Prof. Yuriy Plevachuk, DrSc.
PROFESSIONAL CV
Contact: yuriy.plevachuk@savba.sk, yuriy.plevachuk@lnu.edu.ua, yuriy.plevachuk@gmail.com,
https://physics.lnu.edu.ua/en/employee/plevachuk-yu-o-2, Phone: +421917562689, +380672717594,
Name: Yuriy Plevachuk, Dr. Sci., Prof.
Date of Birth: 23 May, 1958 Nationality: Ukrainian
Place of birth: Lviv, Ukraine
Educational background:
September 1975 – June 1980: student at the Faculty of Physics, Ivan Franko State University of Lviv, Ukraine
Degrees obtained:
1980: Master of Sciences in Physics, spec. Optical devices and spectroscopy, Degree work: "Investigation of electrooptical characteristics in crystals with chalcopyrite structure"
1995: Ph.D. (Candidate of Sciences), Degree work: "Experimental investigations of liquid-liquid equilibrium in metal and semiconductor liquid alloys",
2012: Doctor of Science (Habilitation), Degree work: “Macro- and microsegregation in the monotectic and eutectic metal melts”,
2021: Full Professor
Professional Career:
1980-1984: Apparatus-building plant, Engineer
1984-1988: Design office of the machine-building plant, Software-Engineer
1988-1992: Junior Research Fellow, Institute of Applied Physics, Ivan Franko State University 1991: Member of the Ukrainian Physical Society
1992-1995: Research Fellow, Institute of Applied Physics, Ivan Franko State University
1995-2003: Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Applied Physics, Ivan Franko State University
2003-2010: Senior Research Fellow, Laboratory of Liquid Metals, Head of Unit, Department of Metal Physics, Faculty of Physics, Ivan Franko National University
Since 2010: Leading Researcher, Laboratory of Liquid Metals, Department of Metal Physics, Faculty of Physics, Ivan Franko National University.
Since 2015: Leading Researcher, Laboratory of Liquid Metals, Department of Metal Physics, Faculty of Physics, Ivan Franko National University, Head of the University R&D department.
Research interests:
high-temperature investigation of thermophysical properties (electrical resistivity, thermoelectric power, thermal conductivity) of liquid metals and semiconductors;
critical phenomena and phase transitions in liquid eutectic and monotectic metal systems;
design and development of nanostructured materials;
design and investigation of new lead-free solder materials;
investigation of metal-nonmetal transition in disordered systems.
surface and interface phenomena in multicomponent metal alloys
correlation between structure and structure sensitive properties in liquid and solid metal alloys
investigation of surface phenomena in metal melts by electromagnetic levitation
Practical Experience:
High-temperature experimentation under high-pressure and vacuum conditions
Experimental technique for simultaneous electrical conductivity and thermoelectric power measurements in a wide temperature range (up to 2000 K) under high pressures (up to 50 MPa)
Experimental arrangement based on the steady-state concentric cylinder method for the thermal conductivity measurement of liquid metals and semiconductors over a wide temperature range.
DSC, DTA, XRD measurements
Investigation of viscosity by the oscillating-cup method
Investigation of surface tension and density by contact (sessile drop) and contactless (electromagnetic levitation) methods
Leader of 10 national projects and Ukrainian co-ordinator of international research projects SCOPES, IMPRESS, COST (1997-2014).
Ukrainian co-ordinator of bilateral research projects:
o Slovak-Ukrainian SK-UA-0043-09 (2010-2011)
o Ukrainian-German UKR 08/033 (2010-2011)
o Ukrainian-Austrian No 03/2013 (2013-2014)
o Ukrainian-German NE 822/20-1 (DFG) (2013-2014)
o Ukrainian-Austrian UA 07/2017 (2017-2018), UA 06/2021 (2021-2022)
Numerous investigations (during 1996-2025) in scientific laboratories of Germany, France, Slovakia, Switzerland, Austria:
07-08.2022 Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
NSP. Visiting Scientist (VS)
07-09.2021 DLR, Cologne, Germany. Levitation experiments. Investigations of high-entropy alloys. VS.
03-04.2018 FEM Forschungsinstitut für Edelmetalle & Metallchemie, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. Investigation of Pt-Ga, Pt-In, Pt-Ga liquid alloys. VS.
11.2017 University of Graz, Austria. Common project.
07-08.2017 Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, NSP. VS
08-09.2016 DLR, Germany. Levitation experiments. Investigations of high-entropy alloys. VS.
06-08.2015 Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, NSP. VS
06-08.2014 FEM Forschungsinstitut für Edelmetalle & Metallchemie, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. Investigation of Pt-based liquid alloys. VS.
06-08.2013 DLR, Cologne, Germany. Development and construction of a flight ready device for thermal conductivity measurements in space. VS.
