Meet the Nazarbayev University RF Research Team
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Mohammad Hashmi
(Senior Member, IEEE) received the B.Tech. degree from Aligarh Muslim University, India, the M.S. degree from the Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany, and the Ph.D. degree from Cardiff University, Cardiff, U.K. He had held research, engineering, and academic positions with the University of Calgary, Canada; Cardiff University; Thales Electronics GmbH, Germany; Philips Technology Center, Germany; and IIIT Delhi, India. He is currently an Associate Professor with Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan. His research activities have led to one book, three U.S. patents (two pending), and over 250 journals and conference publications. His current research interests include the domain of advanced RF circuits for wireless applications (including wireless power transfer and energy harvesting), emerging RF circuits and applications, broadband linear and efficient power amplifiers for mobile and satellite applications, and high- and low-frequency instrumentation. He is an Associate Editor of IEEE Microwave Magazine.
PostDoctoral Fellows

Dr. KASSEN DAUTOV
received the B.Sc. degree (Hons.) in radio engineering, electronics, and telecommunications from Kazakh National Research Technical University (named after K. I. Satpayev), Almaty, Kazakhstan, in 2009, the M.Sc. degree in electronics engineering from the Bremen University of Applied Sciences, Bremen, Germany, in 2015, and the Ph.D. degree in science, engineering, and technology from Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan, in 2023. He is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow with the School of Engineering and Digital Sciences, Nazarbayev University. His research interests include broad areas of antenna and high-frequency circuit design, with a particular focus on wireless power transfer systems, energy harvesting, metamaterials, and the antennas utilized in wireless body area networks.
Research Assistants – PhD Students

SADDAM HUSAIN
received the B.Tech. degree from the Galgotias College of Engineering and Technology, Noida, India, in 2016, and the M.Tech. degree from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi, India, in 2019. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan. He held research positions with the High Speed Electronics Laboratory, IIIT Delhi, India, and the Research Institute of Sciences and Engineering (RISE), University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. His research interests include machine learning- based modeling and optimization, measurement, characterization, and modeling of RF/Microwave devices, and power amplifier design.

JAWAD AHMAD
is currently pursuing PhD in the Department of Electrical Engineering at the Nazarbayev university’s school of engineering and digital sciences. His academic journey began with a Bachelor of Science in 2017, followed by a Master of Science in 2020, both from the International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan. His research focuses on cutting-edge areas within electrical engineering, particularly specializing in wearable antennas for wireless body area networks. He is deeply intrigued by the potential of mm-wave band MIMO antennas and metamaterial-based antennas for transformative applications in the medical field.

ADIL KARIMOV
is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering at Nazarbayev University. In 2022, he graduated with an MSc degree in electromagnetics and microwave engineering at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Since 2020, he has been designing a high-power Gaussian pulse transmitter for sensing and imaging buried objects. His current research interests include designing and developing ultra-wideband (UWB) technology, including high-power power amplifiers for different 5G, IoT, radar systems, and MMwave imaging applications. He received the Bolashak International Scholarship, awarded to high-performing students from Kazakhstan to study overseas, in 2019.
Research Assistants

KASHIF KHAN
obtained his Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Engineering and Technology (UET) in Peshawar, Pakistan, in 2019. Driven by his passion for advanced education, he pursued his master's in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Nazarbayev University (NU) in Astana, Kazakhstan. Upon successful completion of his MSc in 2023, he transitioned into the role of a Research Assistant (RA) at NU, focusing on exploring novel machine learning techniques for analyzing the behavior of Gallium Nitride High Electron Mobility Transistors. So far, he has authored three papers presented at highly esteemed IEEE conferences, earning two Best Paper Awards for his outstanding contributions.
Research Assistants MSc Students

ZHANEL KUDAIBERGENOVA
received the B.Sc. degree in 2022 and is currently pursuing the M.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Nazarbayev University, Astana, Kazakhstan. Her main research area focuses on wireless power transfer systems, particularly developed on defected ground structure approach. Furthermore, her research interest also includes artificially engineered metamaterial slabs used for performance optimization strategies.

BAGYLAN KADIRBAY
is a second-year MSc Student of Science in Electrical And Computer Engineering at Nazarbayev University. His research interests include Small-Signal modeling of Gallium Nitride High Electron Mobility Transistors using Machine Learnig algorithms.
Research Assistants BSc Students

ANEL MURAT
is a third-year Electrical and Computer Engineering student at Nazarbayev University, expecting to graduate in 2025. Her current research interests are centered around the application of electrical engineering principles in biomedicine, with a focus on wireless power and data transfer using RF circuits for brain implants and biosensors.

RAIYMBEK NURGALI
is a 3rd-year Undergraduate student in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Nazarbayev University. His research interests are Antenna and RF Techniques, Communication Systems.

RAUAN IBRAGIM
is a third-year Electrical and Computer Engineering student at Nazarbayev University, expecting to graduate in 2025. His research interests include ML and AI for modeling and optimization of electronic circuits.

YERASSYL SABYROV
is a third-year Electrical and Computer Engineering student at Nazarbayev University, expecting to graduate in 2025. His research interests are Energy Harvesting and Wireless Power Transfer systems.