
Advanced Materials Research & Laser Technologies (AMRELAT) Laboratory

Zhandos Utegulov
Associate Professor of Physics
Principal Investigator
PhD, Oklahoma State University, 2003
MS, Oklahoma State University, 1999
Diploma, Kazakh National University, 1996

Azat Abdullayev
Postdoctoral Researcher
PhD, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, 2015
BS, Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2010
Nano- and micro-scale thermal transport in irradiated and nanostructured solids. Picosecond time-domain thermoreflectance. Optical spectroscopy.
Tel: +7 747 272 3929
Email: azat.abdullayev@nu.edu.kz

Omid Farzadian
Postdoctoral Researcher
PhD, Institute for Advanced Studies
in Basic Sciences, Zanjan, Iran, 2016
MD modeling of phonon thermal transport in interfacial materials.
Tel: +7 708 715 7315
Email: omid.farzadian@nu.edu.kz

Kairolla Sekerbayev
Postdoctoral Researcher
PhD, Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2019
MD and DFT modeling of phonon thermal transport in irradiated solids. Optical spectroscopy of nanostructured materials
Tel: +7 777 382 2382

Chingis Kharmyssov
Postdoctoral Researcher
PhD, Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan, 2020
Brillouin light scatering spectroscopy of protein solutions, human biofluids, biomechanics
Tel: +7 702 314 1098
Email:

Bayan Kurbanova
PhD Student
MS, MEPHI, Moscow, Russia, 2019
BS, Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 2017
Heat trasport in nanostructured materials. Raman and Brillouin micro-spectroscopy.
Tel: +7 965 187 2595
Email: bayan.kurbanova@nu.edu.kz

Ivan Tkhorzhevskiy
PhD Student
MS, ITMO, Saint-Petersburg, Russia, 2020
BS, St. Petersburg State University of Telecom, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2018
Thermal transport in irradiated SiC
Tel: +7 705 226 1821
Email: ivan.tkhorzhevskiy@nu.edu.kz

Anna Shamatova
PhD Student
MS, MEPHI, Moscow, Russia, 2018
BS, MEPHI, Moscow, Russia, 2016
Frequency & spatial domain thermoreflectance of irradiated materials
Tel: +7 778 117 4832
Email: anna.shamatova@nu.edu.kz

Lyazzat Mukhangaliyeva
Junior Researcher
MS, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2022
BS, University of Waterloo, Canada, 2015
Laser photo-acoustics for biomedical applications
Tel: +7 778 277 0397

Rustem Tlegenov
Junior Researcher
MS, MIPT, Moscow, Russia, 2023
BS, STUS, Saratov, Russia, 2021
Labview automation of TDTR mapping, Nanoscale thermal transport in phase-transformed gallium oxide
Tel: +7 778 117 4832
Email: bartirust@gmail.com