At the al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Bizhanova Nazerke  will defend her dissertation for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on the topic: “Distribution and subspecies diagnosability of the Turkestan lynx (Lynx lynx isabellinus Blyth, 1847) in the Northern Tien Shan”, educational program «8D05101 – Biology».

The dissertation was performed at the Institute of Zoology.

Form of defense – Dissertation work.

Language of the defense: Russian.

Official reviewers:

1. Koshkina Alyona Igorevna – PhD, Researcher at the Kazakhstan Association for Biodiversity Conservation (Astana, Kazakhstan). Specialty: Geosciences);

2. Tirronen Konstantin Feliksovich – Candidate of Biological Sciences, Head of the Laboratory of Zoology at the Karelian Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Petrozavodsk, Republic of Karelia, Russia). Specialty: 1.5.15 – Ecology.

Scientific supervisors:

1. Grachev Yuri Alexandrovich – Candidate of biological sciences, Leading Researcher of the Laboratory of Theriology at the Institute of Zoology (Almaty, Kazakhstan);

2. Sah Shahrul Anuar Mohd – PhD, Professor of Zoology of the School of biological sciences at the Universiti Sains Malaysia (George Town, Penang, Malaysia).

Temporary members of the Dissertation Council:

1. Kirilyuk Vadim Evgenievich – PhD, Leading Researcher at the Daursky State Natural Biosphere Reserve (Trans-Baikal Territory, Russia);

2. Rozhnov Viacheslav Vladimirovich – Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of the Laboratory of Behavior and Behavioral Ecology of Mammals at the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the RAS (Moscow, Russia);

3. Namet Aidar Myrzakhmetuly – Doctor of Veterinary Sciences, Professor, General Director, Chief Researcher at the Research Production Center “MVA GROUP” LLP (Almaty, Kazakhstan);

4. Brandler Oleg Vladimirovich – PhD, Leading Researcher at Koltzov Institute of Developmental Biology of the RAS (Moscow, Russia);

5. Bragina Tatyana Mikhailovna – Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor at the A. Baitursynov Kostanay Regional University (Kostanay, Kazakhstan);

6. Sayakova Zaure Zinurovna – PhD, Senior Researcher at the Kazakh Research Veterinary Institute (Almaty, Kazakhstan).

The defense will be held online on 7 November 2023, at 15:00 at the dissertation Council at al-Farabi Kazakh National University in the group of specialty/educational program «6D060700, 8D05101 - Biology», «6D070100, 8D05105 - Biotechnology», «6D061300, 8D05108 - Geobotany», «8D08401 - Fish Industry and Industrial Fishery».

Connect to the Zoom Conference: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85394550584?pwd=SnFNNjVnck1MSjgreEpncXFucnduUT09

Conference ID: 853 9455 0584

Link to the live broadcast: https://youtube.com/channel/UCyR2_KAKMfZX2-XOHmkyxLQ

Conclusion of the ethics commissions