Credit: Y. Beletsky/ESO
Dr. Toktarkhan Komesh
Current position: Senior Researcher
Fields of research: Radio astronomy, High mass star formation, Optical transients, Gamma-ray bursts
ResearcherID: V-7452-2019; Scopus: 57189889353; ORCiD: 0000-0002-3415-4636
Publications: ADS; ResearchGate;
Tel: +7 (717) 270-5722
Email: toktarkhan.komesh@nu.edu.kz
Adress: office 403, block C4, Kabanbay Batyr Ave, 53, 010000, Astana, Kazakhstan
PI of research projects
ALMA Observations and Morphological Analysis of Hyper-Compact HII Regions G301.1364–00.224AB and other similar sources (AP26102915). Competition for grant funding of young scientists for scientific and (or) scientific and technical projects for 2025-2027. The Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Radio astronomy observations of hot cores in molecular clouds and studies of high mass star-forming regions (AP13067768). Competition for grant funding of young scientists for scientific and (or) scientific and technical projects for 2022-2024. The Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Measurements of the optical spectral shape of early gamma-ray burst emission from Kazakh astronomical instruments and facilities (AP14870504). Competition for grant funding for scientific and (or) scientific and technical projects for 2022-2024. The Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Co-PI of research projects
Earliest optical multi-color observations of gamma-ray bursts and physical modeling of early afterglow. Competition for grant funding of young scientists for scientific and (or) scientific and technical projects for 2025-2027. The Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Investigations of Filamentary Accretion Flow and Star-Forming Activity in the Filament System G013.313+0.193. Competition for grant funding of young scientists for scientific and (or) scientific and technical projects for 2025-2027. The Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Past Teaching Experience
Digital technology in radio astronomy (master).
Ground and space observation technics (master).
Processing and analysis of radio astronomy data (master).
Physics of the interstellar medium (bachelor).
Formation and Evolution of Stars (bachelor).
General Astronomy (bachelor).
Astrometry (bachelor).
Introduction to radio astronomy (bachelor).
Observational Databases in Astrophysics (bachelor).
Computer Modeling of Astrophysical Processes (bachelor).
Dynamics of stellar systems (bachelor).
Teaching Theory and Methods of Physics (bachelor).
Publications
First and/or corresponding author:
1. Komesh, T., Garay, G., Henkel, C., Omar, A., Estalella, R., Assembay, Z., Li, D., Guzman, A., Esimbek, J., Huang, J., He, Y., Alimgazinova, N., Kyzgarina, M., Shukirgaliyev B., Zhumabay, N., & Manapbayeva, A. (2024). Infall Motions in the Hot Core Associated with Hyper-Compact HII Region G345.0061+01.794 B. The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 967, Issue 1, id.15, 10 pp.
2. Komesh, T., Grossan, B., Maksut, Z., Abdikamalov, E., Krugov, M., & Smoot, G. F. (2023). Evolution of the afterglow optical spectral shape of GRB 201015A in the first hour: evidence for dust destruction. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 520, Issue 4, pp.6104-6110.
3. Assembay, Zh, T. Komesh, G. Garay, A. Omar, J. Esimbek, N. Alimgazinova, M. Kyzgarina, and Sh Murat (2024). ALMA observations of the environments of G301.1364-00.2249A. Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union 18, no. S380 : 204-206.
4. Abdullayev, Zh., Komesh, T., Grossan, B., ... & Tuiakbayeva, D. (2024). Early-time optical spectral shape measurements of GRB 200925B. Accepted by RevMexAA(SC). arXiv:2401.09805.
5. Komesh, T., Omar, A., Garay, G., Assembay, Z., Alimgazinova, N., Zhumabay, N., & Kyzgarina, M. (2023). ALMA observations of the environments of G333. 0162+ 00.7615. IAU Symposium (Vol. 373, pp. 35-38).
6. Komesh, T. & Grossan, B. (2022). Early-time colour variations in the GRB 201015A afterglow. In American Astronomical Society Meeting Abstracts . Vol. 54, No. 6, pp. 109-02.
7. Komesh, T., Baan, W., Esimbek, J., Zhou, J., Li, D., Wu, G., ... & Ibraimov, M. (2020). Studies of the distinct regions due to CO selective dissociation in the Aquila molecular cloud. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 644, A46.
8. Komesh, T., Manapbayeva, A. B., Esimbek, J., Alimgazinova, N. S., Kyzgarina, M. T., & Kuanbek, B. (2020). Interpretation of radioastronomy observations of H2CO and H110α in W40 and Serpens South star formation regions of Aquila molecular cloud. Recent Contributions to Physics, 74(3), 19-28.
9. Komesh, T., Esimbek, J., Baan, W., Zhou, J., Li, D., Wu, G., ... & Manapbayeva, A. (2019). H2CO and H110α Observations toward the Aquila Molecular Cloud. The Astrophysical Journal, 874(2), 172.
and more than 40 co-authored papers and GCN reports: ADS