Yurii Gun'ko

Yurii Gun'ko (Russian: Юрий Гунько), born in USSR, Belarusian scientists, professor of Inorganic Chemistry at School of Chemistry of Trinity College Dublin[1] (Dublin, Ireland), head of the International research and education centre for physics of nanostructures.

Yurii Gun'ko
Born
USSR
CitizenshipBelarus
Alma materMoscow State University
Known for
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsTrinity College Dublin

Education

Yurii Gun'ko graduated from Moscow State University in 1987. In 1990 he received Ph.D in Inorganic Chemistry degree from Moscow State University.

Career
YearPosition/Research areaAffiliation
1993-1994Postdoctoral Fellow (Royal Society Award): research on organolanthanides with professor M.F. Lappert[2]University of Sussex (UK)
1994-1995Senior Lecturer in Chemistry and Materials for ElectronicsBelarusian National Technical University
1995-1996Postdoctoral Fellow (Alexander von Humboldt Award): research on organosilicon compoundsUniversity of Magdeburg (Germany)
1996-1998Postdoctoral Researcher: research on organolanthanides (EPSRC)University of Sussex
1999-2007Lecturer in Inorganic ChemistryTrinity College Dublin
2007–presentProfessor of Inorganic ChemistryTrinity College Dublin
2011–presentHead of Inorganic and Synthetic Materials ChemistryTrinity College Dublin
2014–presentHead of the laboratoryInternational research and education center for physics of nanostructures[3] of ITMO University

Publications

Yurii Gun'ko has over 268 publications in peer reviewed journals and 10 patents.[4] His h-index is 51.[5]

Awards
DateAward
1993Royal Society Fellowship Award
1995Alexander von Humboldt Award
2008Enterprise Ireland Industrial Technologies Commercialisation Award

Research Areas

Prof. Gun'ko has expertise in the areas of inorganic chemistry, science of materials and nanotechnology. His main research interests and activities include magnetic nanoparticles and magnetic fluids for MRI applications; metallasiloxanes; functionalisation of carbon nanotubes; and quantum dots for biomedical applications. The research focuses on the synthesis and characterisation of functional materials and nano-materials.

See also

References
  1. "Trinity College Dublin School of Chemistry Staff".
  2. "AMBER Foundation: People".
  3. "International research and education center for physics of nanostructures".
  4. "Prof. Yurii Gun'ko Research Group Website".
  5. "Google Scholar".
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