Short Bio:
Sherzod Kurbanbekov was a 2018-2019 Stanton Foundation Nuclear Security Fellow in the Department of Nuclear Engineering at the Texas A&M University, College Station. His research interests include nuclear security problems of the peaceful use of atomic energy, improving nuclear safety in various fields of peaceful atomic activities and the mechanism of international monitoring of proliferation of nuclear weapons and how to prevent the illegal use of nuclear materials. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science from the D. Serikbayev East Kazakhstan State Technical University, Ust-Kamenogorsk (Kazakhstan). He was employed at the Institute of Atomic Energy branch of the Republican State Enterprise National Nuclear Center of the Republic of Kazakhstan in Kurchatov as a researcher in October 2013. Currently, he is working in this institute as a Senior Researcher.
NSSPI Publications:
- S.R. Kurbanbekov and S.S. Chirayath, "An Estimate of North Korean HEU Stockpile for the given Natural Uranium Reserve and Enrichment Capacities", 60th Annual Meeting of the Institute for Nuclear Materials Management (INMM), Palm Desert, California, 14-18 July 2019.
- S.R. Kurbanbekov, S.M. Woo, S.S. Chirayath, "Analysis of the DPRK’s Nuclear Weapons Capabilities by Estimating Its Highly Enriched Uranium Stockpile and Natural Uranium Reserves", Science and Global Security, 27, 1, (2019).