Kaisha Atakhanova
From Kazakhstan Encyclopedia
Kaisha Atakhanova (born 18 July 1957 [1]) is a biologist from Karaganda, Kazakhstan, specializing in the genetic effects of nuclear radiation. Due to her civil society activism, she was awarded the international Goldman Environmental Prize in 2005[2] for leading a campaign to prevent nuclear waste from being commercially imported into Kazakhstan.
Atakhanova is founder and former leader of the Karaganda Ecological Center (known as EcoCenter).[3]
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