Dates and facts

History:
The Department of Organic Chemistry and Polymers was organized in 1972 during the transformation of the Karaganda State Pedagogical Institute into the Karaganda State University. The first head of the Department was Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Associate Professor Ye.K. Gafurov. In the first years, the staff of the Department was 6 people: head of the Department, Associate Professor Ye.K. Gafurov, Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Associate Professor Kazantsev A.V., Senior Teacher Vyugova A.I., teachers Aksartov M.M., Ibraev M.I., Yermaganbetov B.T.
The first graduate students of the Department were M.L. Li, K.K. Dosmukhambetova, M.N. Zhubekova, L.I. Litovchenko, M.M. Aksartov, B.T. Yermaganbetov, M.I. Ibraev, M.G. Meiramov, Kenzhetaeva A.M.
In 1977, the Department was headed by Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Associate Professor Kazantsev A.V., who defended his doctoral dissertation in 1975 at the University of Rostov-on-Don.
In the period from 1993 to 2000 the Department was headed by the Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor O.Sh. Kurmanaliyev who made a significant contribution to the development of the Department and the Chemical Faculty. In September 1994 the Department was renamed the Department of Organic Chemistry and Polymers.
From 2000 to 2001 the head of the Department was Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Associate Professor Burkeyev M.Zh., who defended his doctoral dissertation in 2003.
From January 2002 to 2020, the head of the Department was Doctor of Chemistry, Professor Salkeyeva L.K., who defended her doctoral dissertation in November 2002.
In 1978 the laboratory of acetylene compounds was opened (Lee M.L.). In 1993, a laboratory of the chemistry of natural compounds was organized with the arrival of Candidate of Chemical Sciences N. Merhatuly.
In 2000 «Physicochemical methods of research» laboratory was opened with the assistance of Professor Burkeyev M.Zh.
In 2011 the laboratory «Chemical Materials Science» of Professor Ye.M. Tazhbayev was opened.
In 2016 the laboratory of thermodynamics and thermochemistry of polymerization and polycondensation processes was opened (Burkeyev M.Zh.).
Associate Professors Vyugova A.I., Ibraev M.I., Yermaganbetov B.T., Aksartov M.M. were the leading teachers for 30 years in the life of the University and the Department. Since the beginning of the 80s the Department has been replenished with Candidates of Sciences: Li M.L., Shustova T.V., Doctors of Sciences Kurmanaliyev O.Sh., Merhatuly N., and since the beginning of the 2000s the modern staff: Doctors of Chemical Sciences, Professors Burkeyev M.Zh., Salkeyeva L.K., Tazhbayev Ye.M., Candidates of Chemical Sciences, Professors Sugralina L.M., Kenzhetaeva S.O., Omasheva A.V., Mukusheva G. K., Nurmaganbetova M.T., Candidates of Chemical Sciences, Associate Professors: Kazhmuratova A.T., Minayeva Ye.V., Zhumagaliyeva T.S., Zhakupbekova E.Zh., Kassenov R.Z., PhD Zhaparova L.Zh., as well as young teachers: PhD Burkeyeva G.K., Taishibekova E.K., Khamitova T.O., teachers Topayeva S.K., Tolepbek I.S., Satpayeva Zh.B., Yesenbaeva K.K., Sadvakasova L.Ye.

Students:
There is a noticeable increase in the number of students. Over the past five years the contingent has increased by 1.5 times, especially for the program «Technology of Pharmaceutical Production». More than half of the students of the Department study on an educational grant. The Department trains foreign citizens from China, Mongolia and Uzbekistan, as well as representatives of other regions of Kazakhstan.

Employment:
The employment rate of graduates in the department is 80-100% in different programs.

