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Ali Enverovich Aliev (Ali Enver oğlu Aliyev, Али Энверович Алиев, Ali Enverovich Aliyev; September 10, 1955) - American and Uzbekistani physicist of Crimean Tatar descent, research professor at the NanoTech Institute, adjunct professor at Physics Department, The School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, The University of Texas at Dallas, the USA. Inventor of the year 2011 by "Time" magazine His fields of current research interest are nanoscience and nanotechnologies, electrochromism and acoustics.

Biography
Ali Aliev was born in Tashkent, Uzbek Soviet Socialist Republic, Soviet Union into a Crimean Tatar family. His parents were deported from Crimea by Stalin regime in 1944 together with the whole Crimean Tatar pepople.

In 1977 he graduated (with High Distinction) the Radio Engineering faculty of Kharkov National University of Radio Electronics, Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR. 1984 - Ph.D. degree in Physics (Molecular and Thermal Physics), Heat Physics Department of Uzbek Academy of Sciences. Thesis Title: “Study of the Fast Ionic Transport in rare-earth Fluorides”. 1992 - Doctor of Science degree in Physics (Solid State Physics), Heat Physics Department of Uzbek Academy of Sciences. Thesis Title: “Relaxation Phenomena in Superionic Conductors”. In 1988 - 2004 worked at Heat Physics Department of Uzbek Academy of Sciences. In 1992 - 2004 Head of the Physical Acoustic Research Laboratory of the named department. From 2004 Research Professor, Alan MacDiarmid Nanotech Institute at University of Texas at Dallas.

Awards

 * Inventor of the year 2011 by "Time" magazine.
 * Nano 50 Award in the United States, 2006: Processes for Carbon Nanotube Yarn and Sheet Fabrication, University of Texas at Dallas.
 * 2006 NanoVic Prize for Innovation in Nanotechnology from Nanotechnology Victoria, Australia.
 * Science award in Physics, 2004: State award of Republic of Uzbekistan "For  Development of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology”, given by the Minister of Science and Technology Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
 * Grand Prize for the achievements in Science, 2001: Recipient of a medal “Glory” for the achievements in Science given by Uzbekistan government.
 * Cited in Marquis book “Who’s Who in Science and Engineering” 8th (2005-2006) Edition, NJ.
 * Fellowship award by Korean Government Program and Science&Technology Policy Institute (STEPI), 1999-2000.
 * Prize (Medal and Diploma) for “Development and Design of Ultrasonic Drilling Machine” awarded on 26th International Salon in Geneva, 1998.
 * Young Scientist Award of International Union of Radio Science (URSI), General Assembly, Kyoto, Japan, 1993.