Professor Volodymyr Zaitsev

Professor, D.Sc., PhD, Corr. Member Acad. of Sci. of Ukraine

Resume

I am professor from Ukraine who currently work at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil. I was graduated at T. Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU) as inorganic chemists and received my PhD and D.Sc. degrees at the same university. I worked at KNU as professor of inorganic and later analytical chemistry till 2014. In 2007 I was honored to receive State Prize in science and engineering from President of Ukraine and in 2009 I was elected to National academy of Sciences of Ukraine as a correspondent member in the field of surface chemistry. I am alumni de British Council scholarship and Fulbright fellowship. My research focuses on development of low-dimensional materials, including surface modification of porous Si, SiO2 and SiC, synthesis of 2D and 0D carbon-based nanoparticles and their hybrids, chemical and biomedical application of nanomaterials.

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Contact information

R. Marquês de São Vicente, 225 - Gávea
22451-900 - Rio de Janeiro – RJ, Brazil
e-mail: vnzaitsev@puc-rio.br, vnzaitsev@gmail.com
tel/fax: +55-21-980551969

Degrees

1981 Spetsialist at Kiev State University. Advisor: Prof. Viktor Skopenko, Kiev Ukraine, inorganic chemistry (honored)
1985 Kandidat of sciences at Kiev State University (Advisor: Prof. Viktor Skopenko), Kiev Ukraine, inorganic chemistry
1997 Doctor of sciences at T. Shevchenko University, Kiev Ukraine, inorganic chemistry

High education

1976-81 Kiev State University, Kiev Ukraine, Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry
1981-84 Kiev State University, Kiev Ukraine, Inorganic Chemistry (PhD student)
1995-97 T. Shevchenko University, Kiev Ukraine, Inorganic Chemistry (habilitation)

Pos-doctoral training

10/90 – 08/91 University of Southampton, England, UK (Prof. J. Evans)
02/95 – 08/95 Texas A&M University, College Station, USA (Prof. D. Berbraiter)

Professional Appointments

1975-76 laboratory assistant at Kiev State University, Kiev Ukraine
1984-85 young researcher at Kiev State University, Kiev Ukraine
1985-91 Assistant Professor at Kiev State University, Kiev Ukraine
1991-92 Assistant Professor at Kiev State University, Kiev Ukraine
1992-95 Docent at Kiev State University (now T. Shevchenko University) Kiev Ukraine
1997- 00 Professor at Taras Shevchenko National University, Kiev Ukraine
2000 -14 Chair of Analytical chemistry department, Taras Shevchenko National University, Kiev Ukraine
2014 - till now Professor of department of chemistry at Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

Research and study abroad

10/90 – 08/91 The British Council scholarship at University of Southampton, England
02/95 – 08/95 Fulbright research felowship at Texas A&M University, College Station USA
2004 - INSA-Lyon, Lyon France visiting professor
2009 - Université de Bourgogne, Dijon France visiting professor

Awards and Honors

The British Council Scholarship 1990-91
International Science Foundation award “Emergency Grant” 1993
The British Council research visit grant 1994
International Science Foundation “Long term research Grant” 1994-95.
Fulbright fellowship 1995
INTAS-94 European Community research Grant 1995-98.
“Soros’ docent” – Award from International Science Foundation (USA)
"State Prize" in science and engeneering 2007
Corresponding member of Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 2009

Invited lecture activity

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA (1995)
Hoechst Celanese Corporation , Corpus Christi, TX USA (1995)
University of Oregon USA (1995),
University of Washington, USA (1995)
Pittsburgh University, USA (1995),
Texas A&M University USA (1995)
University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil (2000)
Florida State University, Tallahassee USA (2001)
INSA-Lyon, Lyon France visiting professor (2004)
Université de Bourgogne, Dijon France visiting professor (2009)

last updated 27.11.2024

Laboratório de adsorventes para análise química, proteção de ambiente e biomedicina (LAQAPAB)
Departamento de Química, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
tel: +55 21 980551969,
e-mail: vnzaitsev@puc-rio.br,
http://zaitsev.usuarios.rdc.puc-rio.br

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