At the Department of Biotechnology of the Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, works a leading specialist in the field of bioengineering and biomaterials, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Honored Reviewer (TOP 10TH PERCENTILE) in 15 journals of the academic publishing house Elsevier, Professor of SUMSU Alexander Dmitrievich Pogrebnyak. A.D. Pogrebnyak takes an honorable 8th place in the top 10 scientists of Ukraine according to Scopus and Google Scholar. In international databases, he has a high citation index, the h-index is 47 (Scopus), the Google Scholar database h-index is 53.

A.D. Pogrebnyak, as an honored professor, was awarded a scholarship from the President of Ukraine. By decree of the President of Ukraine, he was awarded the honorary title of Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine, 2022.

In 2023, Professor Pogrebnyak A.D. won a scientific project in a program organized by the Romanian Government together with the European Union and the Romanian diaspora. Leading scientists from Europe, the USA, and other countries with a high h-index participated in the program. 

The ceremonial signing of the contracts took place in the building of the Government of Romania with the participation of the Prime Minister of Romania Nicolaе Ciuca and the Minister of Research, Innovation and Digitalization of Romania Sebastian Burduja.

During the period of his activity, he worked in the leading institutions of the world in the USA, Germany, as well as in collaboration with scientists from Japan, France, Germany, Australia, Italy, Finland, Poland, South Korea, China, Greece, Kazakhstan, etc. He has implemented more than 65 governmental contracts, agricultural contracts, governmental orders, international grants, orders of the ISTC (International Science and Technology Center), CSTC (Centre for Scientific and Technical Services).