Dr. Cholponbek Ormukov is an Assistant Professor and Chair of the Applied Geology and Environmental Sustainability and Climate Science departments at the American University of Central Asia. He holds a Ph.D. in Active Tectonics from the Kyrgyz Institute of Seismology at the National Academy of Science of the Kyrgyz Republic (2008, Kyrgyzstan). He earned his geography specialization at the Geography Department of Jusup Balasagyn Kyrgyz State National University (1999, Kyrgyzstan).
Dr. Ormukov joined AUCA in 2020 as an Assistant Professor and was promoted to Chair in September 2023. He was a visiting researcher at the Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (2014, Norway), a Fulbright Exchange Program fellow (2011-2012, UC Santa Barbara & UC Davis, US), a visiting researcher at Korea University (2011, South Korea), a junior scientist at the Civilian Research Development Foundation (CSDF) Fellowship program at Chapel Hill (2006, US), and an exchange student of the NSF Research Scholarship at the University of Oregon (2005, Oregon, US). He is the author and co-author of over 20 research and scientific papers.
- Active tectonics
- Climate Change
- Geohazards
- Land Use
- Mountain communities and the environment
- Paleoseismology
- Tectonic Geomorphology
- Ormukov, Ch., Dyldaev, M., Chymyrov, A., Beishenkulova, M., Gulkaiyr, T. K., GIS-Based Analysis of Land Use Dynamics in Bishkek. International Journal of Geoinformatics, Vol.19, No. 11, November 2023, https://journals.sfu.ca/ijg/index.php/journal/article/view/2927/1637
- Ormukov, Ch., Rakhmanberdiev, E., Kulenbekov, Zh., Evolution of the Quaternary Topography of the Eastern Issyk-Kul Region (Kyrgyz Tien Shan), International Journal of Earth Science and Geology, Madriege Publishers, 3 (1): 93-99, 2021, https://madridge.org/journal-of-earth-science-and-geology/ijeg-1000112.pdf
- Ormukov Ch., Zubovich A., Moldobekov B., Anarkulov B., Strike-slip faulting in the western part of Alay basin: Science and New Technology, 2019
- Free, M., Coates, K., Sousa, L., Grant, D., Pittore, M., Fleming, K., Ader, Th., Moldobekov, B., Ormukov, Ch., A Seismic Risk Reduction Strategy for the Kyrgyz Republic, SECED Conference, University of Greenwich, September 9-10, 2019, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/334459178_A_SEISMIC_RISK_REDUCTION_STRATEGY_FOR_THE_KYRGYZ_REPUBLIC
- Bougeois, L., Dupont-Nivet, G., De Rafélis, M., Tindall, J., Proust, J., Reichart, G., De Nooijer, L., Guo, Zh., Ormukov, Ch., Asian monsoons and aridification response to Paleogene sea retreat and Neogene westerly shielding indicated by seasonality in Paratethys oysters, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 485, 2018, pp. 99–110, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0012821X17307483?via%3Dihub
- Abdubachaev U., Moldobekov B., Ormukov Ch., Modern map of landslide hazard for Sulukta town and its agglomeration area, south-west mountains margins of the Fergana basin: Advancing Culture of Living with Landslides Springer, Cham, 2017, Volume 2 Advances in Landslide Science (pp.779-784), https://www.researchgate.net/publication/318151656_Modern_Map_of_Landslide_Hazard_for_Sulukta_Town_and_Its_Agglomeration_Area_South-West_Mountainous_Margins_of_the_Fergana_Basin
- Burgette, R., Weldon II, R., Abdrakhmatov, K., Ormukov, Ch., Owen, L., Thompson, S., Timing and process of river and lake terrace formation in the Kyrgyz Tien Shan, Quaternary Science Reviews, Volume 159, March 1, 2017, pp. 15-34, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0277379117300069
- Bosboom, R., Mandic, O., Dupont-Nivet, G., Proust, J., Ormukov, Ch., Aminov, J., Late Eocene paleogeography of the proto-Paratethys Sea in Central Asia (NW China, southern Kyrgyzstan and SW Tajikistan), Lyell Collection: Geological Society Publications, Volume 427, pp. 565-588, September 7, 2015, https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/abs/10.1144/SP427.11
