Institutional Responsibilities
Member of the Scientific Council of the BITP
Member of the Special Scientific Council for the defense of doctor dissertations of the BITP
Member of the Special Scientific Council for the defense of doctor dissertations of Taras Schevchenko National University (Kyiv)
From 2019 - Head of the Department of Nonlinear Condensed Matter Physics, Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics (BITP), Kyiv, Ukraine
2002 – 2012 Deputy Head of the Department of Nonlinear Condensed Matter Physics, BITP, Kyiv, Ukraine
1994 – till present Organizer of the Annual Seminars “Davydov Readings” (BITP)
Orcid Author ID orcid.org/0000-0002-5668-7740
Web of Science ResearcherID AAF-4655-2019
Research Metrics (updated 29.11.2019)
Publications in the refereed journals: – more than 140
Web of Science core collection number of publications 94, citations 855, h-index 17
Google scholar: number of publications 108, h-index 21; citations 2079; i-10 index 48
Scopus: number of publications 92, citations 868, h-index 16
Fellowships
2014 - Durham International Fellowship for Research and Enterprise (DIFeREns for Ephiphany term (2014), COFUNDed by Durham University and the European Union Department of Mathematical Sciences (University of Durham, UK)
2010 - Easter term fellowship, Grey College, Department of Mathematical Sciences (University of Durham, UK)
Titles
1992 - Senior research fellow, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
Short-term stays abroad
International Institute of Theoretical Physics (Trieste, Italy); Max Planck Institute (dresden, Germany), International Institute of Biophysics (Neuss, Germany), Universities of Milan, Messina, Catania and Palermo (Italy); Universities of Durham and London (Great Britain); University of Kiel (Germany); University of Linkoeping (Sweden); Universities of Barcelona and Madrid (Spain).
Memberships at scientific societies and editorial boards
2019 - Acting President of IILE (Wietow, Germany)
Since 2004 – Member of the Ukrainian Physical Society, Ukraine
Since 2000 – Member of the Ukrainian Biophysical Society, Ukraine
Since 2012 – Member of the Editorial Board of Ecological Modelling
1995 - 2012 Member of the Scientific Advisory Board, International Institute of Biophysics, Neuss, Germany
2022 - Guest Editor (together with A. Kovalev and A. Zagorodny) of the special Issue of the Low Temperature Physics “To the 110th birthday of Alexander Davydov” (2022, 48, Numbers 11 and 12)
MAIN FIELD OF INTERESTS
Nonlinear coherent phenomena in condensed matter physics and biophysics; theoretical physics; biophysics
CURRENT RESEARCH INTERESTS
Conducting properties and electron-phonon interactions in low-dimensional systems, nanotubes, cuprates, anharmonic lattices. Interaction of solitons and bisolitons between themselves and with external fields. Solitons in two- and higher-dimensional systems. Nonlinear mechanisms of high-temperature superconductivity.
Soliton mechanism for energy storage and transfer in macromolecules. Bisoliton mechanism of electron transport in biological macromolecules and polymers. Influence of electromagnetic radiations on biological systems. Mechanisms of the origin of endogenous electromagnetic fields. Role of the electromagnetic interactions and coherence in self-organization.
Role of the spin degree of freedom in the electron properties, full description of the spin-orbit interaction with account of a complete set of the spinor invariants of the Dirac equation.