02-04.2013 Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, NSP. VS
17.08-11.09.2012 University of Metz, France, Invited Professor
17.08-15.09.2011 University of Metz, France, Invited Professor
02-03.2011 University of Vienna, COST MP0602, STSM. Lead-free Ni-Sn-Zn alloys
06-09.2010 EMPA, Dübendorf, Switzerland. Novel filler metals for brazing of Ti aluminides and Ni-based superalloys. VS.
16.02-15.05.2009 Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, NSP. VS
06-07.2008 Chemnitz Technical University, Germany. DAAD grant.
Investigation of Pb-free solder materials. VS.
2007, 2006, 2005 DLR (Institute of Materials Physics in Space), Cologne, Germany.
Levitation experiments. Density and surface tension of Al-Ni-based systems. VS.
12.2004, 11.2003 Forschungszentrum Rossendorf (FZR), Dresden, Germany. VS.
07-08.2003 TU-Chemnitz, Germany. Investigation of Pb-free solders. VS.
04-05.2003
08-09.2002 FZR, Dresden, Germany. Visiting Scientist. Investigation of Marangoni convection in immiscible metal alloys. VS.
09.1999-03.2000
09-12.2000 TU-Chemnitz, Germany. Investigation of Marangoni convection in immiscible alloys for industrial application. DAAD grant. VS.
11.2000 University de Metz, France. Electrophysical investigations. Visiting Scientist.
04-05, 11-12.1998
09.1997
03, 10-12.1996 TU-Chemnitz, Germany. Ukrainian – German scientific project. Viscosity investigations on CdTe-based liquid alloys. Investigation of In-Se system. Viscosity measurements of Tl-based liquid alloys.
Publications: 149 papers in Scopus, 1918 citations, h-index: 21
144 papers in Web of Science, 1876 citations, h-index: 22
Scopus author ID: 7003678733
Web of Science Researcher ID: M-8485-2019
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8472-6447
Courses held for undergraduate and graduate students of physics and materials science:
Molecular Physics; Physical Material Science; Atomic dynamics in solids; Actual problems of condensed matter physics; Electro-kinetic properties and magnetism of nanostructures; Physico-chemical research methods
Awards:
1) State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology (2020) for the work "Controlling the material properties under extreme conditions"
2) IUPAC Poster Prise at 12th Inter. Conference HTMC-XII (18-22.09.2006, Vienna, Austria)
Language: Ukrainian, English, German, French, Slovak, Polish
Contact: yuriy.plevachuk@savba.sk, yuriy.plevachuk@lnu.edu.ua, yuriy.plevachuk@gmail.com,
https://physics.lnu.edu.ua/en/employee/plevachuk-yu-o-2, Phone: +421917562689, +380672717594,
Name: Yuriy Plevachuk, Dr. Sci., Prof.
Date of Birth: 23 May, 1958 Nationality: Ukrainian
Place of birth: Lviv, Ukraine
Educational background:
September 1975 – June 1980: student at the Faculty of Physics, Ivan Franko State University of Lviv, Ukraine
Degrees obtained:
1980: Master of Sciences in Physics, spec. Optical devices and spectroscopy, Degree work: "Investigation of electrooptical characteristics in crystals with chalcopyrite structure"
1995: Ph.D. (Candidate of Sciences), Degree work: "Experimental investigations of liquid-liquid equilibrium in metal and semiconductor liquid alloys",
2012: Doctor of Science (Habilitation), Degree work: “Macro- and microsegregation in the monotectic and eutectic metal melts”,
2021: Full Professor
Professional Career:
1980-1984: Apparatus-building plant, Engineer
1984-1988: Design office of the machine-building plant, Software-Engineer
1988-1992: Junior Research Fellow, Institute of Applied Physics, Ivan Franko State University 1991: Member of the Ukrainian Physical Society
1992-1995: Research Fellow, Institute of Applied Physics, Ivan Franko State University
1995-2003: Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Applied Physics, Ivan Franko State University
2003-2010: Senior Research Fellow, Laboratory of Liquid Metals, Head of Unit, Department of Metal Physics, Faculty of Physics, Ivan Franko National University
Since 2010: Leading Researcher, Laboratory of Liquid Metals, Department of Metal Physics, Faculty of Physics, Ivan Franko National University.
Since 2015: Leading Researcher, Laboratory of Liquid Metals, Department of Metal Physics, Faculty of Physics, Ivan Franko National University, Head of the University R&D department.
