Yurii Gun'ko

Yurii Gun'ko
Born	USSR
Citizenship	Belarus
Alma mater	Moscow State University
Known for	Nanotechnology Quantum Dots
Scientific career
Fields	Chemistry
Institutions	Trinity College Dublin

Yurii Gun'ko (Russian : Юрий Гунько), born in USSR, is a Belarusian scientist, professor of Inorganic Chemistry at School of Chemistry of Trinity College Dublin ^[1] (Dublin, Ireland), and head of the International Research and Education Centre for Physics of Nanostructures.

Education

Yurii Gun'ko graduated from Moscow State University in 1987. In 1990 he received Ph.D in Inorganic Chemistry degree from Moscow State University.^{[ citation needed ]}

Career

Year	Position/Research area	Affiliation
1993-1994	Postdoctoral Fellow (Royal Society Award): research on organolanthanides with professor M.F. Lappert [2]	University of Sussex (UK)
1994-1995	Senior Lecturer in Chemistry and Materials for Electronics	Belarusian National Technical University
1995-1996	Postdoctoral Fellow (Alexander von Humboldt Award): research on organosilicon compounds	University of Magdeburg (Germany)
1996-1998	Postdoctoral Researcher: research on organolanthanides (EPSRC)	University of Sussex
1999-2007	Lecturer in Inorganic Chemistry	Trinity College Dublin
2007–present	Professor of Inorganic Chemistry	Trinity College Dublin
2011–present	Head of Inorganic and Synthetic Materials Chemistry	Trinity College Dublin
2014–present	Head of the laboratory	International research and education center for physics of nanostructures [3] of ITMO University

Publications

Yurii Gun'ko has over 268 publications in peer reviewed journals and 10 patents. ^[4] His h-index is 51. ^[5]

Awards

Date	Award
1993	Royal Society Fellowship Award
1995	Alexander von Humboldt Award
2008	Enterprise Ireland Industrial Technologies Commercialisation Award
2019	Member of the Royal Irish Academy [6]

Research areas

Gun'ko has expertise in the areas of inorganic chemistry, science of materials and nanotechnology. His main research interests and activities include magnetic nanoparticles and magnetic fluids for MRI applications; metallasiloxanes; functionalisation of carbon nanotubes; and quantum dots for biomedical applications. The research focuses on the synthesis and characterisation of functional materials and nano-materials.

See also

• Graphene
• Nanostructures

References

1. "Trinity College Dublin School of Chemistry Staff".
2. "AMBER Foundation: People".
3. "International research and education center for physics of nanostructures".
4. "Prof. Yurii Gun'ko Research Group Website".
5. "Google Scholar".
6. "27 New Members elected to the Academy". Royal Irish Academy. 24 May 2019. Archived from the original on 11 January 2023. Retrieved 27 November 2021.