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Director, X-ray Crystallographic Center
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
091 Chemistry Building
University of Maryland
College Park, MD 20742

Scientific Interests & Expertise:

Chemistry:

Crystal-chemistry of vanadium oxide open frameworks; Structure-properties relationship in metal oxide and metal phosphate materials; Structure and properties of battery materials; Nano-crystalline materials; Hydrothermal synthesis; Copper(I) π-complexes.

Crystallography:

Crystal structure from powder and single crystal data; Structure determination from powder data; Rietveld refinement; Twinning; Disordered and Modulated Structures; Crystallographic Databases; CIF

Computing:

Crystallographic software Crystal Structure Determination for Widows (WinCSD) (with L. Akselrud, Y. Grin and V. Pecharsky) for crystal structure determination (including incommensurate modulated and composite structure) and refinement from either powder or single crystal diffraction (distributed by STOE & Cie GmbH).

Experience:

2005-present

Director of X-ray Crystallographic Laboratory, Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

1996-2004

University Crystallographer, Institute for Materials Research & Chemistry Department, State University of New York at Binghamton.

1993-1996

Visiting Scientist, Institute for Materials Research & Chemistry Department, State University of New York at Binghamton.

1989-1992

Docent, Chemistry Department, L’viv State University.

1984-1989

Lecturer, Chemistry Department, L’viv State University.

1983-1984

Research Associate, Chemistry Department, Lviv State University, Ukraine.

Education:

1980-1982

Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry at L’viv State University (Ukraine). Theses “X-ray Structure Investigation of Copper (I) Chloride π-Complexes with Substituted Olefins”

1974-1979

B.A., M.A. in Chemistry at L’viv State University (Ukraine). Theses “Crystal Structure of Diphenyl-Phosphoro-15-Crown-5”.

Teaching:

• “X-ray powder diffraction: principles and practice” on-line course (SUNY Learning Network, Binghamton University)

• Selected chapters: “Powder and single crystal x-ray diffraction” in Solid State Techniques course and “X-ray powder diffraction on polymers” in Polymers course  (Binghamton University)

• “Electron diffraction” course (Binghamton University)

• Previously: General chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, General Chemistry, Methodology of Teaching Chemistry, Computing in Chemistry and Materials Science, Crystal Chemistry, Phase Diagrams.