Turar Sarsembekov, PhD, is Director of BioMin Tech LLP and Chief Engineer at Sunkar Photovoltaic, Kazakhstan. He is a metallurgical engineer and industrial practitioner with more than 15 years of experience in titanium metallurgy, high-temperature processing, chlorination technologies, and process optimization. His professional background includes production management, commissioning and start-up of industrial equipment, development of process documentation, industrial safety, and technical supervision. His research interests focus on thermodynamic analysis, behavior of impurity and rare elements in titanium-bearing systems, and the development of technologies for niobium recovery during TiCl4 production. He has experience in HSC Chemistry-based process modeling, engineering calculations, and scientific and technical auditing of industrial technologies.