Zhydachevsky Yaroslav Antonovych

Position

Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Physics, Mathematics and Teaching Methods

Е-mail

zhydach@ifpan.edu.pl

Awards

  • Rector’s Award “Lviv Polytechnic National University Badge” for significant achievements in scientific work, (2017);
  • Winner of the competition “Lviv City Council Award for Talented Scientists”, (2019);
  • Award of the Polish Society of Veterinary Sciences for a series of original research papers, (2019).

Scientometrics

ORCID iD

0000-0003-4774-5977

Google Scholar

Web of Science

Scopus

6603506739

ResearchGate iD

59921

Education

1998 – Lviv Polytechnic National University, specialty “Physics and Technology of Electronic Materials”.

Academic degrees and titles

2003 – Candidate’s thesis, specialty 01.04.10 – Physics of semiconductors and dielectrics. Thesis topic: “Optical properties of radiation and thermally induced defects in YAlO3 and LiNbO3 crystals”;

2010 – academic title of senior research fellow;

2016 – Doctoral thesis, specialty 01.04.07 – Solid state physics. Thesis topic: “Physical properties of manganese-doped yttrium orthoaluminate for luminescent dosimetry of ionizing radiation”.

Labor activity

Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine:
2001-2003 – Junior Researcher
2004-2006 – Researcher
2006-2010 – Senior Researcher
2010-2011 – Associate Professor (Associate Professor)
2012-2013 – Senior Researcher
2013-2015 – Habilitation Scholarship
2016-2018 – Senior Researcher
2019-2021 – Chief Researcher
Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw:
2010-2017 – Adjunct (Researcher)
2018 to present – ​​Professor of the Institute
Berdyansk State Pedagogical University, Berdyansk, Ukraine:
2023 Currently, he is a professor at the Department of Physics and Physics Teaching Methods at the Belarusian State University.

Research interests

  • Optical and thermally activated spectroscopy spectroscopy of point defects, doping impurities of transition metals and rare earth elements in crystals of complex oxides with the structure of garnet, perovskite, spinel and other related structures;
  • Phenomena of energy and charge transfer between point defects and activator ions in these materials;
  • Optical and luminescent properties of new laser, scintillation, phosphor and sensor materials;
  • Application of thermally and optically stimulated luminescence in ionizing radiation dosimetry;
  • Development of new crystalline materials by modifying their elemental composition and doping to improve their functional properties.

