Students

Prospective Students

I welcome motivated students interested in:

• Numerical methods for PDEs
• Finite element methods
• CFD–DEM and multiphase flow
• Physics-informed neural networks (PINN)
• Porous-media flow, fracture, and transport
• Scientific computing using MATLAB, Python, and C++

Students interested in research opportunities may contact me by email with a CV, transcript, and a short description of their research interests.

Current Students

PhD Students

• Aibike Nagyz — PhD student, Nazarbayev University
  Research topic: Numerical methods for multiphase flow and porous media.

• Daulet Kalesh — PhD student, Nazarbayev University
  Research topic: PINN for two-phase flow in porous media.

Former Students/Research Assistants

• Daulet Kalesh — (MSc student, May 2025, NU)
  Research topic: PINN for two-phase flow in porous media. After graduation, he pursued an PhD degree at the Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan.

• Aibike Nagyz — (MSc student, August 2025, NU)
  Research topic: Multiscale model for multiphase flow in porous media. After graduation, she pursued an PhD degree at the Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan.

• Yeligay Segizbay — (BSc student, May 2025, NU)
  Research topic: Multiphase Flow in Porous Media: Analytical, Numerical, and Experimental Investigations. After graduation, she pursued an MSc degree at the Purdue University, USA.

• Alua Nessipbayeva — (BSc student, May 2025, NU)
  Research topic: Multiphase Flow in Porous Media: Analytical, Numerical, and Experimental Investigations.

• Rakhymzhan Kazbek (PhD Student, Nazarbayev Univesity, August 2020 – May 2024) Role: Co-Supervisor Dissertation: Valuation of Some Nonlinear Financial Contracts by Finite Element Method Lead Supervisor:: Prof. Dongming Wei, Nazarbayev University. External Supervisor: Prof. Yogi Erlangga, Zayed University. Currently: Postdoctoral Researcher at Umea University, Sweden.

• Daniyar Kazidenov (Research Assistant, April 2022 – December 2025) Research topic: CFD–DEM models in Subsurface Applications Currently: PhD student at Khalifa Univesity, UAE.

• Arman Abylkassimov (Research Assistant, May 2023 – December 2025) Research topic: DEM models in Material Applications Currently: PhD student at National Univesity of Singapore( NUS ), Singapore.

• Bakytzhan Kurmanbek (BSc Student, Research Assistant, April 2019 – May 2021) Research topic: Matrices Application After graduation, he pursued an MSc degree at the University of British Columbia( UBC ), Canada. Currently: About to start PhD in Berlin, Germany.

• Bakdauren Narbayev — (BSc Student, September 2020 – July 2022)
  After graduation, he pursued an MSc degree at University of British Columbia( UBC ), Canada.