Research areas

• Biology
• Biotechnology, Plant physiology and biochemistry

Personal information
Work experience 41 years. Has been working in this position since 1987.
Candidate of Biological Sciences, Associate Professor.
     In 1996, she successfully defended her candidate's dissertation on the topic "Water regime and drought resistance of local and introduced wheat varieties."
N. Khodjayeva is the author of more than 250 scientific and methodological works to date. In particular, she has published 2 textbooks, 6 manuals, 4 methodological, 2 monographs, 7 methodological recommendations, and actively participates in a number of national and foreign conferences.
N. Khodjaeva studied the agrotechnology of durum wheat cultivation in a number of local practical projects, and based on the results obtained, the “Istiklol-25” variety was co-authored and included in the register.
Under the scientific supervision of N. Khodjaeva, 3 independent researchers (PhD) are conducting research work, 9 Master's theses have been successfully defended
N. Khodjaeva has been actively participating in the discussion of dissertations as a member of the Scientific Council of the Higher Attestation Commission under the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Uzbekistan, which awards scientific degrees. She has also been the official opponent of 5 doctoral (PhD) dissertations.
Among the students who participated in the prestigious scholarship competitions established for students under the leadership of N. Khodjaeva, there are 1 winner of the “President” and 5 winners of the “Beruniy” prestigious scholarships.

WORK ACTIVITY
1980-1984 - Student of Samarkand State University
1984-1987 - Senior laboratory assistant on the basis of an economic contract
1987-1991 - Teacher of Syrdarya State Pedagogical Institute
1991-1993 - Senior teacher of Syrdarya State Pedagogical Institute
1993-1996 - Postgraduate student of Samarkand State University
1996-2000 - Teacher, senior teacher, associate professor of the Department of Botany and Ecology of Gulistan State University
2000-2002 - Head of the Department of Botany and Ecology of Gulistan State University
2002-2004 - Associate professor of the Department of Botany and Plant Physiology of the Samarkand Agricultural Institute
2004-2017 - Associate Professor, Acting Head of the Department of Fruit and Vegetable Growing and Viticulture, Samarkand Agricultural Institute
2017-2018 - Associate Professor, Department of Ecology, Botany and Plant Physiology, Samarkand Agricultural Institute
2018-2019 - Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Samarkand Institute of Veterinary Medicine
2019-2022 - Head of the Department of Biotechnology, Samarkand Institute of Veterinary Medicine
2022 - h.v. - Head of the Department of Biotechnology, Samarkand State University of Veterinary Medicine, Animal Husbandry and Biotechnologies, Associate Professor