Oksana Linnik


Oksana Linnik

Dr. Sci. Chem., Senior Researcher

Phone: (+38)067 585 64 02

Email: okslinnik@yahoo.co.uk


RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Design and synthesis of ecologically friendly multicomponent photocatalysts (sol-gel method, pulsed laser deposition)
  •  Investigation of structure, morphology, photoelectrochemical characteristics, phase composition and surface chemistry of nanomaterials
  • Photocatalytic processes of anthropogenic pollutants decomposition and determination of the factors affected the process efficiency; investigations directed to the more effective plant waste and lignin use by means of photocatalytic conversion to low-molecular-weight compounds

 

SKILLS and ACHIEVEMENTS:

  • Co-author of 135 scientific works, including 46 papers, 4 chapters in books, 1 patent of Ukraine and 85 abstracts
  • co-managing of international projects;
  • teaching experience in English and Ukrainian;
  • supervising of master students work activity, coaching of new group members.

 

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

 2011- present - CHUIKO INSTITUTE OF SURFACE CHEMISTRY OF NASU, KYIV, UKRAINE (Senior Scientific Researcher)

 2009- 2012  - PITTSBURG PLATE GLASS INC. (PPG, USA) (Leader of “Refinish” group)

 2007-2011- CHUIKO INSTITUTE OF SURFACE CHEMISTRY OF NASU, KYIV, UKRAINE (Scientific Researcher )

 2005-2007 - NATIONAL PIROGOV MEDICAL UNIVERSITY, VINNYTSIA, UKRAINE (Teaching Assistant )

 2000-2003 - INSTITUTE OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITY ERLANGEN-NURNBERG, GERMANY (PhD Student (PhD Advisor: Prof. Dr. Horst Kisch))

 1998-2000 - INSTITUTE OF SURFACE CHEMISTRY OF NASU, KYIV, UKRAINE (Engineer and PhD Student (PhD Advisor: Prof. Dr. Anna Eremenko))

 

EDUCATION:

 1996 – TARAS SHEVCHENKO UNIVERSITY OF KYIV, Kyiv, Ukraine, Chemistry department, Diploma of Specialyst

2004 – INSTITUTE OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY, FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITY, Erlangen-Nurnberg, Germany, Doctor Degree of Natural Sciences (Dr. Rer. Nat.), Ph.D. thesis “Photocatalytic dinitrogen fixation at metal titanate thin films

2008 –  CHUIKO INSTITUTE OF SURFACE CHEMISTRY OF NASU, Kyiv, Ukraine, Ph.D. in Chemistry, specialty “Physics and Chemistry of Surface” (nostrofication of Ph.D. thesis “Photocatalytic dinitrogen fixation at metal titanate thin films”)

2017 – CHUIKO INSTITUTE OF SURFACE CHEMISTRY OF NASU, Kyiv, Ukraine, Senior Researcher, specialty 102 “Chemistry”

2021 – CHUIKO INSTITUTE OF SURFACE CHEMISTRY OF NASU, Kyiv, Ukraine, Doctor of Sciences in Chemistry (Dr.Sci.(Chem.)), specialty 102 “Chemistry” (“Physical Chemistry”), thesis “Physicochemical approaches to hybrid semiconductive films’ synthesis for ecological photocatalysis”


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

 

  1. A. Kramar, M. Malysheva, V. Anishchenko, P. Kuzema, O. Stavinskaya, N. Smirnova, I. Laguta, R. Ivannikov, O. Linnik.. Photocatalytic conversion of lignin in the presence of titania and iron titanate films. // Theor Exp Chem – 2023 – V. 59, №3. – P. 154—160. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11237-023-09774-5.
  2. A. Kramar, V. Anishchenko, P. Kuzema, N. Smirnova, I. Laguta, O. Stavinskaya, R. Ivannikov, O. Linnik. Features of lignosulfonate depolymerization and photocatalytic transformation to low-molecular-weight compounds over nano-sized semiconductive films // Applied Nanoscience. – 2022. – V. 12. – P. 2345-2355 https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-022-02492-9.
  3. O. Linnik, N. Smirnova, I. Laguta, A. Eremenko. Nitrogen-iron co-doped titania films as solar light sensitive photocatalysts // Functional Materials. – 2021. – V. 28 (2). – Р. 252-258. https://doi.org/10.15407/fm28.02.252.
  4. D. Ihnatiuk, V. Vorobets, M. Šihor, C. Tossi, G. Kolbasov, N. Smirnova, I. Tittonen, A. Eremenko, K. Kočí, O. Linnik. Photoelectrochemical, photocatalytic and electrocatalytic behavior of titania films modified by nitrogen and platinum species // Applied Nanoscience. – 2021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204–021–01690–1.
  5. D. Ihnatiuk, C. Tossi, I. Tittonen, O. Linnik. Effect of synthesis conditions of nitrogen and platinum co–doped titania films on the photocatalytic performance under simulated solar light // Catalysts. – 2020. – V. 10(9). – 1074. https://doi.org/10.3390/catal10091074
  6. O. Linnik, G. Popescu–Pelin, N. Stefan, N. Chorna, N. Smirnova, C.N. Mihailescu, C.Ristoscu, I.N. Mihailescu. Investigation of nitrogen and iron co‑doped TiO2 films synthesized in N2/CH4 via pulsed laser deposition technique // Applied Nanoscience. – 2020. – V. 10. – Р. 2569–2579. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13204-020-01309-x.
  7. N. Chorna, N. Smirnova, V. Vorobets, G. Kolbasov, O. Linnik. Nitrogen doped iron titanate films: photoelectrochemical, electrocatalytic, photocatalytic and structural features // Applied Surface Science. – 2019. – V. 473. – Р. 343–351. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.12.154.