The Non-Profit Joint-Stock Company “Safi Utebayev Atyrau University of Oil and Gas” announces the defense of the dissertation by Saule Klimentyevna Bukanova for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), entitled “Research and Production of High-Quality Bitumen Compositions from Kazakhstani Crude Oils”, under educational program 8D07101 “Chemical Technology of Organic Substances, Machinery, Apparatus and Equipment”.

Announcement

of the PhD Dissertation Defense of Saule Klimentyevna Bukanova

The Non-Profit Joint-Stock Company “Safi Utebayev Atyrau University of Oil and Gas” announces the defense of the dissertation by Saule Klimentyevna Bukanova for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), entitled “Research and Production of High-Quality Bitumen Compositions from Kazakhstani Crude Oils”, under educational program 8D07101 “Chemical Technology of Organic Substances, Machinery, Apparatus and Equipment”.

The dissertation was prepared at the N.K. Nadirov Institute of Petrochemical Engineering and Ecology of the Non-Profit Joint-Stock Company “Safi Utebayev Atyrau University of Oil and Gas”.

Language of the defense: Russian.

Official reviewers:

1. Nadezhda Anatolyevna Pivovarova – Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Head of Department, Astrakhan State Technical University (Astrakhan, Russia).

2. Ainur Bektursynovna Zhambolova – PhD, Leading Researcher, Institute of Combustion Problems (Almaty, Kazakhstan).

Permanent members of the Dissertation Council:

1. Gulbarshin Kozhakhmetovna Shambilova – Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Project Office, Khalel Dosmukhamedov Atyrau University (Atyrau, Kazakhstan);

2. Irina Yuryevna Gorbunova – Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Department of Plastics Processing Technology, D. Mendeleev University of Chemical Technology of Russia (Moscow, Russia);

3. Yasin Kanbur – Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Professor, Department of Chemistry (Polymer Chemistry Division), Karabük University (Karabük, Türkiye);

4. Fazilat Basarovna Kairliyeva – Candidate of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor, N.K. Nadirov Institute of Petrochemical Engineering and Ecology, Safi Utebayev Atyrau University of Oil and Gas (Atyrau, Kazakhstan).

Temporary members of the Dissertation Council:

1. Yersultan Turgimbekovich Botashev – PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Oil and Gas Engineering, M. Auezov South Kazakhstan University (Shymkent, Kazakhstan).

2. Raushan Gaisiyevna Sarmurzina – Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor, Honorary Academician of the National Academy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Academician of the National Academy of Natural Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Adviser to the Chairperson of the KAZENERGY Association (Astana, Kazakhstan);

3. Rizagul Muslimovna Dyusova – Candidate of Technical Sciences, Senior Lecturer, Department of Chemistry, L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (Astana, Kazakhstan).

Scientific advisor:

1. Gulbarshin Kozhakhmetovna Shambilova – Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor, Head of the Project Office, Khalel Dosmukhamedov Atyrau University (Atyrau, Kazakhstan).

International scientific advisor:

1. Rishat Rifkatovich Shiriyazdanov – Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Department of Gas Chemistry, Ufa State Petroleum Technological University (Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Russian Federation).

The defense will take place on November 20, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. before Dissertation Council 8D07101 “Chemical Technology of Organic Substances”, within the field of study 8D071 “Engineering and Engineering Trades”, under educational program 8D07101 “Chemical Technology of Organic Substances, Machinery, Apparatus and Equipment” at Safi Utebayev Atyrau University of Oil and Gas.

The Dissertation Council meeting will be held in a hybrid (in-person and online) format at the N. Balgimbayev Communications Development Center (45a M. Baimukhanov Street, Atyrau). International scholars may participate via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/4635361884?pwd=sdXmFCnzBTOrROuzQbNp4cr7g6zUW7.1&omn=99583045868

Website: https://aogu.edu.kz/science_/dissertatsionnyy-sovet/bukenova-saule/

E-mail: F.Kairlieva@aogu.edu.kz