On September 12-13, Prof. Andrey Khalimon delivered research lectures at the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technology of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KazNU, Almaty) and the School of Chemical Engineering of Kazakh British Technical University (KBTU, Almaty). During these lectures, he discussed recent research projects in his group at the Department of Chemistry, School of Sciences and Humanities of Nazarbayev University. In particular, the development of abundant metal catalysts for transfer hydrogenation reactions was discussed. KazNU and KBTU students showed interest in research internships at Nazarbayev University.