Abdol Ghayoom Ebrahimi (also may written as Abdol Gh. Ebrahimi), (born 1932 in Gorgan, Iran), founder of Islamic Azad University of Gorgan, has been an ex-visiting professor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the United States before. He served as the first chancellor of Islamic Azad University of Gorgan for twelve years and is now a professor of Plant Pathology there.The Minister of Science, Research and Technology (MSRT) of the I.R. Iran has selected him recently as a member board of discriminatives for the scientific advancement of professors serving in the University of Golestan, Gorgan.
He has received many awards, such as research grant of the National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States, letter of appreciation of deputy of the leader of the I.R. Iran, letter of appreciation of the president of the I.R. Iran, Minister of Agriculture, the President of Islamic Azad University and governors of Golestan.