Yusif Mammadaliyev

Yusif Mammadaliyev was born in Ordubad in 1905, studied chemistry at Moscow University and worked in petroleum chemistry.

During the Second World War a method for producing high-octane aviation gasoline was developed under his leadership and introduced at Baku refineries — fuel of great importance for aircraft at the front.

He was President of the Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences from 1958 to 1961. The Institute of Petrochemical Processes and a street in Baku bear his name.