Nurzhigit Smailov received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the Kazakh National Research Technical University (K.I. Satbayev) in 2016. He worked as a lecturer at the Department of Electronics, Telecommunications and Space Technologies at the Kazakh National Research Technical University (K.I. Satbayev) (KazNRTU), Almaty, Kazakhstan. (2010–2020). In 2021, he moved to KazNRTU, Almaty, Kazakhstan, and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2021. His research topics mainly include: the field of Fiber Optics, Industrial Electronics, Electrical Engineering, and Bragg Gratings.