ZHUMABAY BAKENOV

Short Bio:

Dr. Zhumabay Bakenov is a Full Professor in Chemical and Materials Engineering of Nazarbayev University, Director of Center for Energy and Advanced Materials Science of National Laboratory Astana, Vice-Dean for Research of School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University, a Member of National Science Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan. He received his Doctor of Engineering degree from Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, and his PhD in Chemistry from the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. Prof. Bakenov leads a large international Research Group at Nazarbayev University with several faculty, about 20 postdoctoral fellows, and more than 80 members in total. Prof. Bakenov accomplished a large number of Governmental, industrial and commercial research projects and programs. His research interests include advanced materials for energy conversion and storage, next generation rechargeable batteries, electrochemical sensors, modelling and analysis of electrochemical and thermal processes in secondary batteries including research on interfacial phenomena, surface coating, interlayers, and various functional additives to enhance materials performance. Prof. Bakenov has an excellent international collaboration with leading researchers of best international research centers. Prof. Bakenov is a Chair of International Conference “International Conference on Nanomaterials and Advanced Energy Storage Systems (INESS) since 2013. In last 10 years Prof. Bakenov published about 200 research papers and book chapters with around 4500 citations.