The workshop is made possible by the Central Asia University Partnerships Program (UniCEN), which is funded by the U.S. Embassy in Uzbekistan, and administered by the American Councils for International Education
U.S. Partners
Dr. Peilei Fan Dr. Peilei Fan is a Professor and interim director of Center for Global Change and Earth Observations at MSU. Funded by NASA and NSF, her research focuses on urban environment and sustainability, innovation and economic development, and planning and policy. She teaches urban sustainability and
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Dr. Peter M. Groffman Dr. Peter M. Groffman is a Professor at CUNY Advanced Science Research Center and Brooklyn College, and a Senior Research Fellow at the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies. His research focuses on climate effects on ecosystem biogeochemical processes related to carbon and nitrogen cycles. He was a lead author for the Second (Wetlands) and Third (North America) IPCC Assessment Reports among the world's top 1,000 climate scientists.
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Dr. George Hendrey Dr. George Hendrey is Distinguished Professor at CUNY Queens College. He envisioned and led development of Free-Air CO2 Enrichment (FACE) technology at Brookhaven National Laboratory. His current research focuses on climate change and its effects on forests and the positive feedbacks accelerating global warming. His teaching emphasizes understanding Earth as a complex and dynamic system and perturbation of the system by human activity.
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CA Partners
Dr. Zheenbek Kulenbekov is an Associate Professor and the Chair of Applied Geology, Environmental Sustainability and Climate Sciences Department, American University of Central Asia. He is our host at AUCA.
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Dr. Saltanat Mambetova is an Assistant Professor at University of Central Asia, Khorog, Tajikistan. Her research interests focus on climate change and croppathogen. saltanat.mambetova@ucentralasia.org.
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Philippe Boizeau, Director of Environmental Sustainability and Climate Science program, Head of Forest Park (Karagachevaia Rosha)
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Dr. Akylbek Chymyrov Dr. Akylbek Chymyrov is the Head of Geodesy and Geoinformatics Department, Kyrgyz State University of Construction, Transport and Architecture.
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Dr. Bakhtiyor Karimov Dr. Bakhtiyor Karimov is a Professor in the Department of Ecology and Water Resources Management, TIIAME. His research interests lie in the area of Aquatic Ecology, Agroecology, and Ecotoxicology.
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Dr. Kamilya Kelgenbaeva
Dr. Kamilya Kelgenbaeva is the Deputy Director of Science, International University of Kyrgyzstan (IUK). She also teaches ecology, GIS and scientific methods at IUK and Technical School of Innovation, American University of Central Asia. kelkamilya@gmail.com.
Academician Prof. Dr. Asylbek Aidaraliev
Academician Aidaraliev chairs the Board of Trustees of Academic Consortium "International University of Kyrgyzstan" and is Head of the Mountain Working Group 2022 at Kyrgyz Government. board-iuk@mail.ru.
Dr. Alim Pulatov
Dr. Alim Pulatov is a Professor and Head of EcoGIS Center at TIIAME, Executive Secretary of CASCADE with 19 members of leading Agricultural and Life Science universities of 8 countries in the CAS region. His center teaches Global Climate Change, Research Methods in Environmental Sciences, GIS, and Remote Sensing. alimpulatov@mail.ru.
Dr. Rashid Kulmatov
Dr. Rashid Kulmatov is a Professor at the National University of Uzbekistan. His research focuses on Aral Sea Catastrophe under climate change on the land-water resources rashidkulmatov46@gmail.com.
Dr. Umbetali Sarsembin
Dr. Umbetali Sarsembin is a senior lecturer at K. Zhubanov Aktobe Regional University . He is funded by the Ministry of Ecology, Geology and Natural Resources, Kazakhstan on integrated water resources use and conservation. He teaches Ecological Engineering, Industrial Ecology, Environmental Impact Assessment, and Soil Science. umbetali_s.k@mail.ru
Ainur Kenbayeva
Ainur Kenbayeva a Senior Research Fellow of Scientific Research Center and a
PhD student at K. Zhubanov Aktobe Regional University. kenbayeva84@gmail.ru