Baktiyar Soltabayev
Senior researcher at the PI “National Laboratory Astana”, Nazarbayev Ubiversity, has a PhD in physics. He has over seven years of experience in the field of gas sensors and nanofilms, as well as experience in nuclear physics, new materials and technologies. He participated in many international conferences and trained in different countries such as Russia, Romania, South Korea and Turkey. He is in close cooperation with many international experts from well-known centers of the world: Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (Dubna, Russia), Gazi University (Ankara, Turkey) and the Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute (Daejeon, South Korea). Dr. Soltabayev has co-authored over 27 scientific papers, including 9 papers on the Web of Science database (h-index = 11).
baktiyar.soltabayev@nu.edu.kz , +7 (777) 954-19-99
ORCID 0000-0002-5320-2576
Scopus ID 57208445292
Researcher ID AHD-5405-2022
Almagul Mentbayeva
Assistant professor at the School of Engineering and Digital Sciences of Nazarbayev University (NU), Doctor of Chemical Engineering (Al-Farabi Kazakh National University). Areas of professional competence related to the project proposal: metal oxide semiconductors, nanoscale morphology design, self-assembly of macromolecules on surfaces; sensitive polymer multilayer materials; surface spectroscopy; electrochemistry, polymer synthesis. She is the winner of the Scientific Leader Award from Thomson Reuters and has more than 50 excellent publications in the field of materials science, energy storage and conversion, extensive experience in working and collaborating with foreign research groups and companies (Texas A&M, USA; Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland; Hebei University, China; Marmara University, Turkey). (h-index = 23 in Scopus, the number of citations is about 1500).
almagul.mentbayeva@nu.edu.kz, +7 777 395 4749
Amanzhol Turlybekuly
Senior Researcher at the National Laboratory of Astana, Nazarbayev University.
Research Interests: Nanofabrication, Chemical Engineering, Composite Materials for Biomedical Applications, Reverse Engineering, 3D Printing.
With a prolific record in scientific research, he has published over 20 scientific articles, including several as the first author in journals with an impact factor of 8.4. Additionally, he has authored two textbooks. He has presented his work at international conferences in France, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Poland, and Ukraine. His expertise has been further honed through training in Ukraine, and France.
As the leader of a research group focused on advancements in 3D printing, he has achieved significant recognition. He was awarded the 'Best Young Scientist' at the Republican Youth Competition for Innovative Projects 'NURINTECH 2018.' Furthermore, he received a letter of appreciation from Dr. Batpenov N.D., the chief traumatologist of Kazakhstan, for his technical assistance in treating patients with complex medical conditions, (h-index = 10).
amanzhol.turlybekuly@nu.edu.kz
Gani Yergaliuly
Recearcher, National Laboraotory Astana, he is a researcher at the branch of the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Nursultan). His research interests include nuclear physics and synthesis of composite nanomaterials. He has 1.5 years of experience in the IP 'National Laboratory Astana' of Nazarbayev University. Dr. Yergaliuly is responsible for the test for sensitivity to gas with exhaled gas; preparation of a prototype of a gas sensor on the Arduino platform (h-index = 8).
gani.yergaliuly@nu.edu.kz
Aizhan Rakhmanova
PhD student of the School of Engineering and Digital Sciences of Nazarbayev University. For three years, she worked at the Bioresources Laboratory of Northwestern A&F University in China. Since 2020, she has been working at the State Institution 'National Laboratory Astana' of Nazarbayev University as a researcher. Ms. Aizhan Rakhmanova is responsible for experimental work on gas-sensitive measurements for MOS gas sensors at various gas concentrations (from 50 ppb to 5 ppm) (h-index = 7).
aizhan.rakhmanova@nu.edu.kz
Yernar Shynybekov
Master holder, researcher assistant at the National Laboratory of Astana Nazarbayev University. Areas of interest are: organic compounds, organic synthesis, 3D-modeling.
yernar.shynybekov@nu.edu.kz
Abylay Tangirbergen
Abylay Tangirbergen is a second-year Ph.D. student at L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University and a researcher at the Advanced Sensors Laboratory, Nazarbayev University. His research focuses on the development of stable and safe materials for nuclear reactors, with a strong emphasis on density functional theory (DFT), metal oxide semiconductors, and nanomaterials for gas sensing applications. He has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications in materials science and sensor technologies. His current h-index is 1.
Aidarbek Nuftolla
Bachelor student at the School of Engineering and Digital Sciences at Nazarbayev University.
aidarbek.nuftolla@nu.edu.kz
Aida Barlybayeva
Junior Researcher; holds a Master's degree. Her research interests include polymer materials and their modifications. She has experience in synthesizing polymer membranes using various methods for diverse applications and is proficient in XRD, SEM, TEM, FTIR, UV-Vis spectroscopy, EIS, and data processing with OriginPro. Since 2024, she has been responsible for experimental work on gas-sensitive measurements for p-n heterostructured, flexible, polymer-based gas sensors. (h-index = 1) aida.barlybayeva@nu.edu.kz
Diana Abdumutaliyeva
R1st year master's student in the program of Chemistry of Organic Compounds and Petrochemistry at Eurasian National University. Her research interests focus on ZnO@NiO@C nanomaterials synthesized via electrospinning and SILAR methods. She is experienced in material synthesis, structural and surface analysis, and electrochemical characterization. Since 2024, she has been involved in the analysis of composite materials for energy and environmental applications (h-index = 1)
Maxim Kulikov
Research assistant at the School of Sciences and Humanities at Nazarbayev University. His research focuses on the development of composite materials for gas sensors. He has experience working with computational chemistry tools (Gaussian), designing catalytic systems from recycled catalytic waste and fabricating gas sensors based on conductive polymers and carbon materials. His current work is dedicated to advancing the performance of gas sensors through material engineering (h-index = 1).
maxim.kulikov@nu.edu.kz
Nursultan Sapar
1st year master's student at the School of Engineering and Digital Sciences at Nazarbayev University. His research interests are carbon nanofibers which surface modified/coated with Silica and metal oxide semiconductors (MOS). He is experienced in working with electrospinning for production nanoscaled fibers, sol-gel techniques for pure ZnO, self user of XRD, FT-IR, RAMAN, SEM, OriginPro. Responsible person for the tubular furnaces in the C4 labs. Currently working on the composite materials for gas sensing applications consisting of carbon nanofibers and MOS.