Keynote Speakers

Low-Dimensional Materials and Nanostructures

Dr.Sci., Prof.
Yury Gogotsi

Distinguished University and Charles T. And Ruth M. Bach Professor, Department of Materials Science and Engineering Director, A. J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute Drexel University Materials Science & Engineering Philadelphia, USA

Professional Biography

Dr. Yury Gogotsi is Distinguished University Professor and Charles T. and Ruth M. Bach Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at Drexel University. He also serves as Director of the A.J. Drexel Nanomaterials Institute. He received his MS (1984) and PhD (1986) from Kiev Polytechnic and a DSc degree from the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences in 1995. His research group works on 2D carbides, nanostructured carbons, and other nanomaterials for energy, water and biomedical applications. He has been recognized as Highly Cited Researcher in Chemistry and Materials Science, and Citations Laureate in Physics by Thomson-Reuters/Clarivate Analytics.

He has received numerous awards for his research including a European Carbon Association Award, S. Somiya Award from the International Union of Materials Research Societies, Fred Kavli Distinguished Lectureship in Nanotechnology from the Materials Research Society, International Nanotechnology Prize (RUSNANOPrize), R&D 100 Awards from R&D Magazine and many other distinctions. He has been elected a Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, American Association for Advancement of Science (AAAS), Materials Research Society, American Ceramic Society, the Electrochemical Society, Royal Society of Chemistry, International Society of Electrochemistry, as well as Academician of the World Academy of Ceramics. He holds honorary doctorates from several European universities. He is currently acting as Associate Editor of ACS Nano.

Speech title

Building Blocks for Technology of the Future – MXenes and beyond

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.

She holds a PhD (Doctorate) in Materials Science and completed her Habilitation in the field of high-temperature oxidation behavior of refractory metal-based materials. From 2011 to 2020, she was Head of the Research Group “Innovative High Temperature Materials” at the Institute of Materials Science, Universität Siegen, Germany. Since 2020, she has been Full Professor and Director of the Institute for Applied Materials – Applied Materials Physics (IAM-AWP) at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT).
Prof. Gorr is actively involved in the international materials science community. She is Co-Organizer of the TMS symposia Environmental Degradation of Multiple Principal Component Materials (2022–2025, USA) and Co-Organizer of the MSE symposium Compositionally Complex Alloys – High Entropy Alloys (2018, Darmstadt, Germany). She is a member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Materialkunde (DGM), Germany.
Prof. Gorr is a reviewer for leading international journals, including Acta Materialia, Corrosion Science, Oxidation of Metals, International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Intermetallics, and Advanced Materials Science. She is also a reviewer for major German research funding organizations, including the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) and the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.

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Formation of protective oxides on refractory metal-based materials

Dr. Oleksandra Tolochyna

Senior Researcher Of Department № 36 Wear-Resistant and Corrosion-Resistant Powder Constructional Materials Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science, NAS of Ukraine Kyiv, Ukraine

Professional Biography

Dr. Oleksandra Tolochyna is a Senior Researcher in the Department of Abrasion- and Corrosion-Resistant Powder Construction Materials at the Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science, National Academy of Science of Ukraine. Her research focuses on the development of next-generation heat-resistant powder alloys. In particular, she investigates the influence of thermomechanical processing and severe plastic deformation on microstructural evolution and the formation of high-quality interparticle bonding in powder-based materials.

She obtained her Master’s degree in 2011 from the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” and completed her PhD in Engineering Sciences in 2021 at the Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Science, specializing in materials science, with a focus on powder metallurgy and composite materials. Throughout her career at the Frantsevich Institute, she has progressed from Engineer to Senior Researcher, gaining extensive experience in both technical and scientific roles.
She has authored more than 60 scientific publications and has been actively involved in national and international research projects funded by the National Research Foundation of Ukraine, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine and the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, Austrian Academy of Sciences. Her recent international background spans Montanuniversität Leoben (Austria) and the Erich Schmid Institute of Materials Science (Austria). Additionally, she engages in mentoring students and evaluating manuscripts for scientific journals.

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Advanced approaches to microstructural design of powder-derived high-temperature materials under deformation processing

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).

She gained professional experience since 1980 as PhD student, Young Researcher, Researcher, Doctoral Student, Senior Researcher at V. Bakul Institute for Superhard Materials of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (ISM NAS of Ukraine). Since 2005 she is Head of the Department of High Pressure Technologies, Functional Ceramic Composites and Dispersed Superhard Materials at the ISM NAS of Ukraine and in 2001-2022 (in parallel) was Professor of the Department of Chemistry at the Kyiv National University of Construction and Architecture (KNUCA). Since 2022- Leading Researcher at KNUCA. Since 2000 – Member of two Doctors Specialized Scientific Counsials (for the defense of theses): D26.230.01 at the V.M. Bakul Institute for Superhard Materials of the NAS of Ukraine, 04074, Kyiv, str. Avtozavodskaya, 2, and D 26.207.03 at the I.M Frantsevich Institute for Problems of Materials Sciences of the NAS of Ukraine, 03680, Kyiv-142, st. Krzhizhanivsky, 3.
Since 2019 – Member of the Scientific Сouncil of the National Research Foundation of Ukraine (NFDU). Since 2018 – Member of the National Agency for Higher Education Quality Assurance (Ukraine) (NAQA).
Her scientific output includes 696 scientific works among which are 7 monographs and chapters in monographs, 339 papers, 315 abstracts and 35 patents. There are 204 publications in Scopus database, Scopus h-index 22, Google Scholar h-index 25. Under her leadership and consultation were defended 8 candidates of science (equivalent to PhD) and 1 Doctorate on the speciality 050201 “Materials Science”, she had 9 PhD students and had 5 and has 1 Doctorate students.
She was awarded the Order of Princess Olha, III Class, and the K.D. Ushynskyi Badge of the National Academy of Educational Sciences of Ukraine, a diploma of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine and the medal of honor “90 years of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine”. “The Women of Kiev of the Year 2014” in the nomination “Woman in Science”

