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Victor N. Nemykin
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Department of Chemistry
University of Manitoba
144 Dysard Road
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2, Canada

E-mail: Victor.Nemykin@umanitoba.ca

Dr, V.Nemykin

 


EDUCATION

Ph.D. (Ukrainian equivalent) : 1995, Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine.

Master of Science with Honors (Ukrainian analog) : 1993, Department of Chemistry, Kiev State University, Kiev, Ukraine.

 

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Professor and Department Head, Department of Chemistry, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, 2016–

Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, 2012–2016

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, 2008–2012

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Minnesota Duluth, Duluth, 2004 – 2008

Research Associate, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh (with Professor Partha Basu), 2001 – 2004

Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemistry, Bethany College, Bethany, WV, 2004.

Visiting Scientist, Department of Applied Industrial Chemistry, College of Industrial Technology, Nihon University, Japan, 2000 – 2001

Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellow: Department of Chemistry, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1998 – 2000

Research Fellow: Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine, 1995 – 1998

 

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Chemistry of Aromatic Macrocyclic Compounds, BODIPYs, and azaBODIPYs : synthetic strategies for preparation of new functional materials with predefined photophysical properties for application in fluorescence (bio)imaging, organic photovoltaics, and cancer treatment.

Ferrocene-Containing Functional Materials : preparation and characterization of organometallic functional materials with specific redox, optical, and photocatalytic properties. Design of donor-acceptor assemblies for light-harvesting and molecular electronics.

Oxygen-Transfer Reactivity of High-Valence Molybdenum Complexes : preparation, characterization, and oxygen-transfer reactivity of discrete molybdenum complexes, which mimic active sites in molybdopterin enzymes.

Oxygen-Transfer Reactivity of High-Valence Transition-Metal Macrocycles : design, characterization, oxygen-transfer reactivity and reaction mechanisms of transition-metal phthalocyannines and their analogues.

Computational Inorganic and Organometallic Chemistry : modeling of electronic structures and spectroscopic properties (Mössbauer, EPR, UV-vis, NMR, etc ) in inorganic and organometallic compounds.

Crystallography : General trends in secondary interactions in supramolecular assemblies and hypervalent iodine compounds.

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

2016 Chancellor's Award for Distinguished Research, University of Minnesota Duluth, USA

2015 Invited Professor, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

2012 Visiting Professor, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

2009 – 2016 Minnesota Supercomputing Institute Associate Research Fellow

2008 Visiting Professor, University of Rome “Tor Vergata”, Rome, Italy

2006 Visiting Professor, Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan

1998 – 2000 Japanese Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship Award

1998 – 2000 INTAS fellowship

1996 NATO international travel award for the former Soviet Union countries

1994 – 1996 Ukrainian President Fellowship for young scientists

1993 – 1994 Postgraduate scholarship from Ukrainian Academy of Sciences for young scientists

 

SIGNIFICANT PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AND ACTIVITIES

Guest Editor, Journal of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines: Special issue for 75 th birthday of Prof. Lukyanets, 2012-2013

Symposium Organizer: 8 th International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, Istanbul, Turkey, 2014

Symposium Organizer: 7 th International Conference on Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines, Jeju island, Korea, 2012

Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines; National Representative, 2000 –2002.

 

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES 

American Chemical Society (ACS): 2002 – present.

Society of Porphyrins and Phthalocyanines (SPP): 2000 – present. 



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