At a meeting of the Dissertation Council of the Institute of Geography Academician H.Aliyev of ANAS Jeyhun Yashar oglu Gasimov defended a dissertation by specialty 5409.01 for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the field of geomorphology on the topic "Studies of the influence of natural and anthropogenic factors on the ecological and geomorphological conditions of the Kura-Araz plain and adjacent territories by aerospace methods."

By secret ballot, it was decided to submit a petition to the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan to award J. Gasimov the degree of candidate of geographical sciences.