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Dr Asel Sartbaeva is a Reader in Inorganic and Physical Chemistry at the University of Bath. Her research include development of Ensilication technology for thermal stabilisation and formulation of biopharmaceuticals, and design and synthesis of aluminosilicate porous materials for use as catalysts. Asel received her MPhil and PhD degrees from the University of Cambridge, she then worked as a PostDoc at ASU and as a Glasstone Fellow at Oxford. She held a Royal Society University Research fellowship first at the University of Oxford from 2010 and later at the University of Bath until 2019.听

Together with three other collaborators, Dr. Sartbaeva spun-out EnsiliTech in 2022, a biotechnology company commercialising Ensilication technology, which raised over 拢5.7M in VC investments and over 拢3M in grant funding and is currently working with customers - biopharmaceutical developers and manufacturers.听

Dr. Sartbaeva is a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for UNICEF 鈥淕irls in STEM鈥� programme in Kyrgyzstan and was called a 鈥榮ymbol of resistance to sexism in Kyrgyzstan鈥� by Global Voices in 2017 for her work on science outreach to schoolgirls encouraging them to enter into higher education. Her outreach activities, including radio, TV, social media appearances, reached estimated 1.2billion people worldwide in 2021.

Some notable awards: Biotechnology Global award from IChemE 2017, WISE World award (Women in Science and Engineering) 2017, Hanson Medal from IChemE 2019 , Honors List, Kyrgyz Republic Ministry for Science and Education, National award for contribution for science and early education, Kyrgyz Republic 2020, Woman of the Year, FDM Everywoman in Technology 2021, Precedent award, Civil Initiatives in Kyrgyzstan 2022, and Female Entrepreneur Award, EntreConf 2024.
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