Education:

• Kyoto University, Japan; Degree of Doctor of Science (1998-2004)
• Kyoto University, Japan; Master of Science (1996-1998)
• Leningrad State Agrarian University, Pushkin (1983-1987)

Professional experience:

• Member of the Board of the Research Institute of Soil Science, Leading Researcher at the Institute of Soil Science in Belgrade, Serbia (2003 – present)
• Researcher at the Institute of Soil Science of the National Academy of Sciences, Almaty city, Kazakhstan (1988-2000)
• Researcher at the Agrarian Experimental Station, Taraz, Kazakhstan (1988-1991)

Social work:

• Honorary Professor of the West Kazakhstan Agrarian Technical University named after Zhangir Khan
• Member of the Academic Council and Board of the Institute of Soil Science
• Leader and performer of over 20 research projects on various aspects of the rational use of natural resources
• Editor-in-Chief of the magazine “Zemljiste i Biljka” (Soil and Plant)

Achievements and publications:

• Winner of MONBUSHO scholarship from the Ministry of Education of Japan
• Permanent reviewer of Soil & Tillage Research (Elsevier)
• Language skills: English, Russian, Kazakh, Serbian - fluent; Japanese, French - basic level
• Publications indexed of citation in Scopus, ISI/WEB of Science, GoogleScholar, and ResearchGate is about 120
• Personal H Index - 5