Research and development of the technologies of heterogeneous-catalytic processes, creation of catalysts for the processes of oil-refining and petrochemistry, as well as improvement of the oil-refining products quality. Development of the hydrodynamics of lift-reactor systems for conducting heterogeneous-catalytic processes, theoretical foundations of the chemical processes efficiency in the systems with "fluidized" bed and "upflow" of the microspheric catalys. Studying of the catalyst flow index effect on the processes efficiency.

One of the authors of the high-efficient complex for catalytic cracking Г-43-107; the complex is operating in the refineries of Bulgaria, Russia, Ukraine, Latvia and Azerbaijan.

A part of the researches is directed to the creation of the processes of hydrocracking, hydroisomerization, destructive isomerization on zeolite-containing catalysts as well as the processes for preparation of esters, permitting to improve the oil-refining products quality. As a result of these researches the technology for production of ecologically pure unleaded AI-93 and AI-95 gasolines has been developed.

M.I. Rustamov laid the foundations of the researches in the field of hydrogen energy in Azerbaijan. He has developed the conception of oil- refining, gas-refining and petrochemical industries progress in Azerbaijan and on its basis there have been proposed the schemes and proposals on complex modernization of refineries by 2010.

M.I. Rustamov presented Azerbaijan in international conferences and symposia. He is a chairman of the specialized council on defence of doctor theses on specialiy "Petrochemistry and Chemical Technology of Oil and Gas Refining" and chairman of the scientific-coordination council "Oil-Refining and Petrochemistry of NASA".

1. Modern State and Ways of Intensification of the Catalytic Cracking Prosesses. Monograph. Azerneshr. Baku, 1966

2. About perspectives of creation of atomic - oil refining complexes. Voprosy atomnoy nauki i technologii. Seriya atomno-vodorodnaya energetika i tekhnologiya-1981. 2(9)

3. Photocatalytic activation of low alikan in agueous solutions of tungsten polyoxocomponents. Doklady Academii Nauk SSSR. 1988. v. 303 №3

4. Some pecularities in regeneration of zeolitecontaining catalysts by carbon dioxide // React. Catal. Lett. vol-48. N1.1992.

5. Conception of progress in oil-refining, gas-refining and petrochemical industries of Azerbaijan // Processes of oil-refining and Petrochemistry. 2000..№1

Membership with international and foreign scientific organizations:

During the period of 1980-1991 M.I. Rustamov was a member of International Association on Hydrogen Energy, Bureau on Hydrogen Energy at the USSR Academy of Sciences, Scientific Councils "Petrochemisty" and "Catalysis" of the USSR, Academy of Sciences, Scientific Council "Catalysis and its Application in Industry" of State Committee on Science and Engineering at the USSR Council of Ministers as well as an international coordinator of the co-operation of academies of sciences of socialist countries on "Catalytic Cracking and Destructive Isomerization"