Dr. Elmira Musuralieva is a Professor in the Applied Mathematics and Informatics department of the American University of Central Asia. She received her diploma as an Associate Professor (доцент) in 1996. She holds a Ph.D. from the Mathematics Department of the Moscow Electronic Building Institute (1987, Russia) and a specialized degree with honors from the Applied Mathematics Department of Kyrgyz State University (1980, Kyrgyzstan). 

Dr. Musuralieva joined AUCA in 1999 as a faculty member and was promoted to the position of Director of the Registrar’s Office in 2000 while simultaneously teaching part-time at the Natural Sciences and Information Technologies department (2000-2006). She was a DAAD Scholar of Ulm University (2007, Germany), a DAAD Scholar of Hannover University (1998, Germany), a Fulbright scholar of Kansas University (1997, USA), and a participant in various summer schools and seminars. She served as a member of the Academic Committee (2014-2016), a member of the Status, Promotion, and Research Committee (2008-2010), an academic student advisor since 2013, and a member of the Strategic Planning Committee (2001-2003) at AUCA.