Date and place of birth: 17 September 1988, Zhabinka, Belarus

Academic degrees:

•  PhD degree in Material science, University of Aveiro, 2017  
   PhD Thesis: “Electrosynthesis of 1-D metallic nanoparticles from DES using porous anodic templates”

•  Degree in Chemical Engeneering (5-year program), Department of Chemical technology of organic substances, materials and products, Belarusian State University of Technology, 2011
   Degree Thesis: “Research into the influence of temperature on rubber properties”

Scientific and professional activities:

since 2017: Post-doctoral researcher, Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering, CICECO, University of Aveiro

2011-2017: Junior Researcher, Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering, CICECO, University of Aveiro

2007-2010: Engineer (part-time), Belarusian State University

Area of scientific activity:
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells; (Electro)Catalysis; Oxygen Separation; Mixed-conducting Ceramic Membranes; Membrane Reactors; Energy Conversion and Storage Materials; Natural Gas and Biogas Conversion; Steam Electrolysis; Oxide Thermoelectrics; Corrosion protection; Electrochemical deposition; Ionic liquids.

Scientific domain:
Materials Science, Physical Chemistry; Solid State Chemistry and Electrochemistry;

Specialization:
Solid-state reaction synthesis; Glycine-nitrate combustion synthesis; Pechini (citrate) synthesis technique; Mechanochemical activation and mechanosynthesis;
Structural and microstructural characterization: X-ray diffraction (XRD); Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); Energy-dispersive analysis (EDS);
Thermal analysis: Thermogravimetry (TGA), Differential thermal analysis (DTA); Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); Dilatometry;
Electrical measurements: electrical conductivity (DC methods and AC impedance spectroscopy); Seebeck coefficient;
Electrochemical measurements: electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; polarization techniques;
Studies of mixed ionic-electronic transport in oxides: oxygen permeation measurements; determination of transference numbers (modified EMF technique; Faradaic efficiency technique; polarization methods); coulometric titration;
Analysis of defect chemistry of oxides; Oxygen nonstoichiometry - defect chemistry - transport properties relationships; Thermochemical expansion;
Electrochemical deposition of active metals and semiconductors from ionic liquids;

Present research interests:
- Development of ionic, electronic and mixed ionic-electronic conductors with different structures (fluorite, perovskite, pyrochlore, apatite, Ruddlesden-Popper, etc.) and composite metarials for energy-conversion technologies and studies of their properties, chemical and thermal stability, redox behavior, electrochemical and electrocatalytic performance;
- Alternative electrochemically-active and cost-efficient cathode and anode materials for fuel cell applications;
- Solid electrolytes for intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cells;
- Nanostructured electrocatalysts for hydrocarbon (natural gas, biogas) conversion and fuel cell applications; 
- High performance composite CO₂ separation membranes
- Oxygen-selective ceramic mixed-conducting membranes for oxygen separation from air and partial oxidation of light hydrocarbon; Surface activation methods;
- Oxide thermoelectric materials.