- Vangelsten, B., Fornes, P., Cepeda, J.M., Ekseth, K., Eidsvig, U., Ormukov, Ch., Proposal for a probabilistic local level landslide hazard assessment model: the case of Suluktu, Kyrgyzstan, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Volume 17, EGU2015-6765-1, 2015, EGU General Assembly, https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-6765-1.pdf
- Briestenský, M., Rowberry, M., Stemberk, J., Stefanov, P., Vozár, J., Šebela, S., Petro, L., Bella, P., Gaal, L., Ormukov, Ch., Evidence of a plate-wide tectonic pressure pulse provided by extensometric monitoring in the Balkan Mountains (Bulgaria), Geologica Carpathica, International Geographical Journal - Official Journal of the Carpathian-Balkan Geological Association, 2015, pp. 427-438, http://www.geologicacarpathica.com/browse-journal/volumes/66-5/article-780/
- Ormukov, Ch., Abdybachaev, U., Mambetaliev, E., Moldobekov, B., Usupaev, Sh., Konokov, T., Inventory and assessment of landslide risks in the area of the town of Sulukta, Batken oblast of Kyrgyzstan, Materials of the International Conference "Remote and terrestrial studies of the Earth in Central Asia", Bishkek, 2014, pp. 193-197
- Goode, J. K., Burbank, D. W., and Ormukov, C., 2014, Pliocene-Pleistocene initiation, style, and sequencing of deformation in the central Tien Shan, AGU: Advancing Earth and Space Sciences, Tectonics, Volume 33, p. 464- 484, https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/2013TC003394
- Youn, J.H., Seong, Y.B., Choi, J.H., Abdrakhmatov, K., Ormukov, Ch., Loess deposits in the northern Kyrgyz Tien Shan: Implications for the paleoclimate reconstruction during the Late Quaternary, Science Direct, Catena, Volume 117, June 2014, pp. 81–93, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0341816213002397
- Selander, J., Oskin, M., Ormukov, Ch., and Abdrakhmatov, K., Inherited strike-slip faults as an origin for basement-cored uplifts: Example of the Kungey and Zailiskey ranges, northern Tian Shan, AGU: Advancing Earth and Space Sciences, Tectonics, Volume 31, August 2012, https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2011TC003002
- Pino, K.S., Korup, O., Hetzel, R., Munack, H., Weidinger, J.T., Dunning, S., Ormukov, Ch., Kubik, P., Glacial advances constrained by 10Be exposure dating of bedrock landslides, Kyrgyz Tien Shan, Science Direct, Quaternary Research, Volume 76, November 2011, pp. 295-304, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0033589411000895
- Ormukov, Ch., Burgette, R., Weldon II, R., Abdrakhmatov, K., Deformation of terraces as a reflection of the geometry of active faults of the South- West part of Yssyk-Kul lake, News of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, No,1, 2011.
- Narama, C., Kondob, R., Tsukamotoc, S., Kajiurad, T., Ormukov, Ch., Abdrakhmatov, K., OSL dating of glacial deposits during the Last Glacial in the Terskey-Alatoo Range, Kyrgyz Republic, Quaternary Geochronology, Volume 2, Issues 1-4, 2007, pp. 249–254, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1871101406000793
- Korjenkov, A., Muraliev, A., Ormukov, Ch., Seitaliev, M., Djumabaeva, B., Grebennikkova, V., Macroseismic survey Kochkor earthquake on 26th December 2006 (M=5.5. K=14 I0=7) in Northern Kyrgyzstan, 2006, No 3-4, pp. 219-225, https://www.researchgate.net/publication/288482285_Macroseismic_study_of_the_28_December_2006_Kochkor_earthquake_M_55_K_14_I0_7_in_northern_Kyrgyzstan
- Ormukov, Ch., Ak-Terek and Ak-Say rivers’ valley development history in Pleistocene and Holocene period, The bulletin of Kyrgyz National University, 2003 No 1, pp. 75-79.
- Abdrakhmatov, K., Tompson, C., Weldon, R.J., Ormukov, Ch., Using of river terraces to assess the style and speed of tectonic deformation. Science and New Technologies, No. 2. pp. 29-35, 2003
- Ormukov, Ch., Charimov, T., To Paleogeography of the Issyk-Kul Depression in Neotectonics times Science and New Technologies, No. 1, pp. 31-36, 2003
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