Коvalchuk Volodymyr - Head of the Expert Group
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Last Name - Коvalchuk. First Name - Volodymyr. Middle Name - Volodymyrovych
Date and Place of Birth: July 17, 1959, Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine
Education:.
- State University with degree in Physics (1981), Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
- Postgraduate student in Theoretical Department of Institute of Semiconductor Physics of National
Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (1984–1986), Kyiv, Ukraine
- Post Doc of Theoretical Physics, after Ushynsky South Ukrainian State Pedagogical University (1996–
2000), Odesa, Ukraine
Experience &Skills (45 years of experience in scientific and pedagogical work at institutions of higher education and 11 years at institutions of pre-higher vocational education)
- Assistant at the Department of Physics, Pedagogical Institute (1981–1984), Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine
- Senior Lecturer (1986–1992), Associate Professor (1992–2003), Chair (2003–2008) of the Department of Theoretical Physics Ushynsky’s South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University, Odesa, Ukraine
- Head of the Department of Information and Measurement Systems at the Institute of Measurement
Technology (2008–2011), Odessa, Ukraine.
- Head of the Department of Natural Sciences (Fundamental Disciplines) at the Military Academy
(2011–2013), Odessa, Ukraine
- Professor in the Department of Automated Environmental Monitoring Systems at Odessa State
Ecological University (2013–2024), Odessa, Ukraine
- Director of the Odessa Vocational College of Computer Technologies at Odessa State Ecological
University (2013–2023), Odessa, Ukraine
- Rector of Odessa State Ecological University (2023–2024), Odessa, Ukraine
- Director of the Educational and Research Institute of Natural and Mathematical Sciences at the K.
Ushynsky South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University (2024–2025), Odesa, Ukraine
- Rector of the Higher Education Institution “Odesa Technological University IT STEP” (2025–2026), Odesa, Ukraine
- Professor in the Department of Computer Systems at Odessa International University (2026–present), Odessa, Ukraine
Academic degree / title:
- Candidate of Physical & Mathematical Sciences (Physics of Semiconductors & Dielectrics) (1988)
- Docent of the Department of Theoretical Physics (1992)
- Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (Solid-State Physics) (2010)
- Professor in the Department of Automated Environmental Monitoring Systems (2013)
- Full Member (Academician) of the Engineering Academy of Ukraine (2016)
- Academician of the National Academy of Higher Education of Ukraine (Physics & Astronomy) (2025)
Research Internship:
Spain (1995, Grant from the University of Sitges, Barcelona); Canada (1995, G.Soros Grant / University
of Waterloo); Germany (1996/2000, DAAD Grant / University of Darmstadt. Heidelberg); China (2019, Grant from the Ministry of Science & Technology of the China, Peking University & 2026, Grant from the Ministry of Science & Technology of the China, Harbin University)
Research Areas:
Theoretical physics of thin-film heterojunctions; robotic systems; artificial intelligence; educational
management; psychological investigations; cyber security etc.
Publications.
Author of over 400 scientific works, including monographs (6), textbooks (30), articles in scientific journals (in the fields of physics, mathematics, engineering, and psychology and education).
Awards:
Certificate of Honor from the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine (2012); Distinguished Educator Award; K.D.
Ushynsky Badge & Grigory Skovoroda Medal from the National Academy of Ukraine; A.M. Pidhorny
Gold Medal from the Engineering Academy of Ukraine; and many others.
Married. I have three children.
e-mail: +(38) 097 716 35 25 /