Kazakhstan Natural Disaster Preparedness Plan.
Project Manager.
Zhantaev Zhumabek, Project Manager.
Tel/Fax: (3272)613608.
E-mail: [email protected].
Address: Kaldayakov Str., 70, Almaty, Kazakhstan, 480100.
Mr. Zhumabek Zhantaev (Project Manager) – Mr. Zhantaev graduated from the Kazakh Polytechnic Institute, specialising in geophysics. He is a Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics, obtained in 1995. He worked seven years for the Institute of Mathematics at the Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan, then for the Institute of Seismology for seven years. Mr. Zhantaev was head of the expedition within the Seismological Experimental and Methodological Expedition and then returned to the Institute of Seismology. He was also Deputy Director and Director of the Scientific and Production Complex at the Kazakhstan service dedicated to debris flows and earthquakes. Before joining the working group, he also was at the Ministry of Finance and the Deputy Director at the Ministry of Science (Academy of Science). He has published more than 50 papers and articles. His speciality for almost 30 years has been seismology and its effects on natural disasters.