SUPERVISING, MENTORING ACTIVITIES
2000 – 2016 Number of Postdocs: 5; PhD: 4; Master Students: 4 (Physics Department/Taras Shevchenko Kiev National University/Ukraine, Physics Department/National University “Petro Mohyla Kiev Academy”/Ukraine, Physics Department / National University “KPI” (Kiev, Ukraine))
MAJOR COLLABORATIONS
Prof. Leonor Cruzeiro. Topic: Dynamical properties of solitons. University of Algarve/ Portugal
Prof. Emilio Del Giudice. Topic: Role of Electromagnetic Fields in living systems and ecological systems. University of Milan
Prof. Vadym Loktev, Dr. Alexander Eremko. Topics: Spin-orbit interaction; Solitons in low-dimensional systems. Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics/ Ukraine
Dr. Enrico Fermi. Topic: Therapeutic effects of low-intensity magnetic fields. Thereson
Dr. Alberto Foletti. Topic: Nonlinear dynamics in biophysical processes and their manifestations in health and disease. University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland/ Switz
Profs. Francesco Musumeci, Agata Scordino and Antonio Triglia, Dr. Rosaria Grasso. Topic: Polaron mechanism of the delayed luminescence of biological systems. University of Catania
Prof. Fritz Albert Popp. Topic: Biophotons and electromagnetic fields in living systems. IIB/Germany
Prof. Manuel Velarde. Topic: Non-linear electron states in anharmonic crystals/ Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Prof. W.J.M. Zakrzewski and Dr. B.M.A.G. Piette. Topic: Solitons in low-dimensional systems/Department of Mathematical Sciences/ University of Durham, UK
Dr. Barbara Zavan. Topic: Study of physical mechanisms of magnetic resonance therapy/ Department of Histology, Microbiology, and Medical Biotechnology/ Università Degli Studi Di Padova, Italy
ORGANIZATION OF SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS
Since 1994 – organizer of the annual Davydov readings (Bogolyubov Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyiv, Ukraine)
Since February 2024 -- Co-organizer of the on-line Sweden-Ukraine seminars in Theoretical Physics
2019 A member of the International scientific advisory committee of the 12th International Conference ECOSUD 2019 (19-21 June, 2019, Valencia)
2019 Scientific Secretary of the Bogolyubov Conference “Problems of Theoretical and Mathematical Physics” dedicated to 110th anniversary of M.M. Bogolyubov (BITP, Kyiv, Ukraine, 24-26 September, 2019)
2018 Member of the Scientific Committee of the 5th International Symposium “Biophysical Aspects of Complexity in Health and Disease”, Milano, October 12-13, 2018
2017 Member of the Scientific Committee of the Workshop “Invisible Net of Life” (November 3-4, 2018, Florence, 2017)
2017 Member of the scientific committee of the International Conference «Light on the Architercture of Life — LACE17» (11-15 September 2017, Siracusa, Sicily, 2017)
2016 Member of the Scientific Committee of the 4th International Symposium “Biophysical Aspects of Complexity in Health and Disease”, Lugano, October 21-22, 2016 /Switzerland
2015 Member of the International scientific advisory committee of the International Conference ECOSUD, June 3-5, 2015 Valencia
2014 Member of the Scientific Committee of the 3d International Symposium “Biophysical Aspects of Complexity in Health and Disease”, Lugano, October 3-4, 2014 /Switzerland
2012 Member of the Scientific Committee of the 2nd International Symposium “Biophysical Aspects of Complexity in Health and Disease”, Lugano, May 18-19, 2012 /Switzerland
2012 Member of the Organizing Committee of the International Conference ‘Problems of Theoretical Physics’, dedicated to the 100th anniversary of Alexander Davydov’s (Kyiv, October 8-12, 2012)/Ukraine
2010 Member of the Scientific Committee of the 1st International Symposium “Biophysical Aspects of Complexity in Health and Disease”, Milano, April 2010
2005 – 2010 Member of the International Scientific Committees of the annual International Summerchools “Biophotons”, organized by International Institute of Biophysics, Neuss/ Germany
2008 Member of the International Scientific Committee of the International Symposium "Endogenous Physical Fields in Biology" (Prague, July 1-4, 2008)/Czech Republic)
2007 Member of the International Scientific Committee of the International Conference “Fundamental Nanoprocesses, Nanobiotechnology and Risk Assessment”, St. Petersburg, July 2008 /Russia Federation
2007 Member of the Organizing Committee of the International Conference “Self-Organization of Molecular Systems: From Molecules and Clusters to Nanotubes and Proteins, dedicated to 95 years since birthday of A.S. Davydov” (Kyiv, September 2007)/Ukraine
2006 Member of the International Scientific Committee of the International Symposium "Endogenous Physical Fields in Biology" (Prague, July, 2006)/ Country: Czech Republic
INTERNATIONAL GRANTS and PROJECTS
Principal Investigator of the Presidential Discretionary-Ukraine Support grant of the Simons Foundation (2022-2023; 2024-2025)
2000-2005 -- Key Researcher of the Welcome Trust grant at Birkbeck College, University of London (London, UK); two Royal Society grants at Durham University (Durham, UK); 4 research grants at the University of Madrid (Spain).