Rovshan Abbasov, Head of the Department of Geography and Environment at Khazar University, who is currently a visiting professor at Florida State University (USA), continues to hold meetings and discussions on research management at the university.

On February 23, Rovshan Abbasov met with Assistant Dean Dr. Donna O’Neal at the Clinical Research Advancement Office, Chief clinical research officer Joe Frascella and Sr. Biostatistician Philippe Gaillard. The development of research in all areas was discussed at the meeting. Rovshan Abbasov informed them about the experience of Khazar University.

On the same day, Rovshan Abbasov met with Howard Stone, Director of the Office for the Human Subjects Protection and Chairman of the Institutional Review Board Committee. During the meeting, Howard Stone was interested in the Toxic Site Identification project coordinated by Rovshan Abbasov and got acquainted with the activities carried out in this direction. In turn, Stone informed Rovshan Abbasova about the work of the Council on Institutional Review Ethics in relation to human subjects during the study.

On February 28, Rovshan Abbasov made a brief summary of water resources management in Azerbaijan at the online meeting "Collaborative FloRDA: Water".

On March 1, Rovshan Abbasov arrived in Washington from Florida State University and spoke at a conference entitled "University Research Administration" on "Khazar University: Transferrable knowledge and experiences."