Graduates

Where graduates of the department have ended up. The list is not exhaustive and is compiled from public professional profiles; the year given is the year of graduation from this department, and the position is the current one.

Research and universities

• Ihor Dotsenko · 2000 — Professor at the Université de Toulouse. From 2014 to 2023 at the Collège de France, in the group of Serge Haroche, Nobel laureate of 2012.
• Vasyl Kravets · 1985 — University of Manchester, in the group of Konstantin Novoselov — the 2010 Nobel Prize for graphene.
• Rostyslav Danylo · 2015 — Max Born Institute, Berlin: attosecond physics. Previously a doctoral candidate at the École Polytechnique in Paris.
• Mykola Biednov · MSc 2014 — Instrument Scientist at European XFEL near Hamburg since 2018, on the FXE instrument — ultrafast X-ray photochemistry. PhD from Universität Hamburg.
• Rustam Rysov — European XFEL, beamline scientist on the MID instrument — coherent X-ray scattering.
• Oleksandra Ivakhno-Tsehelnyk · MSc 2023 — Doctoral candidate at Chemnitz University of Technology, semiconductor physics — a partner department.
• Mykyta Redkin · BSc 2021, MSc 2023 — Doctoral candidate at Ruhr University Bochum: dual-frequency-comb laser sources. From August 2026 a visiting researcher at Heriot-Watt, Edinburgh.
• Artem Levchuk · KNU 2012–2017 — Research engineer at CNRS and the École Polytechnique in Saclay, France. Master’s and doctorate at Le Mans — the department’s double-degree partner.
• Ruslan Ryskulov · KNU 2014–2017 — Postdoctoral researcher at Chalmers University of Technology and Quantum Device Engineer at QET Sweden, Gothenburg.
• Nazar Oleksiievets — Microscopy development at a Max Planck institute. PhD in biophysics from Göttingen, on single-molecule super-resolution microscopy.
• Taras Hanulia · MSc 2015 — Postdoctoral researcher at Tufts University near Boston: microfluidics and fluorescence spectroscopy. PhD from Shizuoka University.
• Daryna Storozhuk · MSc 2013 — Scientist at the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology in Jena. Previously three years as a crystallographer at DESY, Hamburg.
• Yevhen Shynkarenko · MSc 2011 — R&D engineer at CSEM, the Swiss Centre for Electronics and Microtechnology in Neuchâtel.
• Kateryna Zelenska · MSc 2011 — Fellow at DESY, the German electron synchrotron in Hamburg. Previously at Shizuoka University.
• Artem Yakovliev · BSc 2014 — Adjunct at the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences, department of applied spectroscopy.
• Serhii Holovinskyi · PhD 2010–2014 — Associate Professor at Shenzhen University, College of Optoelectronic Engineering.
• Tymish Ohulchanskyy · 1991 — Distinguished Professor at Shenzhen University, College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering; previously SUNY Buffalo.
• Serhii Lysenko — Professor at the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, head of the Quantum Materials Dynamics laboratory.
• Oleksii Rozhin — Reader at Aston University, Birmingham — Aston Institute of Photonic Technologies.
• Oleksiy Drachenko — Research engineer at CNRS, National Laboratory of High Magnetic Fields in Grenoble; previously nine years at HZDR Dresden.
• Anatolii Makhort — PhD from the University of Strasbourg, IPCMS: photostrictive structures for photovoltaics and energy harvesting.

Industry and R&D

• Andrii Sukhariev · 2013 — Lead Engineer at Samsung Electronics.
• Andrii Shcherbakov · MSc 2019 — Technical Product Owner at Roche, Germany; PhD from the Technical University of Munich.
• Andrii Maksymov · MSc 2010 — Quantum Control Theorist at IonQ; PhD from Tulane University.
• Artem Sribnyi · MSc 2019 — Senior Photonics Integration Engineer at SiPhox Health, Boston; PhD from Tulane University.
• Mykyta Kolchiba · MSc 2015 — Optical R&D Engineer at Koito Manufacturing, Japan; PhD from Shizuoka University.
• Valentyn Stadnytskyi · MSc 2011 — Chief Technology Officer of a robotics start-up in Maryland; PhD in biophysics from Purdue University.
• Oleksandra Hanus · 2012 — Builds computer vision systems at MVTec Software, Germany.
• Iryna Lisova · PhD 2010–2014 — R&D engineer at Skylum Software.
• Oleksandr Hushcha — Chief Semiconductor Product Specialist at Advanced Photonix, California.
• Olesia Sniezhkova — Optics Specialist at Eclipse Optics, Sweden.
• Vasyl Shynkar — Project Manager at HORIBA Scientific, France.
• Ihor Fesianov · MSc 2018 — Team Lead in machine learning and data science at EVO, Kyiv.

Other paths

• Oleksandr Popenko · BSc 2014 — Video producer and photographer at Mystetskyi Arsenal; freelance camera operator and editor for BBC News Ukraine.
• Maksym Kokhan · MSc 2018 — Linux kernel engineer.
• Tetiana Nosach — Senior analyst at YouTube, New York.
• Dmytro Melenevskyi — Director of NOVATIONS LLC; the Hrytseniuk and Melenevskyi Foundation funds a named scholarship for students of the department.
• Oleksandr Kravtsov — Director of Electrocars.

Are you a graduate?

If you studied here and are not on this list, or if an entry is out of date, write to optics.phys@knu.ua. Corrections are welcome, and so is a photograph.