Timur Sh. Atabaev, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Office: 7e.534
Email: timur.atabaev@nu.edu.kz
Phone: +7 (7172) 70 91 02
Research Group: Advanced Nanomaterials Laboratory
Specializations: Materials Chemistry, Nanochemistry

Biography

Dr. Timur Sh. Atabaev received his Ph.D. in 2012 from Pusan National University (South Korea) under the supervision of Prof. Hyung Kook Kim and Prof. Yoon-Hwae Hwang. From 2012 to 2017, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow and research professor both at Pusan National University and Seoul National University. In 2017, he joined Nazarbayev University as an Assistant Professor of Chemistry and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2022.

His research focuses on the design of multifunctional materials and advanced nanostructures for biomedical, optical, energy, sensing, and photocatalytic applications. Dr. Atabaev is a member of the American Chemical Society (ACS) and the Materials Research Society (MRS). He has received several international recognitions, including the Scopus Young Researcher of the Year Award (2018) and the Web of Science Leader of Science Award (2020). He also serves as an Academic Editor for the “Journal of Nanotechnology”, and as an Associate Editor for “Frontiers in Chemistry” journals.

Courses Offered

Fall 2026

CHEM 104 – Introduction to Physical and Chemical Sciences
CHEM 488 – Directed Research I
CHEM 531 – Nanochemistry and Functional Nanomaterials
CHEM 591 – Scientific Methods in Chemistry (team-taught course)
CHEM 700 – Hot Topics in Chemistry (team-taught course)

Summer 2026

CHEM 560 – Directed Research in Chemistry

Spring 2026

CHEM 250 – Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry
CHEM 490 – Nanochemistry
CHEM 752 – Materials Chemistry

Fall 2025

CHEM 104 – Introduction to Physical and Chemical Sciences
CHEM 488 – Directed Research I
CHEM 531 – Nanochemistry and Functional Nanomaterials
CHEM 591 – Scientific Methods in Chemistry (team-taught course)
CHEM 700 – Hot Topics in Chemistry (team-taught course)

Spring 2025

CHEM 250 – Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry
CHEM 490 – Nanochemistry
CHEM 560 – Directed Research in Chemistry
CHEM 752 – Materials Chemistry

Fall 2024

CHEM 091 – Survey of Physical Science
CHEM 488 – Directed Research I
CHEM 531 – Nanochemistry and Functional Nanomaterials
CHEM 591 – Scientific Methods in Chemistry (team-taught course)
CHEM 700 – Hot Topics in Chemistry (team-taught course)

Spring 2024

CHEM 250 – Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry
CHEM 489 – Directed Research II
CHEM 490 – Nanochemistry
CHEM 560 – Directed Research in Chemistry
CHEM 752 – Materials Chemistry

Fall 2023

CHEM 090 – Chemistry for Non-Science Majors
CHEM 091 – Survey of Physical Science
CHEM 400 – Chemistry Seminar
CHEM 531 – Nanochemistry and Functional Nanomaterials
CHEM 591 – Scientific Methods in Chemistry (team-taught course)
CHEM 700 – Hot Topics in Chemistry (team-taught course)

Spring 2023

CHEM 250 – Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry
CHEM 488 – Directed Research I
CHEM 490 – Nanochemistry
CHEM 560 – Directed Research in Chemistry
CHEM 752 – Materials Chemistry

Fall 2022

CHEM 091 – Survey of Physical Science
CHEM 101L – General Chemistry I Lab
CHEM 531 – Nanochemistry and Functional Nanomaterials

Fall 2021

CHEM 091 – Survey of Physical Science
CHEM 490 – Nanochemistry
CHEM 531 – Nanochemistry and Functional Nanomaterials

Spring 2021

CHEM 092 – Survey of Environmental Science for Non-Science Majors
CHEM 250 – Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry