Nurzhan Bessenhanovich Bessenhanov, a Kazakhstani professor of physics, was born in 1961. In 2011, he received a Doctor of Physical Sciences degree in solid-state electronics, radio-electronic components, microelectronics and nanoelectronics, and quantum-effect devices from the Institute of Problems of Microelectronics Technology and High-Purity Materials of the Academy of Sciences. On 22 February 2017, he was awarded the title of Professor of Physics by the Committee for Control in Education and Science of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan. He is currently Dean of the School of Materials Science and Green Technology at Kazakh-British Technical University and Head of the Scientific and Educational Center for Alternative Energy and Nanotechnology.

In research, Professor Bessenhanov has co-authored 85 journal articles, published three articles and monographs in foreign books, and obtained three patents, including patents in the United States and the European Union. His h-index is 9, and his works had received 132 external citations in the Web of Science Core Collection database as of 9 February 2022. As a scientific supervisor, he has trained two candidates of physical and mathematical sciences and two PhDs. His current work focuses on creating integrated solar-cell production technologies, testing wind turbines, and synthesizing and researching silicon carbide and carbon films for nanoelectronics.

Professor Bessenhanov has received the State Medal commemorating the 25th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Kazakhstan, a medal from the scientific community for publishing papers with an impact factor in ranked journals, and an Academic Integrity Award for having no plagiarism or copying. He is a member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (document No. 8073 dated 19 May 2015), the American Association for the Advancement of Science (U.S. document No. 20315243), the International Union of Crystallography (No. 29376), and the American Chemical Society (U.S. document No. 30096232). He is also an expert reviewer for Elsevier and the International Union of Crystallography, having received Elsevier reviewer certification in 2019, and reviews scientific papers for leading journals including Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, Journal of Applied Crystallography, and Applied Surface Science.