Zinesh Abisheva

Zinesh Sadyrovna Abisheva (, 23 January 1947 – 13 May 2021) was a Kazakh metallurgist, chemical engineer, civil servant and educator. She developed new technologies for the extraction of gallium, osmium, and rhenium and developed processing technologies.

Biography Abisheva was born on 23 January 1947 in Terenozek, Kyzylorda, Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic. She studied at the Moscow State University of Fine Chemical Technologies named after Lomonosov (MITHT) in Moscow, Soviet Union, graduating in 1971. She spoke Kazakh, Russian and English.

From 1987 to 2011, Abisheva worked at the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Diploma of the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Kazakhstan (2005) World Intellectual Property Organization Medal (2011) Honoured Worker of the Nuclear Industry of the Republic of Kazakhstan (2019) Order of Kurmet (2019)