Dina Bakranova received PhD in Physics with a dissertation on nanotechnology and nanomaterials in 2017. Assistant Professor on Faculty of Engineering & Natural Sciences at Suleyman Demirel University. Received the state scientific scholarship for talented young scientists in 2020. Received the state scientific project for young scientists 2021-2023 on the topic: “Investigation of nanostructured and single-crystal layers of silicon carbide and metal oxides synthesized by physicochemical methods for nanoelectronics". Visiting scholar of the Bolashak USA, Washington, George Washington University in May 2022 - May 2023. Worked at Kazakh-British Technical University as a Deputy Head of the Center of Alternative Energy and Nanotechnologies, and Assistant Professor in Physycs from 2017 to 2024. Fields of interest are in semiconductors, solar cells technology, and the structure of thin films.

May 2022- May 2023. Scientific Internship. Visiting scholar of the Bolashak Program, USA, Washington, George Washington University. May 2018. PhD in Nanomaterials and nanotechnologies (physics), Kazakh-British Technical University, Nanotechnology Laboratory, Almaty, Kazakhstan. June 2012. Master of Engineering and Technology, Kazakh National Technical University after K.I. Satbayev, Department of General and Theoretical Physics, Almaty, Kazakhstan. June 2008. Bachelor of Technical Physics, Kazakh National Technical University after K.I. Satbayev, Department of General and Theoretical Physics, Almaty, Kazakhstan.

• Certificate of the best report of a young scientist at 4th International Conference on Nanomaterials and Advanced Energy Storage Systems (INESS 2016). • Laureate of the state scientific scholarship for talented young scientists 2020. • Participation and successful completion the Empowering Central Asian Women in Renewable Energy mentoring program, organized by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe in partnership with the Global Women's Network for the Energy Transition (March 2022 – March 2023). • Invited and made oral scientific presentations in New York (2016), Barcelona (2016), Aveiro (2019) • Member of organizing committee International Conference on Nanotechnology Research and Innovation, NTRIA, Aveiro, Portugal (2022, 2023, 2024)

1) CSS 112, bachelor, Physics-1 2) CSS 251, bachelor, Physics-2 and others

1. Dina Bakranova, and David Nagel. ZnO for Photoelectrochemical Hydrogen Generation, Clean Technol. 2023, 5(4), 1248-1268; https://doi.org/10.3390/cleantechnol50400632023. IF 2023 - 3.8. Q2. 2. Dina Bakranova, Bekbolat Seitov, Nurlan Bakranov. Photocatalytic and Glucose Sensing Properties of ZnO-Based Nanocoating // ChemEngineering 2023, 7(2), 22; DOI:10.3390/chemengineering7020022 (SCOPUS, Thomson Reuters. IF 2021 – 2,5). 3. Dina Bakranova, Bekbolat Seitov, Nurlan Bakranov. Preparation and Photocatalytic/Photoelectrochemical Investigation of 2D ZnO/CdS Nanocomposites // ChemEngineering 2022, 6(6), 87; DOI: 10.3390/chemengineering6060087 (SCOPUS, Thomson Reuters. IF 2021 – 2,5). 4. Bekbolat Seitov, Sherzod Kurbanbekov, Dina Bakranova, Nuriya Abdyldayeva and Nurlan Bakranov. Study of the Photoelectrochemical Properties of 1D ZnO Based Nanocomposites // Catalysts 2021, 11(10), 1235; doi:10.3390/catal11101235 (SCOPUS, Thomson Reuters. IF 2021 – 3,9). 5. Sh. Nauryzbekova, K. Nussupov, D. Bakranova. Simulation of Antireflection Coatings System Based on DLC/Porous Si and TiO2/SiO2 for Si Solar Cells. Materials Today: Proceedings. Vol. , Iss. , Part , 2020 6. K.Kh. Nussupov, N.B. Beisenkhanov, D.I. Bakranova, S. Keinbay, A.A. Turakhun, A.A. Sultan. Synthesis of TiN, Ti and TiSi2 thin films for the contact system of solar cells. Physics of the Solid State. Vol. 62, iss. 1. 2020. P. 48-53. DOI: 10.1134/S1063783420010242 7. K.Kh. Nussupov, N.B. Beisenkhanov, D.I. Bakranova, S. Keinbai, A.A. Turakhun, A.A. Sultan. Low-temperature synthesis of α-SiC nanocrystals. Physics of the Solid State. Vol. 61, iss. 12. 2019. P.2473-2479. DOI: 10.1134/S1063783419120333 8. Kukushkin S.A., Nussupov K.Kh., Osipov A.V., Beisenkhanov N.B., Bakranova D.I. Structural properties and parameters of epitaxial silicon carbide films, grown by atomic substitution on the highresistance (111) oriented silicon // Superlattices and Microstructures. 2017, Vol. 111, pp. 899-911 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.spmi.2017.07.050 (SCOPUS, Thomson Reuters. Impact Factor 2015 – 2,12). 9. Kukushkin S.A., Nussupov K.Kh., Osipov A.V., Beisenkhanov N.B., Bakranova D.I. X-ray reflectometry and simulation parameters of SiC epitaxial films on Si (111) grown by atoms substitution // Physics of the Solid State. 2017, Vol. 59, No. 5, pp. 1014-1026. DOI:10.1134/S1063783417050195 10. K.Kh. Nussupov, N. B. Beisenkhanov, I.K. Beisembetov, B. K. Kenzhaliev, B.Zh. Seitov, E. Dulatulya, D.I.Bakranova The formation of TixNy and TaxNy-based diffusion barriers // Materials today: proceedings. 2017 4(3):4534–4541. DOI: 10.1016/j.matpr.2017.04.026 11. Dina Bakranova. Monograph "Structure and physical properties of silicon carbide thin films on silicon synthesized by the atomic substitution method", ISBN 978-601-269-517-5, Almaty, 2024, 146 p.

1. Dina I. Bakranova, Sergey A. Kukushkin, Kair Kh. Nussupov, Andrey V. Osipov, Nurzhan B. Beisenkhanov. Epitaxial silicon carbide films grown by new method of replacement of atoms on the surface of high-resistivity (111) oriented silicon // MATEC Web of Conferences. 43. 2016. 01003. P. 1-4. and more

Fields of interest are in semiconductors, solar cells technology, and the structure of thin films.

Scientific Internship. Visiting scholar of the BOLASHAK Program, USA, Washington, George Washington University, May 2022- May 2023.