Kaisha Atakhanova

Kaisha Atakhanova (born 18 July 1957 <ref>http://www.gefngo.org/view_file.cfm?fileid=148</ref>) 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<ref name="goldman">Goldman Environmental Prize (Asia 2005): Kaisha Atakhanova (Retrieved on November 8, 2007)</ref> 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).<ref name=grist>Michelle Nijhuis: "Kaisha Atakhanova fought to keep nuclear waste out of Kazakhstan" – Grist (18 Apr 2005) (Retrieved on January 6, 2008)</ref>