Farabi University

91ý

Smaiyl Madi

17 June 2026

At the al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Smaiyl Madi Bekezhanuly will defend his dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on the topic: «Photocatalytic oxidation of volatile aromatic hydrocarbons in the gas phase» 8D05301 — «Chemistry».

The dissertation was performed at the Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the 91ý Kazakh National University.

Form of defense — Dissertation work.

Language of defense — Kazakh.

Official reviewers:

1.Abduvalov A.Zh. — PhD, Assistant Professor of the School of Intelligent Systems, Astana IT University (Astana, Kazakhstan);

2.Appazov N.O. — Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Professor, Research Professor of the Educational Program “Engineering Technologies”, Korkyt Ata Kyzylorda University (Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan).

Scientific supervisors:

1.Satybaldiev B.S. — PhD, Associate Professor-Researcher, Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry, 91ý Kazakh National University (Almaty, Kazakhstan);

2. Daniel D. Snow — PhD, Research Professor / Director of Services Water Center, University of Nebraska (Lincoln, USA).

Temporary members of the Dissertation Council:

1.Daulbayev Ch.B. — PhD in “Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies in Chemistry,” Professor, Head of the Laboratory of Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage, Institute of Nuclear Physics (Almaty, Kazakhstan);

2.Popkov V.I. — Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Associate Professor, Leading Researcher, Head of the Laboratory at the A.F. Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute (Saint Petersburg, Russia);

3.Sagandykova Gulyaim — PhD, Postdoctoral researcher at Dresden University of Technology, Center of Membrane Biochemistry and Lipid Research, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus (Dresden, Germany).

The defense will be held in a hybrid format (online and offline) on June 17, 2026, at 15:00 at the dissertation Council at al-Farabi Kazakh National University in the group of specialties/educational programs 6D060600, 8D05301– Chemistry, 6D072000, 8D07104 – Chemical technology of inorganic substances, 8D07102 –Chemical engineering, 6D072100, 8D07105 - Chemical technology of organic substances, 6D73900, 8D07101-Petrochemistry.

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