People

The academic staff of the department. Contact details, ORCID and Scopus identifiers are given for each member; correspondence in English is welcome.

Kateryna Yablochkova

Head of Department · Associate Professor · Candidate of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics)

Research: infrared and Raman spectroscopy; machine learning methods in optical data analysis. Over 30 publications.
yablochkova@knu.ua · ORCID 0000-0001-8719-5776 · Scopus 55653741400

Serhii Kondratenko

Professor · Doctor of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics) · Dean of the Faculty of Physics

Research: semiconductor physics, opto- and nanoelectronics; solar cells and infrared photodetectors. Principal investigator of the department’s NATO SPS and CRDF Global projects. 80 publications in leading journals.
kondratenko@knu.ua · ORCID 0000-0002-4403-7732 · Scopus 14019747400

Serhii Zelensky

Professor · Doctor of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics) · Deputy Dean for Research

Research: interaction of intense pulsed laser radiation with opaque materials; non-linear luminescence and high-temperature effects. Over 80 articles and more than 10 textbooks.
zelensky@knu.ua · ORCID 0000-0001-8545-6784 · Scopus 6602715539

Oleksii Makarenko

Doctor of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics) · Professor of the Department

Research: polarimetry and colorimetry; optical sensors based on surface plasmon resonance. 60 publications.
almakar@knu.ua · ORCID 0000-0001-8682-5377 · Scopus 56487750500

Vasyl Yashchuk

Associate Professor · Candidate of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics)

Research: laser physics, non-linear optics, laser spectroscopy, light scattering in disordered media and random lasing. 98 publications, 59 of them in journals indexed by Scopus.
yavas@knu.ua · ORCID 0000-0003-0601-0798 · Scopus 7006210527

Andrii Yakunov

Associate Professor · Candidate of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics)

Research: optics of inhomogeneous media, speckle metrology, biomedical optics; public communication of science.
yakunov@knu.ua · ORCID 0000-0002-2664-4803 · Scopus 36853217100

Vadym Prokopets

Associate Professor · Candidate of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics)

Research: laser physics, optoelectronics, automation of experiment, microelectronics. 15 publications in journals indexed by Scopus.
ORCID 0000-0001-9281-8181 · Scopus 15081017600