Journal of Frontier Studies across Disciplines

Dr. Gharib Hafizov is Head of the Laboratory of Processing and Storage Technologies at the Research Institute of Fruit and Tea Growing, Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Azerbaijan. He earned his degree in Biology from Baku State University in 1981 and received his Ph.D. in Technical Sciences (Canned Food Technology) from the Odessa Technological Institute of Food Industry, Ukraine, in 1992. He was awarded the academic title of Associate Professor in 2019. Dr. Hafizov has authored or co-authored over 140 scientific publications, including 18 Scopus-indexed papers, two monographs, one book chapter, and nine inventions. He serves on several scientific and standardization committees and has reviewed manuscripts for leading international journals in food science.

• Post-harvest Technologies
• Food Quality
• Food Science and Technology
• Food Preservation
• Food Analysis
• Food Industry and Engineering
• Food Chemistry
• Food Safety

• Head, Laboratory of Processing and Storage Technologies, Research Institute of Fruit and Tea Growing.
• Member, Scientific Council, Research Institute of Fruit and Tea Growing.
• Member, Technical Committee for Standardization AZSTAND/TK 25 (Fruit Growing, Subtropical Crops and Tea Production).
• Editorial Board Member, Asian Science Bulletin.
• Member, Council of Scientific Editors of Asia.
• Reviewer for Current Research in Food Science (Scopus Q1) and Storage and Processing of Agricultural Raw Materials (Agris).
• Author/co-author of more than 140 scientific articles, two monographs, one book chapter, and nine inventions.

• Extraction of Pomegranate Peel and Seeds with One Solvent Phase: New Functionality and Non-Functional Requirements (Preprint, 2025)
• Rootstocks GF677, Garnem 15, MaxMa 14 and Myrobalan 29C: From Introduction to Culture In Vitro to Adaptation of Planting Material Ex Vitro (AIP Conference Proceedings, 2023)
• Processing Persimmon Fruits into a Drink: Increasing of Astringency and Method of Its Elimination (2021)
• Indigestible Dietary Fiber and Astringent Compounds of Persimmon Fruits as an Indicator of Their Suitability for Puree (IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2022)
• Physico-Chemical Study of Pomegranates of Different Degrees of Maturity (Preprint, 2023)
• Processing Methods of Dried Persimmons (Preprint, 2023)
• Evaluation of the Productivity of Strawberries of English Breeding in the Lowland Part of the Guba District (Preprint, 2023)
• Chemical and Physical Properties of Some Cultivars of Hazelnuts Grown in Azerbaijan (Preprint, 2023)
• Research and Development of Technology for Obtaining Red Food Coloring from Sumac Fruits (Preprint, 2023)
• Obtaining Clots of Various Polyphenols in a Co-Production with an Extract with the Texture of Dry Red Wine from the Peel of Pomegranate Fruits (Preprint, 2026)