Candidate of Historical Sciences, Senior Researcher, Department of Archaeology of the Era of Stone and Paleometal, Institute of Archaeology named after A.Kh. Margulan, CS MES RK.
Born July 14, 1980 in the Karaganda region (Zhanarka district). In 2004 he graduated from the Faculty of History and Law of Zhezkazgan University; in 2008, master's degree in history of the Kazakh State National Pedagogical University named after Abay; in 2016 he graduated from graduate school of Kemerovo State University. In 2018 he defended his thesis on the topic "Settled agriculture of the Eastern Aral Sea Region (the second half of the 1st millennium BC)", supervisor - A.I. Martynov.
He was awarded the medal "Best Young Specialist" in the field of science and education and was awarded a breastplate in honor of the "120th anniversary of the birth of Academician K.I. Satpaev" of Corporation Kazakhmys LLP.
Scientific interests: Saka, settlement and agriculture, cities, settlements, fortresses, the funeral rite of the population of the Aral Sea region.
The author of more than 50 scientific publications.
Kurmankulov Zh., Utubaev Zh. R. Balandy (Bulandy) pamyatnik antichnosti. Kniga-al'bom. – Almaty: «Hikari», 2013. – 148 p.
Kurmankulov Zh., Utubaev Zh. R. CHirikrabatskaya kul'tura Vastochnogo Priaral'ya. Kazahstan v sakskuyu epohu // Collective monograph. Almaty: A. Kh. Margulan Institute of Archaeology. - Almaty: "Hikari," 2017.- p. 191-210.
Utubaev Zh.R. Bolelov S.B. Novye dannye k izucheniyu kul'tury drevnih zemledel'cev v Nizov'yah Syrdar'i // Povolzhskaya arheologiya. – 2019. – № 3 (29). – p. 159 – 169.
Kurmankulov Zh., Utubaev Zh. R. Sengir-tam: Novye issledovaniya na pamyatnike v Vostochnom Priaral'e // Samarskij nauchnyj vestnik. – 2019. – Vol. 8. № 4(29). – p. 138 – 144.
