I was born in the family of accountant. Was interested in biology from childhood. Moved from Samarkand to Tashkent in 2002. In 2008 I defended my PhD thesis. Now I work at the Institute of Genetics and Plants Experimental Biology as a senior researcher, as well as at the National University of Uzbekistan as an associate professor.

Crop biodiversity and phylogeny, plant polyploidy, cotton cytogenetics.