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This article is about a Kyrgyz female scientist.

Asel Sartbaeva is a lecturer at the Department of Chemistry, Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies (CSCT) at the University of Bath, UK. Asel's major contribution to science is her development of a protective coating for vaccines that makes them stable at room temperature, as a result of which millions of children’s lives could be saved.

Background

Asel grew up in Kyrgyzstan, at the heart of Central Asia, where she studied at the Faculty of Science, Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University in Bishkek City between 1994-1999. Although Asel was put off from pursuing science in her childhood, she was determined to become a scientist. Asel was also laughed at when she told people surrounding her that she wants to pursue her PhD in UK. Resolved to pursue her dreams, Asel pursued her MPhil at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge between 2001-2002, and subsequently her PhD in Earth Sciences at the University of Cambridge between 2001-2004.

Career

Asel worked as a PostDoctoral Associate Fellow in Physics at the Arizona State University, USA between 2005-2007. Afterward, Asel continued her work experience as a Glasstone Fellow (Chemistry) between 2007-2010, and as a University Research Fellow (Chemistry) between 2011-2012 at the University of Oxford. Between 2012-2016 Asel served as the Royal Society Research Fellow (Chemistry) at the University of Bath, Department of Chemistry. Since 2016 Asel has been working as a lecturer at the Department of Chemistry, Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies (CSCT) at the University of Bath.

Research interests

Asel's research interests are diverse, ranging from Physics and Astronomy, Materials Science, Chemistry, Energy, Environmental Science, Chemical Engineering, Multidisciplinary Earth and Planetary Sciences, Computer Science, Mathematics, to Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Currently Asel is supervising PhD students with research interests in design and synthesis of zeolites and biomolecule preservation using silica.