Fulbright Fellowships Awarded Through CARIN Engagement
Engagement with CARIN yields two Fulbright Fellowships! Two early career scientists from Central Asia were awarded Fulbright Fellowships in 2024. Dr. Eldiiar Duulatov from the Institute of Geology, Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, was recognized by the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program with an award to work at the Center for Global Change and Earth Observations, Michigan State University, with Prof. Geoff Henebry on a project entitled “Assessing of Susceptibility and Exposure to Multiple Natural Hazards in Kyrgyzstan”. Dr. Baktybek Duisebek, from the Kazakh-British Technical University, was recognized by the Fulbright Outreach Lecturing Fund with an award to work at Colorado State University with Prof. Dennis Ojima and Dr. Gabriel Senay (USGS) on a project entitled “Using Satellite-Based Monitoring System to Assess the Crop Water Use Across Ili River, Kazakhstan”. Dr. Duisebek was earlier selected to participate in fall 2023 in the CARIN Early Career Scientist program where he met Dr. Senay, who was providing scientific and technical training as part of the ECS program.