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Improvement of functional characteristics of boride-based ultra-high-temperature ceramics

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.

Oleg completed his MS at NTU ‘KPI’ in 1994, followed by his PhD from IPMS NAS of Ukraine in 1997. He attained his Habilitation (Dr. Sci.) from the Highest Attestation Council of Ukraine (granted by IPMS NASU) in 2006. Since 1999, he has been a postdoctoral fellow at NRIM (currently NIMS) and a special researcher—an international postdoctoral fellow at NIMS since 2001. In 2004, he was recognized as an ICYS International Fellow and obtained tenure at NIMS in 2008. During this period, he garnered several prestigious awards on both national and international levels, such as Japan’s SPS & JSPS International Fellowships, the Ukrainian President’s Scholarship (which he received twice), Singapore’s inaugural Temasek Research Fellowship, and Ukraine’s State Prize in Science and Technology.
Dr. Vasylkiv is presently studying the chemical and structural engineering of deformation-resistant multimetal carbides, borides, and nitrides of Me (IV-V), known for their outstanding mechanical properties, even at temperatures reaching 2000 °C.
Throughout his 25 years at NIMS, he has engaged as a researcher, co-PI, and PI in numerous domestic and international projects. He has authored over 130 ISI papers, presented over thirty invited or keynote talks, and delivered several hundred regular presentations at leading international conferences.

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High-Temperature Deformation-Resistant Transition Metal Diborides and Carbides

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

Professional Biography

Prof. Igor Vladymyrskyi is the Director of the E. O. Paton Educational and Research Institute of Materials Science and Welding and a Professor at the Department of Physical Materials Science and Heat Treatment at the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”. His scientific expertise lies in physical materials science, with a particular focus on the investigation of diffusion and diffusion-controlled phenomena in nanoscale layered stacks. In particular, his research interests encompass the diffusion formation of nanoscale magnetic and antiferromagnetic thin films with unique properties for modern functional applications in spintronics and nanoelectronics.

He completed his PhD in metal science and heat treatment of metals at the G.V. Kurdyumov Institute for Metal Physics of the NAS of Ukraine followed by Dr.Sci. degree in solid state physics from the same Institute in 2021. Throughout his career at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, he has progressed from Assistant to Full Professor. Prof. Vladymyrskyi is actively engaged in the international scientific community as a researcher and Principal Investigator. He has successfully led numerous national and international research projects funded by the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, the National Research Foundation of Ukraine, the German Research Foundation (DFG), the NATO Science for Peace and Security (SPS) program, and the IEEE Magnetics Society. Prof. Vladymyrskyi has authored over 50 Scopus-indexed scientific papers, as well as monographs and textbooks, and is a scientific editor for the Springer series NATO Science for Peace and Security. He is a member of the Academic Councils at KPI and serves on the editorial board of the journal Metallofizika i Noveishie Tekhnologii. As Director of the Institute, Prof. Vladymyrskyi coordinates educational programs, scientific research activities, and collaboration with industrial partners, strengthening the position of the Institute as one of the leading centers of materials science and welding research in Ukraine.

Speech title

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

Fundamentals of Refractory Compounds

Dr.Sci. Igor Fesenko

Leading Researcher 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. Igor Fesenko worked as a Leading Researcher at the V. Bakul Institute for Superhard Materials of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. His scientific expertise lies in the materials science of refractory compounds, with a particular focus on the development of functional and structural materials based on refractory nitrides (such as aluminum and titanium nitrides) using powder metallurgy methods. In particular, his research encompasses the complex investigation of the interrelation between the structure and physical-technical properties of these materials. His work has enabled targeted control over structure formation processes during the free and thermobaric sintering of aluminum nitride-based materials.

Dr. Fesenko is actively engaged in the international scientific community as a researcher and project manager. He has successfully led international research projects funded by the Science and Technology Center in Ukraine (STCU), focusing on the research and development of advanced functional nitride-based materials and heterostructural composites. Furthermore, he has participated in significant international collaborative efforts, including the NATO Science for Peace program, working on nanocrystalline high-melting point composites.
Dr. Fesenko has authored 34 Scopus-indexed scientific papers, holds 6 patents, and has published 3 monographs. His key monographic works focus on aluminum nitride functional materials and the thermal conductivity of superhard materials

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Refractory Compounds and Wireless Transmission of Electrical Energy

X^th INTERNATIONAL SAMSONOV CONFERENCE “MATERIALS SCIENCE OF REFRACTORY COMPOUNDS” (MSRC-2026)