title: Jalal A. Aliyev (1928-2016): a great scientist, a great teacher and a great human being.
abstract: Jalal A. Aliyev was a distinguished and respected plant biologist of our time, a great teacher, and great human being. He was a pioneer of photosynthesis research in Azerbaijan. Almost up to the end of his life, he was deeply engaged in research. His work on the productivity of wheat, and biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology of gram (chick pea) are some of his important legacies. He left us on February 1, 2016, but many around the world remember him as he was engaged in international dialog on solving global issues, and in supporting international conferences on ''Photosynthesis Research for Sustainability" in 2011 and 2013.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Matbuat Avenue 2a, Baku, 1073, Azerbaijan.
authors.forename: Irada M
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Huseynova
authors.affiliation: Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Azerbaijan National Academy of Sciences, Matbuat Avenue 2a, Baku, 1073, Azerbaijan.|Institute of Plant Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Botanicheskaya Street 35, Moscow, Russia, 127276.|Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Moscow Region, Russia, 142290.|Faculty of Biology, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1-12, Moscow, Russia, 119991.
authors.forename: Suleyman I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Allakhverdiev
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA. gov@illinois.edu.|Department of Biochemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA. gov@illinois.edu.|Center of Biophysics & Quantitative Biology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA. gov@illinois.edu.
authors.lastname: Govindjee
mesh_terms: D001382:Azerbaijan; D001671:Biochemistry / Q000266:history; D029863:Cicer / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development; D005823:Genetics / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D008967:Molecular Biology / Q000266:history; D010788:Photosynthesis; D012106:Research / Q000266:history; D013663:Teaching / Q000266:history; D014908:Triticum / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development
keywords: Azerbaijan; Cicer arietinum (gram); High-yielding wheat Triticum durum; Photorespiration; Plant productivity; Sustainibility