Baisholanov Saken (August 16, 1967). Director of the Department at the NHS «Kazhydrogeology». Education: Odessa Hydrometeorological Institute, Faculty of Meteorology, specialty - agricultural meteorology (1991). Academic degree: Candidate of Geographical Sciences (PhD), specialty 11.00.09 - meteorology, climatology and agrometeorology (1998). Academic title: Associate Professor of Geography (2004). Work experience: Lecturer, Associate Professor of the Department of Meteorology of the Geographical Faculty of the Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (1991-2008); Director of the Department of Agrometeorology of RSE "Kazhydromet" Ministry of Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2008-2012); Consultant on agrometeorology of the World Bank and the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2012); Chief Specialist in Environmental Protection of the Astana branch of the Kazakh Research and Design Institute of Construction and Architecture (2013); Senior Researcher at the branch of the Institute of Geography LLP of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2014-2017); Chief Researcher of the Astana International Scientific Complex (2018-2024); Associate Professor at the Higher School of Natural Sciences of Astana International University (since 2018); Researcher at A.I. Baraev Scientific and Production Center for Grain Farming LLP (since 2021). Research interests: Study of the vulnerability of crop p