Atabek Umirbekov

Atabek Umirbekov is a Research Associate at the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO), working in the External Environment for Agriculture and Policy Analysis department. He holds an MSc in Environmental Change and Management from the University of Oxford and has over a decade of experience as a climate change specialist in Central Asia, focusing on knowledge services and capacity-building for climate challenges.

• Education: MSc (Oxford)

His research examines climate variability impacts on water availability and irrigated agriculture in Central Asia, with projects like CARe (resilience in rural communities), SUSADICA (doctoral program on sustainable agriculture), and SWECA (snow reanalysis dataset). Key collaborations include the Land Systems Group at IAMO and institutions like CAREC.

Recent publications highlight his work on hydroclimatic teleconnections, snowpack modeling, weather extremes and poverty, and regional resource nexus analysis. He contributes to datasets like SWECA and presents at conferences including EGU, AGU, and GEWISOLA.