Faculty & Staff

Murataly Duishonakunov

Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Non-departmental General Education Faculty

Division of Arts, Humanities and Communication

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Dr. Murataly Duishonakunov is an Assistant Professor in the non-degree General Education Program at the American University of Central Asia. He holds a Ph.D. from the Institute of Geography of the Giessen University (2014, Germany), a postgraduate degree from the Centre for Space Science and Technology Education in Asia Pacific (2008, India), a master’s and bachelor’s degrees with honors from the Department of Physical Geography at the Kyrgyz National University (2001, 1999, Kyrgyzstan).

Dr. Murataly Duishonakunov joined AUCA in August 2024. He was an exchange professor at Niigata University (2019, Japan), an acting dean of the Geography, Ecology, and Tourism department at the Kyrgyz National University (2017, Kyrgyzstan), and has held various senior leadership positions at the Kyrgyz National University since 2001. He was a project manager of the “Reconstruction of the Glacial Runoff of the Glacier of the Inner Tian Shan and its Forecast in the Changing Climate of the XXI Century” of the Scientific project of the Ministry of Education and Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic (2019-2020), a project manager of the “Land use, ecosystem services and human welfare in Central Asia” project (2010-2014), a local coordinator of the “Glacier and Glacier lake inventory of Tian Shan” (2007-2011) and a local member of the “Environment changes in Tian Shan” (2005-2007) projects of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

Dr. Murataly Duishonakunov is a Country Coordinator for the Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) Program, a national correspondent of the Global Terrestrial Network for Permafrost, a member of the Commission on Onomastics of the National Commission on the State Language and Language Policy under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic, a member of the editorial board of terminology in Geography, a member of the Geographical Society of the Kyrgyz Republic, and a member of the National Game Society “Toguz Korgool”.

Certificate of Honor of the Ministry of Education and Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, 2020

Climate Change
Glacier Change in Kyrgyz Republic
Mountain Permafrost
Natural Hazards
Water Resources

Scientific papers:

Emilbek Zholdoshbekov, Murataly Duishonakunov, Qingyun Du , Mihai Voda. Assessing Glacier Boundaries in the Ala-Archa Valley of Kyrgyzstan by Using Sentinel-1 SAR Dataset and High-Resolution UAV Imagery. Remote Sens. 2023, 15(4), 1131; https://doi.org/10.3390/rs15041131.
Emilbek Zholdoshbekov, Vaibhav Garg, Praveen Kumar Takur, Murataly Duishonakunov, Mihai Voda. Delineation Radar Zones of Glaciers in The Ala-Archa Valley of Kyrgyz Republic. Geographia Technica, Vol. 16, Special Issue, 2021, pp 100 to 110.
Chiyuki Narama, Mirlan Daiyrov, Murataly Duishonakunov, Takeo Tadono. Large drainages from short-lived glacial lakes in the Teskey Range, Tien Shan Mountains, Central Asia. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 18, 983-995, 2018.
Duishonakunov, M., Imbery, S., Narama, C., Mohanty, A., King, L. Recent Glacier Changes and Their Impact on Water Resources in Chon and Kichi Naryn Catchments, Kyrgyz Republic. Water Science and Technology: Water Supply. June 2014, 14 (3); DOI: 10.2166/ws.2013.217.
Duishonakunov, M., Imbery, S., King, L. Assessing the recent glacier retreat in Chon and Kichi Naryn catchments, Kyrgyz Republic. “Natural resource use in Central Asia”. Papers No. 64: 37-42. Giessen, Germany, 2013.
Duishonakunov, M., Imbery, S., King, L., Usubaliev, R. Hydrological regime of glacial rivers of the Naryn basin and their role for Toktogul water reservoir. Proceedings of International Water Association (IWA) Conference on „4th Eastern European Young and Senior Water Professionals“, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2012.
Imbery, S., Duishonakunov, M., Sun, Z.D., King, L. Empirical-Statistical Approach for Permafrost Distribution Modelling in the Central Tian Shan Using Detailed Analysis of Mean Annual Ground Surface Temperatures (MAGST). Neo Geographia (ISSN-2319 – 5118) Vol. II., Issue. II, April 2013. Delhi, Indiа.
Imbery, S., Duishonakunov, M., Sun, Z. D. & King, L. Spatial and Temporal Variability of Mean Annual Ground Surface Temperature (MAGST) in the Gukur Catchment, Central Tian Shan. Neo Geographia (ISSN-2319 – 5118) Vol. II., Issue. I, January 2013. Delhi, India.
Narama, C., Duishonakunov, M., Kääb, A., Daiyrov, M., Abdrakhmatov, K. The 24 July 2008 outburst flood on the western Zyndan glacier lake and recent regional changes in glacier lakes of the Terskey Ala-Too range, Tian Shan, Kyrgyz Republic. Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 10, 647-659, 2010.
Narama, C., Kääb, A., Duishonakunov, M., Abdrakhmatov, K. Spatial variability of recent glacier area changes in the Tian Shan Mountains, Central Asia, using Corona (1970), Landsat (2000), and ALOS (2007) satellite data. Global and Planetary Change 71 (2010) 42–54.

Books:

Barataliev O., Duishonakunov M. GEOGRAPHY. Terms, local geographical concepts, and their translation in three languages. For school children, students, teachers, and general readers. Publishing house "Maxsprint". Bishkek, 2018.
Alamanov A., Osmonov A., Duishonakunov M., Toktorova R. General Hydrology. Textbook for university students. Publishing house "Maxsprint". Bishkek, 2017.

Geography of Kyrgyzstan