Prof. Aishuak KonarovKazakhstan
Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University
Current Position
2025 to presentAssociate Professor, Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University
Academic Experiences
2016 - 2019PhD in Engineering, Sejong University, Seoul, South Korea
2012 - 2014MASc in Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada
2003 - 2008BSc in Chemical Technology, Al Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan
Past Professional Experiences
2022 - 2025Assistant Professor, Nazarbayev University
2019 - 2022Postdoctoral Scholar, Nazarbayev University
2016 - 2019Research Assistant, Sejong University
2014 - 2016Research Assistant, Nazarbayev University
2011 - 2014Researcher, Nazarbayev University
Honors and Awards
2025"Best Researcher-2025" by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Republic of Kazakhstan
2024Award named after K.I. Satpayev for the best scientific research in the field of natural sciences by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Republic of Kazakhstan
2024Nazarbayev University Faculty Research Excellence Awards 2024 – NU Emerging Scholar
Specialty & Expertise
cathode materials for LIBs and SIBs, oxygen redox, bio-waste derived carbon materials
Others
Aishuak Konarov is an Associate Professor at Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. He received M.A.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Waterloo, Canada (2014) and his Doctor of Engineering from Sejong University, South Korea (2019). After postdoctoral research at Nazarbayev University (2019–2022), he served as Assistant Professor from 2022 to 2025 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2025. Dr. Konarov has extensive international research experience in Japan, Canada, South Korea, the UK, and Kazakhstan, has published over 60 peer-reviewed papers, and is a co-inventor on multiple battery-related patents. He has delivered oral presentations at numerous international conferences and served as an invited speaker.

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