Research interests:
high-temperature investigation of thermophysical properties (electrical resistivity, thermoelectric power, thermal conductivity) of liquid metals and semiconductors;
critical phenomena and phase transitions in liquid eutectic and monotectic metal systems;
design and development of nanostructured materials;
design and investigation of new lead-free solder materials;
investigation of metal-nonmetal transition in disordered systems.
surface and interface phenomena in multicomponent metal alloys
correlation between structure and structure sensitive properties in liquid and solid metal alloys
investigation of surface phenomena in metal melts by electromagnetic levitation
Practical Experience:
High-temperature experimentation under high-pressure and vacuum conditions
Experimental technique for simultaneous electrical conductivity and thermoelectric power measurements in a wide temperature range (up to 2000 K) under high pressures (up to 50 MPa)
Experimental arrangement based on the steady-state concentric cylinder method for the thermal conductivity measurement of liquid metals and semiconductors over a wide temperature range.
DSC, DTA, XRD measurements
Investigation of viscosity by the oscillating-cup method
Investigation of surface tension and density by contact (sessile drop) and contactless (electromagnetic levitation) methods
Leader of 10 national projects and Ukrainian co-ordinator of international research projects SCOPES, IMPRESS, COST (1997-2014).
Ukrainian co-ordinator of bilateral research projects:
o Slovak-Ukrainian SK-UA-0043-09 (2010-2011)
o Ukrainian-German UKR 08/033 (2010-2011)
o Ukrainian-Austrian No 03/2013 (2013-2014)
o Ukrainian-German NE 822/20-1 (DFG) (2013-2014)
o Ukrainian-Austrian UA 07/2017 (2017-2018), UA 06/2021 (2021-2022)
Numerous investigations (during 1996-2025) in scientific laboratories of Germany, France, Slovakia, Switzerland, Austria:
07-08.2022 Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
NSP. Visiting Scientist (VS)
07-09.2021 DLR, Cologne, Germany. Levitation experiments. Investigations of high-entropy alloys. VS.
03-04.2018 FEM Forschungsinstitut für Edelmetalle & Metallchemie, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. Investigation of Pt-Ga, Pt-In, Pt-Ga liquid alloys. VS.
11.2017 University of Graz, Austria. Common project.
07-08.2017 Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, NSP. VS
08-09.2016 DLR, Germany. Levitation experiments. Investigations of high-entropy alloys. VS.
06-08.2015 Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, NSP. VS
06-08.2014 FEM Forschungsinstitut für Edelmetalle & Metallchemie, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany. Investigation of Pt-based liquid alloys. VS.
06-08.2013 DLR, Cologne, Germany. Development and construction of a flight ready device for thermal conductivity measurements in space. VS.
02-04.2013 Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, NSP. VS
17.08-11.09.2012 University of Metz, France, Invited Professor
17.08-15.09.2011 University of Metz, France, Invited Professor
02-03.2011 University of Vienna, COST MP0602, STSM. Lead-free Ni-Sn-Zn alloys
06-09.2010 EMPA, Dübendorf, Switzerland. Novel filler metals for brazing of Ti aluminides and Ni-based superalloys. VS.
16.02-15.05.2009 Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, NSP. VS
06-07.2008 Chemnitz Technical University, Germany. DAAD grant.
Investigation of Pb-free solder materials. VS.
2007, 2006, 2005 DLR (Institute of Materials Physics in Space), Cologne, Germany.
Levitation experiments. Density and surface tension of Al-Ni-based systems. VS.
12.2004, 11.2003 Forschungszentrum Rossendorf (FZR), Dresden, Germany. VS.
07-08.2003 TU-Chemnitz, Germany. Investigation of Pb-free solders. VS.
04-05.2003
08-09.2002 FZR, Dresden, Germany. Visiting Scientist. Investigation of Marangoni convection in immiscible metal alloys. VS.
09.1999-03.2000
09-12.2000 TU-Chemnitz, Germany. Investigation of Marangoni convection in immiscible alloys for industrial application. DAAD grant. VS.
11.2000 University de Metz, France. Electrophysical investigations. Visiting Scientist.
04-05, 11-12.1998
09.1997
03, 10-12.1996 TU-Chemnitz, Germany. Ukrainian – German scientific project. Viscosity investigations on CdTe-based liquid alloys. Investigation of In-Se system. Viscosity measurements of Tl-based liquid alloys.
Publications: 149 papers in Scopus, 1918 citations, h-index: 21
144 papers in Web of Science, 1876 citations, h-index: 22
Scopus author ID: 7003678733
Web of Science Researcher ID: M-8485-2019
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8472-6447
Courses held for undergraduate and graduate students of physics and materials science:
Molecular Physics; Physical Material Science; Atomic dynamics in solids; Actual problems of condensed matter physics; Electro-kinetic properties and magnetism of nanostructures; Physico-chemical research methods
Awards:
1) State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology (2020) for the work "Controlling the material properties under extreme conditions"
2) IUPAC Poster Prise at 12th Inter. Conference HTMC-XII (18-22.09.2006, Vienna, Austria)
Language: Ukrainian, English, German, French, Slovak, Polish