Information
Membership Number: FCA2507
Membership Type: Fellowship
Division: Engineering and Applied Sciences
Corresponding Email: nanrk.mzh@mail.ru
Homepage(s): https://nauka-nanrk.kz/en/about/%D0%BF%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82-%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BD-%D1%80%D0%BA.html
Present and Previous Positions
President of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan (since 2003)
Director of the Institute of Organic Synthesis and Coal Chemistry of the Kazakh SSR Academy of Sciences (1985-1991)
Rector of the Turkestan State University named after Ahmad Yasawi (1991-1995)
Minister of Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (1995-1997)
President of the International Kazakh-Turkish University named after Yasawi (1997-2001)
Fields of Scholarship and Research Interests
Zhurinov is one of the leading researchers in the area of electrochemistry, he has over 800 scientific papers published in domestic and foreign journals, including 22 monographs, about 150 certificates of authorship and patents.
His main scientific publications focus on the study of the electrochemical behavior of various classes of organic compounds and the development of new methods of electrochemical synthesis of physiologically active substances.
Honors, Awards and Other Membership
Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (2019)
laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the field of science, technology and education (2003)
In 2015 he was elected as the first president of the Union of National Academies of Sciences of the Turkic world, the vice-president of the Association of Academies of Sciences of the OIC countries, a foreign member (academician) of the National Academy of Sciences the Republic of Tajikistan (2010), and member of several international Academies of sciences.
He is a member of the National Council under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Supreme scientific-technical Commission under the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Board of the Ministry of Education and Science of RK, the chief editor of the "Reports of NAS RK" journal, member of the National Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan for UNESCO, a freelance adviser for science to the Prime Minister of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2011-2013), a member of the Coalition of democratic forces of Kazakhstan, member of the executive committee of the "Nur-Otan" party. He was awarded "Parasat" (2005), «Barys» of the III degree (2011), «Barys» of the II degrees (2016) orders and medals of the Republic of Kazakhstan. He is an honorary citizen of the South Kazakhstan region of Kazakhstan, Arys, Turkestan, Kentau towns and Louisville City, Kentucky (USA).
Other Information
http://neft-gas.kz/f/zhurineovu_75.pdf
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murat_Zhurinov
https://casad.cas.cn/ysxx2022/wjys/201911/t20191122_4724736.html