Anatoly Vasilievich Oleynik,

Professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who pr ...

Chemistry Chemistry is the science, scientific study of the properties and behavior of matter. It is a natural science that covers the Chemical element, elements that make up matter to the chemical compound, compounds made of atoms, molecules and ions ...

at the University of Nizhni Novgorod. Currently serving as the scientific supervisor for the

photochemistry Photochemistry is the branch of chemistry concerned with the chemical effects of light. Generally, this term is used to describe a chemical reaction caused by absorption of ultraviolet (wavelength from 100 to 400 nm), visible light (400–7 ...

lab as well as the v-rector for the University for scientific research at University of Nizhni Novgorod,

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. Dr. Oleynik graduated from Gorky State University in 1959 with a Doctorate's

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, with a special focus on

organic chemistry Organic chemistry is a subdiscipline within chemistry involving the scientific study of the structure, properties, and reactions of organic compounds and organic materials, i.e., matter in its various forms that contain carbon atoms.Clayden, J.; ...

. His doctoral dissertation was entitled "Physical and chemical properties of aromatic azides and the mechanism of photochemical transformations in photosensitive materials on their base". His passion for photochemistry and

polymer A polymer (; Greek '' poly-'', "many" + ''-mer'', "part") is a substance or material consisting of very large molecules called macromolecules, composed of many repeating subunits. Due to their broad spectrum of properties, both synthetic a ...

composition in photoresistive systems is a cornerstone of teaching at the

Spectroscopy Spectroscopy is the field of study that measures and interprets the electromagnetic spectra that result from the interaction between electromagnetic radiation and matter as a function of the wavelength or frequency of the radiation. Matter wa ...

Department at the University of Nizhni. Dr. Oleynik has 220 published papers and 25 Russian issued

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