- monitoring studies of water quality, water resources in the southern regions of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

- participation in the training of bachelors, masters and PhD-doctoral students of the M. Auezov SKU and related universities of the Republic of Kazakhstan;

- providing methodological and practical assistance to laboratories of industrial production in conducting studies of the composition and properties of manufactured products using the method of atomic absorption spectrometry for the content of heavy metals and toxic impurities;

- improvement of traditional, creation of new technologies for industrial production for the processing of mineral raw materials and industrial waste.

1. Grant project of the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2022-2024. "AP15473115 Comprehensive study of the process of selective leaching of low-grade phosphorites using organic acids." Head – Raiymbekov Y.

The goal of the project is a comprehensive study of the process of enriching domestic low-grade phosphate raw materials with phosphorus (V) oxide using organic acids.

The project amount is 19 million tenge.

2. Grant project of the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan for 2023-2025. "AP19174296 Technology for producing organomineral feed additives from carbon-containing raw materials to increase the productivity of poultry farming in the southern region." Head – Kambatyrov M.

The goal of the project is to develop a scientifically based technology for the production of organomineral feed additives from brown coal mining waste to increase the productivity of poultry.

The project amount is 24 million tenge.

3. Grant “Tauelsizdik urpaktary 2024” Ministry of Culture and Information. The topic of the project is “Assessing the impact of heavy metal pollution on the environment and health in the Syrdarya River basin.” Grant holder – Raiymbekov Y.

The purpose of the project is a detailed assessment of heavy metal pollution, environmental impact assessment, studying the impact of heavy metal pollution on river ecosystems, health risk assessment: assess the potential health risks posed by heavy metal pollution to communities living along the river.

The grant amount is 3 million tenge.

Yerkebulan Raiymbekov

Head of the laboratory, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Postdoctoral Fellow

1. Raiymbekov Y., Abdurazova P., Nazarbek U. Enrichment of low-grade phosphorites by the selective leaching method // Green Processing and Synthesis. – 2023. – Vol.12(1). - pp. 20228150 (2022 Scopus Percentile for Chemical Engineering is 80, Web of Science Quartile is Q2).
2. Nazarbek U., Abdurazova P., Nazarbekova S., Kambatyrov M., Raiymbekov Y. Alkaline Extraction of Organomineral Potassium Humate from Coal Mining Waste // Applied Sciences (Switzerland). – 2022. – Vol.12(7). – 3658. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12073658 (The 2022 Scopus percentile for the Chemical Engineering category is 65, the Web of Science quartile is Q2).
3. Nazarbek U., Abdurazova P., Raiymbekov Y. Extraction and Characterization of Humic Acid Based on Coal Mining Waste // Chemical Engineering and Technology. – 2022. – Vol.45(6). – P.1133–1140. https://doi.org/10.1002/ceat.202200038 (2022 Scopus Percentile for Engineering is 61, Web of Science Quartile is Q3).
4. Nazarbek U., Abdurazova P., Nazarbekova S., Raiymbekov Y., Kambatyrov M. Processing of Phosphoric Solid Waste by Humic Acid Leaching Method // Inorganics. – 2023. – Vol.11(3). – 90. https://doi.org/10.3390/inorganics11030090 (The 2022 Scopus percentile for the Chemistry category is 54, the Web of Science quartile is Q2).
5. Nazarbek U., Nazarbekova S., Raiymbekov Y., Kambatyrov M., Abdurazova P. Prolonged action fertilizer encapsulated by CMC/humic acid // E-Polymers. – 2023. – Vol.23(1). – 20230013. https://doi.org/10.1515/epoly-2023-0013 (The 2022 Scopus percentile for Chemical Engineering is 64).