Seil S. Sautbekov received MS degree in physics and PhD degree in physics and mathematics from Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (KNU, Almaty, Kazakhstan) in 1977 and 1987, respectively. Doctor of science degree in physics and mathematics (2002). In 1985 2004, he held several research and academic positions at KNU. In 2004 2018, he has been a professor at the L.N. Gumilyov Eurasian National University (Astana, Kazakhstan). Currently, he is a research professor at the KNU. He is well known expert in the theory of electromagnetic waves propagation in anisotropic media. He has an expertise in the applications of the factorization method for solving singular integral equations. He was awarded the title of the ‘Best Lecturer in Higher Education of Kazakhstan’ in 2007 and for his contribution to the Development of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan in 2010. He is an author and coauthor of more than 100 scientific publications.