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Xth INTERNATIONAL SAMSONOV CONFERENCE “MATERIALS SCIENCE OF REFRACTORY COMPOUNDS” (MSRC-2026)

May 25-28, 2026, Kyiv, Ukraine

Keynote Speakers

Refractory Metals and Alloys

Dr.-Ing., Prof.
Bronislava Gorr

Director of Institute for Applied Materials – Applied Material Physics (IAM-AWP), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) Karlsruhe, Germany

Professional Biography

Prof. Bronislava Gorr is Full Professor and Director of the Institute for Applied Materials – Applied Materials Physics (IAM-AWP) at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany. Her scientific expertise lies in the field of materials science, with a particular focus on high-temperature metallic materials and their behavior in extreme environments. Her research interests include the development of refractory metal-based materials for high-temperature applications, high-entropy and compositionally complex alloys, high-temperature oxidation and corrosion, corrosion in liquid metals, thermodynamic modeling, mechanical properties of metallic materials, and microstructural characterization.

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Formation of protective oxides on refractory metal-based materials

Ceramics and Сomposites

Dr.Sci., Prof.
Tetiana Prikhna

Head Of Department of High Pressure Technologies, Functional Ceramic Composites And Dispersed Superhard Materials V. Bakul Institute For Superhard Materials, NAS of Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine

Professional Biography

Dr. Sci., Prof. Tetiana Prikhna Head of Department of High Pressure Technologies, Functional Ceramic Composites and Dispersed Superhard Materials V. Bakul Institute for Superhard Materials, NAS of Ukraine. Scientist in the field of materialsciences: high pressure, functional ceramic composites and dispersed superhard, oxide and metalic materials. Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NAS of Ukraine), of the World Academy of Ceramics (WAC) and of the Euro Mediterranean Academy of Arts and Sciences (EMAAS).
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Dr.Sci., Prof.
Oleg Vasylkiv

Research Center for Electronic and Optical Materials

National Institute for Materials Science

Japan, Tsukuba

Professional Biography

Oleg Vasylkiv research focuses on combining the merits of ceramic powder synthesis with electric current-activated sintering techniques for the design of technologies applied to powder bodies, establishing morpho-structural and compositional features that lead to the fabrication of bulk deformation-resistant ultra-high-temperature ceramics (UHTC) with superior hardness, toughness, and flexural strength.
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Films and Сoatings

Dr.Sci., Prof.
Igor Vladymyrskyi

Director of Y. O. Paton Educational and Research Institute of Materials Science and Welding

National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”

Kyiv, Ukraine

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Tailoring structural and magnetic properties of Co/Pt films via stacking engineering, annealing, and ion irradiation

Fundamentals of Refractory Compounds

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Low-Dimensional Materials and Nanostructures

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