Kirbayeva Dariga Kenzhebayevna

Professional Experience

Since 2025 – Present	Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University
2011-2025	Senior Lecturer, Department of Biotechnology
2008–2011	Lecturer, Department of Microbiology
2007-2008	Assistant in the Department of Microbiology
2003–2007	Specialist, Department of Microbiology
2000-2001	Administrative Coordinator for the Dean's Office of the Faculty of Biology
1992–2000	Laboratory Technician, Department of Microbiology

Education and Academic Qualifications

2004	Defended a Candidate of Biological Sciences dissertation entitled “Selection, cultivation, and application of productive strains of the biotechnologically important cyanobacterium Spirulina platensis” in the field of 03.00.23—biotechnology.
2019	Awarded the academic title of Associate Professor by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan.

Researcher in Grant-Funded Research Projects

- AR05131743 “Development of Scientific and Methodological Foundations for Biomonitoring and Forecasting the Condition of Polluted Aquatic Ecosystems Using Phototrophic Microorganisms” (2018–2020).

- AR08052402 “Development of technology for producing biofertilizers based on nitrogen-fixing cyanobacteria” (2020–2022).

- AP09260077 “Study of the biotechnological potential of a domestic collection of microalgae for the production of liquid fuel—biobutanol” (2021–2023).

Publication Activity

Author of more than 70 scientific publications, including 1 teaching manuals, 1 monographs and 15 patents for inventions and utility models. Her scientific publications are indexed in Scopus and Web of Science. Over the past 5 years: 11 publications, 69 citations, h-index = 4.