Teachers:
Today the Department is provided with highly qualified teaching staff with basic education represented by 3 Doctors of Science, 11 Candidates of Science, 5 PhD, 4 Masters of Science.
Doctors, candidates and masters of sciences in the field of chemistry, holders of the republican title «The Best University Teacher» work at the Department. They are Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor Salkeyeva L.K., Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor Tazhbayev Ye.M., Doctor of Chemistry, Professor Burkeyev M.Zh., Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Professor Kenzhetaeva S.O., Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Associate Professor Zhumagaliyeva T.S., Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Professor Sugralina L.M., Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Professor Omasheva A.V., Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Associate Professor Minayeva Ye.V., PhD, Associate Professor Burkeyeva G.K.
Professor Tazhbayev Ye.M. is a corresponding member of NAS RK, Burkeyev M.Zh. is a Member of the New York Academy of Sciences, Corresponding Member of NAS RK; Minayeva Ye.V., Burkeyeva G.K are holders of the MES RK scholarship for talented young scientists. Doctors and Candidates of Sciences of the Department are holders of the personal award of Professor O.Sh. Kurmanaliyev.
There are scientific laboratories at the Department, namely Chemistry of Organophosphorus and Heterocyclic Compounds, Synthesis and Research of Physical and Chemical Properties of Polymers, Laboratory of Nanomaterials.
All programs of the department have national accreditation and take worthy positions in the national ratings of the IQAA Agency and Independent Agency for Accreditation and Rating, according to which the educational program 7В074800 «Technology of Pharmaceutical Production» took 1st and 2nd place in the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2020, respectively.

Academic mobility and internships:
In the framework of the inter-university exchanges «Erasmus Mundus» 2nd year master student Mantel A. studied in Germany. Associate Professor Minayeva Ye.V. studied at the University of Warwick (Great Britain). Master student A. Kazhgaliyev completed a one-year Master's degree at the Eindhoven University of Technology under the «Erasmus Mundus» program. Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Professor Kenzhetaeva S.O. completed a scientific internship at the Research Institute of Organic Chemistry in Irkutsk within the framework of the international program Bolashak. In its turn, students from Russian universities come to the department to study, including students from Altai State University, Barnaul.

Partners:
The Department of Organic Chemistry and Polymers cooperates with various universities and research institutes. JSC International Scientific and Production Holding «Phytochemistry», LLP «Institute of Organic Synthesis and Coal Chemistry», Institute of Organoelement Compounds named after A.N. Nesmeyanov, Moscow, Institute of Organic and Physical Chemistry named after A.E. Arbuzov, Kazan, Institute of Macromolecular Compounds RAS, Saint Petersburg, Warwick University, Great Britain, Jacobs University Bremen (Germany), Eindhoven Technological University (Netherlands), National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University (Tomsk), National Research Tomsk State University (Tomsk), Charles University (Prague), Altai State University (Barnaul) are among them.

Projects:
Scientific group led by professors Burkeyev M.Zh. and Tazhbayev Ye.M. in cooperation with the Institute of Pharmaceutical Technology of the Goethe Institute (Germany, Frankfurt am Main) conducts joint research towards the creation of polymer nanoparticles for the transport of medicines. Under the leadership of Corresponding Member of NAS RK, Professor Burkeyev M.Zh. scientific foundations for creating a new generation of special-purpose engineering materials are being developed, polymers based on polyester resins are being synthesized and studied, the physics and mechanics of polymers are being studied, and research is being carried out in the field of using polymers and multicomponent polymer structures in medicine, agriculture and ecology.
The scientific group under the leadership of Professor L.K. Salkeyeva conducts scientific research in the field of synthesis, chemical modification and research of practically significant properties of various phosphorylated derivatives based on heterocyclic compounds in cooperation with the National Research Tomsk Polytechnic University, National Research Tomsk State University, and Charles University in Prague.
Scientific direction of Professor Mukusheva G.K. associated with the isolation and study of the structure and biological activity of phenolic compounds and alkaloids from plant materials in Kazakhstan. Candidate of Chemical Sciences Mukusheva G.K. is developing a new scientific direction in the field of the chemistry of natural compounds associated with the multifaceted study of alkaloids and phenolic compounds from plant resources of Kazakhstan and the synthesis of new derivatives based on alkaloid molecules. The research results are important for establishing the fundamental structure-bioactivity relationship in a series of biologically active compounds, for the targeted synthesis of compounds with desired properties, for modeling technological processes with the participation of natural compounds and their analogs. Associate Professor Mukusheva G.K. collaborates with the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (Minsk, Republic of Belarus), Institute of Physical and Organic Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (Minsk, Republic of Belarus), Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry named after N.N. Vorozhtsov (Novosibirsk, Russia), Altai State University (Barnaul, Russia).