Voronezh State University » Research » Research teams

One of the major research goals of  VSU is to support and develop research teams. There are over 40 such research teams at VSU, recognized both in Russia and abroad. They have made a significant impact practically in every research area supported by the University.

Two of these research teams are included in the list of leading academic and scientific schools of the Russian Federation and get financial support from the state. Their research spheres are:

• physical chemistry and thin-films, and nanomaterials technology
  (Head Researcher – professor V.M. Ievlev, Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences);
• geodynamics, magmatism and metallogeny of the Early Precambrian history of the Earth
  (Head Researcher – professor N.M. Chernyshov, Associate Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences).

There are 13 leading research teams in the University. They are the following.

• Atomic and Electron Structure of Condensed Matter and Nanostructures
  
  Head Researcher – Professor Evelina P. Domashevskaya, Doctor of Science (Physics and Mathematics), Honoured Scientist of the Russian Federation, Full member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, and Head of the Department of solid-state physics and nanostructures
  
  
• Topological Methods In Nonlinear Analysis
  
  Founded by Professor Yury G. Borisovich (1930–2007), Doctor of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics), and Honoured Scientist of the Russian Federation
  
  Head Researcher – Professor Victor G. Zvyagin, Doctor of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics), Head of the Department of Algebra and Topological Analysis Methods at the Mathematics Faculty
  
  
• Functional and Construction Materials
  
  Head Researcher – Professor Valentin M. Ievlev, Doctor of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics), Full Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Honoured Scientist of the Russian Federation, and Head of the Department of Materials Science and the Industry of Nanosystems
  
  
• Philosophy of Science
  
  Head Researcher – Professor Alexandr S. Kravets, Doctor of Philosophy, Honoured Scientist of the Russian Federation, and Head of the Department of Metaphysics and Epistemology at the Faculty of Philosophy and Psychology
  
  
• Interaction of Optical Radiation with Atoms and Molecules
  
  Founded by professor Lev P. Rapoport (1920–2000), – Doctor of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics), Honoured Scientist of the Russian Federation
  
  Head Researcher in the group studying multiply charged ion formation in a strong laser field, and linear and nonlinear susceptibilities of atoms and diatomic molecules – Professor Boris A. Zon, Doctor of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics), Honoured Scientist of the Russian Federation, and Head of the Department of Mathematical Physics
  
  Head Researcher in in the group studying harmonic generation, nonlinear ionization, and collisional problems in an intense laser field; atoms in optical lattices; attosecond physics – professor Nikolay L. Manakov, Doctor of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics), Department of Theoretical Physics
  
  
• Electrochemistry of Metals and Alloys
  
  Founded by Professor Igor K. Marshakov (1928–2012), Doctor of Sciences (Chemistry), Honoured Scientist of the Russian Federation, Full Member of the International Academy of Higher Education, and Professor at the Department of Physical Chemistry
  
  
• General and Russian Linguistics
  
  Head Researcher – professor Zinaida D. Popova, Doctor of Philology (Linguistics), Honoured  Scientist of the Russian Federation, and Professor at the Department of General Linguistics and Stylistics
  
  
• East European Forest-steppe Archaeology
  
  Head Researcher – Professor Anatoly D. Pryahin, Doctor of Sciences (History), Honoured Scientist of the Russian Federation, and Head of the History of Home Archaeology Centre
  
  
• Statistical Methods in Theory of Information Transmission and Processing
  
  Head Researcher – Professor Andrey P. Trifonov, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Honoured Scientist of the Russian Federation, and Head of the Department of Radiophysics
  
  
• Chemistry of Solids and Semiconductors
  
  Founded by Professor Yakov A. Ugay (1921–2007), – Doctor of Science (Chemistry), USSR National Prize in Science laureate, and Honoured Scientist of the Russian Federation
  
  Head Researcher in the group studying physical and chemical principles of synthesis of solid materials for microelectronics – Professor Yevgeny G. Goncharov, Doctor of Science (Chemistry), and Head of the Department of General and Inorganic Chemistry
  
  Head Researcher in the group studying semiconductors and nanostructured functional films – professor Irina Ya. Mittova, – Doctor of Science (Chemistry), Department of Materials Science and Nanosystems Industry
  
  
• Geodynamics, Magmatism and Metallogeny of the Early Precambrian History of the Earth
  
  Head Researcher – Professor Nikolay M. Chernyshov, Doctor of Science (geological and mineralogical sciences), Associate Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Honoured Scientist of the Russian Federation, Head of the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology, and Head of the Centre for Research and Education “Geology of ore deposits in Central Russia”
  
  
• Soil Genesis, Evolution, and Ecology in Central Russia
  
  Founded by Professor Andrey P. Shcherbakov, Doctor of Sciences (Biology), full Member of the Russian Academy of Agricultural Sciences
  
  Head Researcher – Professor Dmitry I. Shcheglov, Doctor of Sciences (Biology), and Head of the Department of Soil Studies and Agro chemistry
  
  
• Research in Management
  
  Founded by Professor Vladimir N. Eytington (1924–2014), PhD in Economics, Honored Economist of the Russian Federation, Distinguished Citizen of Voronezh