering platform specialized in the cryptocurrency industry.