Qualified chemist and biologist (Al-Farabi Kazakh State National University) and lawyer (D.A. Kunaev University of Humanities);

1995–2007 – worked at the Patent Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, first as a trademark examiner and subsequently as Head of the Department of Analytical Research and International Relations;

Completed internships at the United Nations (intellectual property division) and at foreign patent offices;

Completed training courses at the Russian State Institute of Intellectual Property for patent attorneys;

Author of the “Trademarks in Kazakhstan” section in the international publication “TRADEMARKS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD” (Thomson Reuters Business);

Author of numerous publications, including articles in the mass media;

Participant in international conferences and seminars.