At a meeting of the Dissertation Council of the Institute of Geography. acad. H.Aliyev of ANAS Zuleykha Iftikhar kyzy Eyyubova - defended her thesis on "Optimization of technogenic mountainous geosystems of the northeastern slope of the Lesser Caucasus" for a Ph.D. degree in geoecology, specialty 2508.01. By secret ballot, a decision was made to file a petition with the Higher Attestation Commission under the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan to confer Z. Eyyubova the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Geography.