Autobiography

I, Kudabaeva Madina Amirbekovna, was born on February 28, 1990, in Zhezkazgan, Karaganda Region. My father, Kudabayev Amirbek Tabyldyuly, worked as a miner. My mother, Tulesheva Zauresh Kunedilovna, was a senior lecturer at the O. Baikonurov Zhezkazgan University. I have a younger brother, Tabyldy Agibay Amirbekuly, born in 1992. In 1996, I enrolled in the S. Seifullin Gymnasium School in the city of Satbayev and graduated in 2006. During my school years, I took part in dance classes, played the dombra, and participated in debates. In 2006, I entered Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Faculty of Physics and Technology, majoring in “Materials Science and Technology of New Materials.” I graduated with honors in 2010, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and Technology. In 2009–2010, I was awarded the Presidential Scholarship, served as the chair of the “Sunkar” student union at the faculty, and was actively involved in student activities. In 2009, I traveled to the United States through the Work and Travel program. In 2011, I entered the Master’s program in Physics at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and graduated with distinction in 2013, earning a Master of Natural Sciences degree. In 2012, I completed a research internship at the Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) in Kuala Lumpur, and studied for one semester at Kaunas University of Technology (Lithuania) through an academic mobility program. In 2018, I began my doctoral studies in Materials Science and Technology of New Materials and successfully completed them in 2021. I am currently participating in the NNLOT scientific project. Since 2015, I have been working as a senior lecturer at the Department of Solid State Physics and Nonlinear Physics. The courses I teach include: Optics; Vector and Raster Graphics; Semiconductor Physics; Renewable Energy Devices; Photovoltaic and Collector Devices; Physics of Condensed Matter. In 2014, I got married. My husband, Nauryzbek Bakhytuly, is the head of a laboratory at the Institute of Metallurgy and Ore Beneficiation. We have four children: our daughters Asem (11 years old), Asylym (9 years old), Tomiris (6 years old), and Danelia (1 year old).