Fulbright Scholar I am a nanomineralogist working on the alteration of minerals in rocks, sediment, and soils, particularly interested in the alteration of clay minerals. The aim of my research is mainly to understand the geochemical conditions under which clay minerals can undergo isomorphic substitution to become more stable, adsorb more organic molecules, and preserve them for long periods. Education Education: 2011-2015 Dr. rer. nat., Institute for Geophysics and Geology, Leipzig University, Germany 2008-2010 M.Sc., Geological exploration faculty/Sedimentology, Azerbaijan State Oil Academy, Azerbaijan 2001-2005 B.Sc., Geological exploration faculty/Hydrogeology and engineering geology, Azerbaijan State Oil Academy, Azerbaijan Research Research Areas: Geochemistry Research Interests: My current research includes: (i) Experimental investigation of brine-minerals interaction to understand possible isomorphic substitution in minerals under different geochemical conditions. (ii) Computer simulation of the interaction between antibiotics and smectite in soil at different salinity and pH conditions. (iii) Experimental study of the bio-weathering of smectite and mica group minerals to determine how the gut of earthworms accelerates changes in the minerals. (iv) Investigating palaeo-weathering in continents based on the major oxide composition of sediments and mineral assemblages, including clay minerals. Selected Publications Selected Publications: First-Author Publications Abdullayev, E., Paterson, J.R., Kuszynski, E.P., Hamidi, M.D., Nahar, P., Greenwell, H.C., Neumann, A. and Sharples, G.J. (2024). Evaluation of the antibacterial properties of commonly used clays from deposits in central and southern Asia. Clays and Clay Minerals, 72, p.e9., https://doi.org/10.1017/cmn.2024.7 Abdullayev, E., Baldermann, A., Warr, L.N., Grathoff, G., Taghiyeva, Y. (2021). New constraints on the depositional environment of the Eastern Paratethys: Implications from the Miocene Diatom Suite (Azerbaijan). Sedimentary Geology 411, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sedgeo.2020.105794 Abdullayev, E. and Leroy, S.A.G. (2018) Clay minerals as palaeoclimatic indicators in the Pliocene Productive Series, western Southern Caspian Basin. Geological Journal 53, 2427–2436. https://doi.org/10.1002/gj.3076 Abdullayev, E. and Leroy, S.A.G. (2016) Provenance of clay minerals in the sediments from the Pliocene Productive Series, western South Caspian Basin. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 73, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2016.03.002 Co-Author Publications Nuruzade, O., Abdullayev, E., Erastova V. (2023). Organic–Mineral Interactions under Natural Conditions: A Computational Study of Flavone Adsorption on Smectite Clay. J. Phys. Chem. C 2023, 127, 27, 13167–13177, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c00174 Baldermann, A., Wasser, O., Abdullayev, E., Bernasconi, S., Löhr, S., Wemmer, K., Piller, W. E., Rudmin, M., Richoz, S. (2021). Palaeo-environmental evolution of Central Asia during the Cenozoic: New insights from the continental sedimentary archive of the Valley of Lakes (Mongolia). Clim. Past Discuss 17, https://doi.org/10.5194/cp-17-1955-2021 Baldermann, A., Abbasov, O.R., Bayramova, A., Abdullayev, E. and Dietzel, M. (2020) New insights into fluid-rock interaction mechanisms at mud volcanoes: Implications for the fluid Origin and mud provenance at Bahar and Zenbil (Azerbaijan). Chemical Geology 537, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2020.119479 Baldermann, A., Abdullayev, E., Taghiyeva, Y., Alasgarov, A. and Javad‐Zada, Z. (2020) Sediment petrography, mineralogy and geochemistry of the Miocene Islam Dağ Section (Eastern Azerbaijan): Implications for the evolution of sediment provenance, palaeo‐environment and (post‐)depositional alteration patterns. Sedimentology 67, https://doi.org/10.1111/sed.12638 Rudmin, M., Banerjee, S., Abdullayev, E., Ruban, A., Filimonenko, E., Lyapina, E., Kashapov, R. and Mazurov, A. (2020) Ooidal ironstones in the Meso-Cenozoic sequences in western Siberia: assessment of formation processes and relationship with regional and global earth processes. Journal of Palaeogeography 9, https://doi.org/10.1186/s42501-019-0049-z Rudmin, M., Reva, I., Sokol E., Abdullayev, E. and Ruban, A. (2020) Minerals of rare Earth elements in high-phosphorus Ooidal ironstones of the Western Siberia and Turgai Depression. Minerals 10, https://doi.org/10.3390/min10010011 Rudmin, M., Abdullayev, E., Ruban, A., Buyakov, A. and Soktoev, B. (2019) Mechanochemical preparation of slow-release fertilizer based on glauconite–urea complexes. Minerals 9, https://doi.org/10.3390/MIN9090507
