Advances and Challenges in Earth Science and Geology

Dr. Vyacheslav Mukhametshin is the Director of the Institute of Oil and Gas of the Ufa State PetroleumTechnological University in Oktyabrsky, Doctor of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Professor. Hegraduated from the Ufa Petroleum Institute in 1979, specializing in "Technology and IntegratedMechanization of Oil and Gas Field Development". In 1985, he defended his dissertation for the degree ofCandidate of Technical Sciences, and in 1992 - for the degree of Doctor of Geological and MineralogicalSciences. He has more than 150 publications on topics related to the development of oil and gas fields, thestructure of the Earth's crust, operating conditions and technical features of wells.Dr. Geetha Devi currently works as an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineeringand Industrial Engineering of the National University of Science and Technology, College of Engineering.Dr. Devi has more than 30 years of academic, industrial and research experience in various organizationsand institutions. Her current research area is the development of new nanomaterials and their application inenergy, ecology, wastewater treatment, corrosion control, and she has more than 80 publications ininternational peer-reviewed journals and conferences. Dr. Gulom Uzakov is a Doctor of Engineering Sciences in Industrial Thermal Power Engineering. Hereceived the scientific knowledge of Professor in the specialty of Power Plants Based on Renewable EnergySources in 2018. Since 2011, he has been working as the Vice-Rector for Research and Innovation at theKarshi Engineering and Economics Institute (Karshi, Uzbekistan). He also works as a Professor in theDepartment of Alternative Energy Sources and is the Head of the Research Centre for Energy Saving andRenewable Energy Sources. He has published over 300 scientific articles in scientific journals andconference proceedings on energy, materials in energy, modern nanotechnology in industry, improving theenergy efficiency of heating and cooling systems using renewable energy sources, heat pumps andrecycling, solar pyrolysis of biomass. Dr. Dmitry Morkovkin defended his PhD thesis in 2012 and currently works at the Financial Universityunder the Government of the Russian Federation. During his scientific career, he has published over 80articles in international journals and about 300 in domestic journals. Over the past few years, he has workedin the fields of energy, Earth sciences, ecology, technology and materials science. He is the principalexecutor of the 2023-2025 grants on the topic of "Mathematical Models and Computer Technologies forProduction Planning in the Energy Sector". Dr. Morkovkin is also a reviewer for international scientificjournals and an editor for several international annual conferences, including in the field of materialsscience and technology.

• 1. Problems of Earth Science and Geology.- 2. Environmental Protection Issues.- 3. Stress-Strain State of an Earth Dam Considering Inhomogeneous Soil Characteristics.- 4. The Experience of using the Innovative Process of Catalytic Oxycracking of Vacuum Gas Oil to Obtain Oxygen-Containing Hydrocarbons.- 5. The Problem of Soil Pollution with Oil in the Absheron Peninsula of the Republic of Azerbaijan and Approaches to Their Biological Remediation.