Candidate of Veterinary Sciences, Associate Professor, Corresponding Member of the AEN RK, Professor of Biology
Date and Place of Birth: November 21, 1956, Karakastek Village, Zhambyl District, Almaty Region.
Education:
Almaty Zooveterinary Institute (1979)
West Kazakhstan Institute of Languages and Management “Eurasia,” specializing in Public Administration (2007)
Postgraduate studies at the All-Union Institute of Helminthology named after Academician K.I. Scriabin (Moscow, 1987)
Scientific and Professional Activity:
- 1979–1993 – Junior and Senior Researcher at the Kazakh Research Veterinary Institute (KazNIVI)
- 1993–2014 – Head of the Parasitology Laboratory at KazNIVI; in 2003 – Deputy Director for Research
- 2004–2014 – Again Head of the Parasitology Department at KazNIVI
- 2014–2018 – Deputy General Director for Science at the RSE “Institute of Zoology” under the CS MES RK
- March 2018 – December 2019 – General Director of the RSE “Institute of Zoology” under the CS MES RK
- 2019–2021 – Deputy General Director for Science
- 2021–2023 – Head of the Parasitology Laboratory
- Since 2024 – Chief Researcher at the RSE “Institute of Zoology” under the CS MES RK
Scientific Achievements and International Cooperation:
Maratbek Zhaksibekovich is a leading scholar in the fields of biology, zoology, veterinary science, and parasitology.
- Defended his candidate’s dissertation at the All-Union Institute of Helminthology named after Academician K.I. Scriabin
- Collaborated with scientists from Italy, Israel (Kimron Veterinary Institute), Japan (Tokyo and Hiroshima Universities), and China
- Member of the CIS Coordination Council on Veterinary Parasitology
- Member of the Editorial Board of the international journal “Russian Parasitological Journal”
- Actively participates in public and professional activities:
- Member of the Editorial Board of the scientific-analytical journal “Zharshy”
- Chairman of the State Attestation Commission for the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine at KazNAU (2008–2009, 2017–2019)
- Worked on the international INTAS grant
- Participated in international scientific events in Bulgaria (1985), China (2001), Germany (2003), Turkey (2006), and Uzbekistan (Tashkent)
Publications and Developments:
- Has published about 400 scientific works, including:
- 14 monographs, dictionaries, and books
- 37 scientific guidelines and study manuals
- 2 USSR Certificates of Authorship for inventions
- 1 know-how
- 75 patents and innovative patents of the Republic of Kazakhstan for inventions
- 11 regulatory-technical documents (RTDs) for diagnostic and therapeutic-preventive preparations approved by the Veterinary Control and Supervision Committee of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Over 40 publications in the USA, Greece, China, Mongolia, Venezuela, and Japan, and more than 70 in CIS countries
- Conducts joint scientific research with scientists from Shihezi University (China)
- 8 articles published in international indexed journals (impact factor 4–5.7, quartiles 1–2, percentile 71–77)
- 8 protection documents included in the Web of Science international database
M.Zh. Suleimenov’s main works are summarized in the monographs “Tort tulik mal parazitozdary” (“Parasitic Infections of the Four Types of Livestock”), “Sparavochnik po parazitozam sel’skokhozyaistvennykh zhivotnykh v Respublike Kazakhstan” (“Handbook on Parasitic Infections of Farm Animals in the Republic of Kazakhstan”), “Parazitozy zhivotnykh Kazakhstana” (“Animal Parasitoses of Kazakhstan,” Almaty, 2011), and the “Russko-kazakhsko-angliiskii tolkovyi slovar’ po veterinarnoy meditsine” (“Russian-Kazakh-English Explanatory Dictionary of Veterinary Medicine,” Almaty, 2010, 34 p.l.), among others. The books co-authored in 2014, “Estroz ovets” (“Sheep Oestrosis”) and “Russko-kazakhskii slovar’ po parazitologii” (“Russian-Kazakh Dictionary of Parasitology”), received a Diploma of laureateship at a Russian exhibition as the best educational-methodological publication in the field.
Scientific Supervision:
- Under his supervision, the following were defended:
- 3 Candidate’s dissertations
- 2 PhD dissertations
- 1 Master’s thesis
- He is currently supervising 2 PhD doctoral students in Kazakhstan and 2 doctoral students in China
Awards and Recognition:
- Medal from RosASKhN for contributions to veterinary science
- A. Nobel Medal
- Honorary certificates from the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kazakh Academy of Agricultural Sciences, the National Agrarian Research Center, KazAgroInnovation, and the Committee of Forestry and Wildlife
- Honorary certificates from the Ministry of Education and Science (2022) and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (formerly MNVO, 2024)
- Ecology expert for the Security Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan
- Scientific consultant for National Geographic Qazaqstan magazine
- Project Manager for a grant in 2020–2021