Asel Sartbaeva
Royal Society University Research Fellow
I am a Royal Society University Research Fellow in Chemistry at the University
of Bath. I received my MSc degree at the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic University in 1999,
and MPhil and PhD degrees at the University of Cambridge in 2002 and 2005.
I worked as a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Department of Physics in ASU
from 2005 till 2007. In 2007, I was awarded a Samuel and Violet Glasstone
Fellowship, and have moved to the Department of Chemistry in Oxford. I was
awarded a Royal Society University Research Fellowship in 2010, which I took
up in January 2011 on returning from the maternity leave. In 2012, I moved to
the University of Bath to start my own research group. I now have an active
group with multiple PhD and masters students, and 1 post doctoral researcher working
with me on projects related to functional materials. We focus on synthesis of
functional porous materials, encapsulation of nanomaterials, thermal stability
of biological substances and surface chemistry.
Research Interests
Porous materials
Zeolites, zeolite-like materials, silicas, MOFs and ZIFs.
Framework flexibility
Flexibility and soft-modes, structure dynamics, flexibility window, compression mechanisms.
High Pressure Behaviour of Zeolites
Understanding the compression behaviour of zeolite frameworks.
Nanomaterials and frameworks
Reactive nanomaterials in flexible frameworks
Use of silica for thermal stability of biopharmaceuticals
Use of amorphous silica to make vaccines, antibodies, drugs etc. thermally stable at room temperature
Education
1994-1999
Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic Univeristy
Master of Sceince
2001-2002
University of Cambridge
Department of Earth Sciences
MPhil in Mineral Physics
2002-2004
University of Cambridge
Department of Earth Sciences
PhD in Mineral Physics
2010
University of Oxford
MA, Linacre College
2019
FHEA (Fellow)
Higher Education Academy, York, UK
Invited and Keynote Talks
1st Nigeria International Zeolite Conference, Abudja, Nigeria, Keynote talk
"Zeolite Science: Prediction, modeling and characterization" (December, 2014)
Solve for <X> by GoogleX. I was 1 of 4 academics worldwide invited to speak at
the Africa Solve for <X> conference, Nairobi, Kenya. Invited talk `Thermal
stability of vaccines' (June 2014)
Solve for <X> by GoogleX. I was 1 of 18 academics worldwide invited to speak
at this 3rd Solve for <X> conference, California, USA. Invited talk
`Thermal stability of vaccines' (February 2014)
Joint Indonesia-UK Symposium in Inorganic Chemistry organized by the Royal
Society of Chemistry, Bandung, Indonesia. Invited talk `Flexibility window
in zeolites' (December 2013 )
Joint Malaysia-UK Symposium in Chemistry organized by the Royal Society of
Chemistry, Kuala-Lumpur, Malaysia. Invited talk `Flexible frameworks and
future solid state catalysts' (December 2013)
1st KACST-Oxford Petrochemical Forum, Oxford University, UK, `Framework
flexibility and rational design of new zeolites for catalysis' (July, 2011)
Oxford Future Energy, Oxford, UK, `Zeolites in the energy economy' (June 2010)
Conference Organisation
"British Zeolite Association", a 2-day annual conference,
(86 participants), Bath, 2016. This is an annual conference which brings
together people working in the area of porous materials, including zeolites,
zeolite-like materials, MOFs, AlPOs, and many other. Discussion focus on on
all aspects of porous materials, structure, characterisation, properties and
applications. Website for BZA is here.
"Pores for Thought: Porous materials for energy and environment", a 4-day
workshop for ECRs from Indonesia and the UK, (40 participants) Bali, Indonesia,
2015. We aim of this workshop was building links between UK and Indonesian
Porous Materials communities and development of key skills for early career
researchers. This workshop was organized with funding from the British Council
Researcher Link and support from RSC.
NTU-Bath "Common themes in Chemistry", a 1-day symposium with colleagues from
NTU (Singapore) and Bath (20 participants), Bath, 2014. The aim of this symposium
was to promote and build new links between academics from NTU and University of
Bath. It was organised with help from the Internalization Team at Bath and the
Faculty of Science.