Grants

  • Project of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine within the framework of Ukrainian-Hungarian intergovernmental scientific cooperation (№ 0103U008221, acronym: M/216-2003), Lviv Polytechnic National University, 2003-2004. Topic: Research of point defects. and OH-groups in LiNbO3 and CdWO4 crystals. [executor]
  • Project of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine 0104U002301, Lviv Polytechnic National University, 2004-2006. Topic: Influence of cationic substitution on the structure and formation of defects. n in crystals of complex oxides. [executor]
  • Bilateral scientific and technical cooperation project with the Technical University of Braunschweig (Germany) (UKR 06/003, 2006-2008) with financial support from BMBF (Bundesministerium fur Bildung und Forschung), Germany. [executor]
  • Project of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine 0107U001108, Lviv Polytechnic National University, 2007-2008. Topic: The role of the defect subsystem in the formation of the properties of complex oxide crystals. [executor]
  • Project of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine within the framework of Ukrainian-German intergovernmental scientific cooperation (№ 0108U004774, acronym: M/53-2008), Lviv Polytechnic National University, 2008. Topic: Polyvalent defects in complex oxide crystals. with garnet and perovskite-like structure. [executor]
  • Project of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (acronym: Tern), Lviv Polytechnic National University, 2009-2010. Topic: Methods of controlling the functional properties of complex oxide materials and optimization of conversion devices based on them. [performer]
  • Project funded by the Polish National Science Center (NCN) 1P03B10030, Institute of Physics PAS, 2006-2009, Nanocrystalline and single-crystalline yttrium aluminum garnets, doped with manganese, for photonics and thermoluminescent dosimetry. [main performer]
  • Project of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine 0109U01166, Lviv Polytechnic National University, 2009. Topic: Manganese-doped yttrium orthoaluminate crystals for thermoluminescent dosimetry of ionizing radiation. [project leader]
  • Project of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine 0110U001100, Lviv Polytechnic National University, 2010. Topic: Optimization of the properties of manganese-doped yttrium orthoaluminate crystals for thermoluminescent dosimetry of ionizing radiation. [project leader]
  • Research project of the European Regional Development Fund POIG 01.01.02-00-108/09, Institute of Physics PAS, 2009-2014, Modern materials and innovative methods of energy processing and monitoring. Task PZ6.1: Thermoluminescent dosimeter based on yttrium orthoaluminate. [principal researcher]
  • Polish National Science Center (NCN) Project OPUS 2011/03/B/ST3/02647, Institute of Physics PAS, 2012-2016, Beryllium-doped gallium nitride – towards a new generation of optical converters. [executor]
  • Polish National Science Center (NCN) Project OPUS 2012/07/B/ST5/02376, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, 2013-2016, Scintillators based on complex oxides in different crystal forms: comparative studies of luminescence and energy transfer excitation processes. [executor]
  • NATO Multi-year Project “Science for Peace” NUKR.SFPP 984649, Lviv Polytechnic National University, 2015-2017. Topic: New dosimetry for screening people exposed to ionizing radiation. [performer]
  • Project of the Polish National Science Center (NCN) OPUS 2015/17/B/ST5/01658, Institute of Physics PAS, 2016-2018. Topic: Modification of the solar spectrum by downconversion based on ytterbium-doped oxides for photovoltaic applications. [performer]
  • Project of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine within the framework of the Ukrainian-Latvian intergovernmental scientific cooperation 0117U003298, Lviv Polytechnic National University, 2017-2018. Topic: Fabrication, characterization and computer modeling of nanostructured ceramics YAlO3:Mn for new radiation. dosimeters. [performer]
  • Project of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine, 0117U004443, Lviv Polytechnic National University, 2017-2018. Topic: Development of a reading device for individual passive OSL dosimetry of ionizing radiation based on YAP:Mn2+ crystals [Project leader]
  • Project NCN OPUS 2016/21/B/ST8/03200, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, 2017-2019, Topic: New scintillation screens based on single-crystal mixed oxide films. [executor]
  • Project NCN OPUS 2017/25/B/ST8/02932, Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, 2018-2020, Topic: New conversion phosphors based on ceramics, films and epitaxial structures of mixed garnets for powerful white LEDs. [executor]
  • Project of the Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine (№ 0119U002249, acronym: Kinetics), Lviv Polytechnic National University, 2019-2021. Topic: Optically stimulated luminescence in a dosimetric phosphor based on YAP:Mn. [Project Leader]
  • EU HORIZON-2020 Project 778156 – IMAGE, Lviv Polytechnic National University, 2018-2022, Topic: “Innovative optical/quasi-optical technologies and nanoengineering of anisotropic materials for the creation of active cells with significantly improved energy efficiency.” [implementer]
  • Project NCN OPUS 2019/33/B/ST8/02142, Institute of Physics PAS, 2020-2024, Topic: Mechanoluminescent displays and sensors based on nanostructured piezoelectric materials. [executor]
  • NATO multi-year project SPS G5647, Institute of Physics PAS, 2019-20 23, Topic: Determination of radiation dose and identity of radioactive source in a radiation accident. [Project co-director]
  • Project NCN OPUS 2018/31/B/ST8/00774, Institute of Physics PAN, 2019-2023, Topic: New storage phosphors based on yttrium orthoaluminate crystals for optically stimulated luminescent dosimetry of ionizing radiation. [Project leader]
  • Joint Polish-Estonian project for 2019-2024, funded by the Polish Academy of Sciences and the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Physics PAS, “Promising double-doped phosphors for white LEDs”. [Project coordinator]
  • NCN SHENG-2 project: 2021/40/Q/ST5/00336, Institute of Physics PAN, 2022-2025, Topic: Influence of structural phase transitions induced by physical and chemical factors on the optical properties of inorganic perovskites: theoretical and experimental studies. [executor]

Awards, scholarships

  • Personal 6-month scholarship of the Ministry of Education and Science of Poland for a scientific stay at the Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, 2001-2002.
  • 9-month scholarship (Leonard-Euler program), funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), 2002.
  • NATO Advanced Fellowship for an 8-month scientific stay at the Institute of Physics PAS, Warsaw, 2003-2004.
  • 2-year nominal scholarship of the Government of Ukraine for young scientists, 2007-2009.
  • As the best young scientist of the Lviv Polytechnic National University in 2008, he was nominated for the annual award of the President of Ukraine for young scientists.

Public activity

  • Organizer of the periodical International Scientific Conference on Oxide Materials for Electronic Engineering (OMEE), namely the scientific secretary in the editions OMEE-2009, OMEE 2012, OMEE-2014 https://science.lpnu.ua/omee-2021/previous -meetings and a member of the Program Committee in the editions OMEE-2017 https://science.lpnu.ua/omee-2017 and OMEE 2021 https://science.lpnu.ua/omee-2021
  • Member of the Ukrainian Physical Society, since 2003.
  • Guest editor of individual issues of the journals Acta Physica Polonica A (vol. 117, №1, 2010; vol. 141, №4, 2022) and Solid State Phenomena (vol. 200, 2013; vol. 230, 2015). ).
  • Expert of the National Research Foundation of Ukraine for the evaluation of scientific projects submitted for competitions 2020.01, 2020.02 and 2021.01.
  • Member of the Specialized Academic Council D35.052.13 of the National University “Lviv Polytechnic” for the award of the scientific degree of Doctor of Sciences (Doctor-Habilitation) in the specialties: Semiconductor Electronics; Technology, Equipment and Production of Electronic Equipment; Solid State Physics (since June 2022).
  • Reviewer of articles for journals: Optical Materials (Elsevier), Radiation Measurements (Elsevier), Journal of Luminescence (Elsevier), Journal of Alloys and Compounds (Elsevier), Applied Nanoscience (Springer), ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology (IOP Publishing), Acta Physica Polonica A, etc. – in recent years, an average of at least 10 reviews per year.

Advanced training, internships in the last five years

  • 2024 Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences

Disciplines

  • Semiconductor Physics,
  • Semiconductor Device Physics,
  • Solid State Physics,
  • Experimental Methods in Solid State Physics