Talents for Ukraine, an initiative by KSE Foundation, gives Ukrainian scientists the opportunity to develop their professional skills and apply them in science, technology, and other fields where they benefit people and the country. This week’s winners are researchers who are already putting their work into practice.
Iaroslav Gnilitskyi holds a PhD and serves as an Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Physics and Nanomaterials Science at Lviv Polytechnic National University. He is also a co-founder and Director of the Scientific Department at NoviNano Lab. With over 14 years of experience in femtosecond laser surface processing, Yaroslav developed a technology for producing highly regular nanostructures on metals and semiconductors at a speed of 3 m/s—setting a world record in the field of LIPSS. The technology is protected by a European patent and has formed the basis of four projects funded under the Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe programmes.
«My professional principle is that quality matters more than quantity», emphasizes Iaroslav.
Kateryna Tkachenko is a Senior Researcher of the Department of Quaternary Geology and Arctic and Antarctic Geosystems in the Institute of Geological Sciences of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. She has been studying snow chemistry in polar regions for over 20 years, working at the crossroads of chemistry, physics, and meteorology. Kateryna was the first to propose a hypothesis on the role of electrical phenomena in initiating chemical reactions within the snow cover of polar regions and is actively engaged in verifying this hypothesis through both field and laboratory studies.
«I try to support those I work with and engage them»,notes Kateryna.
Yevgen Petrov is a PhD in Physics and Mathematics and a Leading Researcher at the Department of Function Theory, Institute of Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. He specializes in fixed point theory, focusing on the study of multi-point mappings, periodic points, and generalized mappings in semi-metric spaces. His results generalize classical approaches in fixed point theory, which finds wide application in numerous fields of science and technology.
«When a result is well-cited, it reassures you that all the effort was worthwhile»,comments Yevhen.
The third stage of the Talents For Ukraine grant program continues in 2026. You can submit your application via the link https://150.foundation.kse.ua/en
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