Dr. Maulken Askarova is Associate Professor at the Department of Geography, Land Management and Cadastre of Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. She received the degree of Doctor of Geographical Sciences on the topic "Scientific Basis of Management of Ecological Safety of Natural-Economic Systems of Kazakhstan" in 2011 at Al-Farabi Kazakh National University. She has published more than 60 papers in various journals, and she is co-author of monographs, including the National Atlas of the Republic of Kazakhstan, published in 2010. In 2013, she published a textbook for master's and doctoral students titled Forecast of Natural-Economic Systems: Ecological-Geographical Context. Her teaching disciplines include Geospatial Environmental Management, Geo-Environmental Support of Land Planning Design, Landscape-Environmental Design of Land Use, Integrated Research of Rational Use of Land Resources, and her interests include geoecology, biogeography, sustainable development, land management, and water resources.