Yuri Zholudov

Education and Career

1999-2004 – Student at the Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics;
2004-2007 – Post-graduate student at the Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics;
2008 – Ph.D. in Physical and Mathematical Sciences. Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics. Thesis “Multifunctional electrochemiluminescent element with Langmuir-Blodgett films at the electrode”;
2009-2012 – Senior researcher, Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics;
2013-2015 – Doctorate student at Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics;
2014 – Visiting scientist, Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hannover, Germany;
2015-2016 – Visiting scientist, The State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences;
2015-2022 – Associated professor, Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics;
2017-2018 – Visiting scientist, The State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

2021 – Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.  Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics. Thesis “Electrochemiluminescent sensors based on modified functional electrodes.”

2021 – Member of STC.

Since 2022 – Professor, Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics.

Since 2025 – Professor of the Department of Physical Foundations of Electronic Engineering, Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (part-time).

Educational activity

Teaches courses: General chemistry, Digital circuit engineering, Engineering and computer graphics, Physics, Modern optical devices

Researcher activity

Scientific interests:

• Study of mechanisms of electrochemiluminescent (ECL) reactions;
• ECL at the modified electrodes;
• Application of ECL for chemical, biological and environmental analysis;
• Development of equipment for ECL research and assay;
• Numerical simulation of ECL and electrochemical reactions.

Participation in research projects

Projects from the Science and Technology Center in Ukraine:

• #GE77 “Development of newest methods and optochemotronic sensors for liquids assays on a base of electrochemiluminescent molecular condensed Langmuir-Blodgett films with new electrochemiluminescers”, August 2005 – July 2006;
• #4180 “Research and Development of Thin Layer “Lab-On-A-Chip” Electrochemiluminescent Sensor with Diamond-Like Electrodes for Detection of Bile Pigments in Bioliquid”, August 2007 – September 2009;
• #4495 “New biophotonic method and nanostructure sensor instrument for diagnostics of tuberculosis active form”, October 2008 – September 2011;
• #5067 “Development of novel nanophotonic technologies and devices for detection of dangerous and toxic organic substances in surrounding water objects”, April 2010 – March 2013.

Projects from The Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine:

• # 217-1 «Research and development of the novel hybrid integral microanalytical electrochemiluminescent system for biomedical application» (2004-2006),
• # 234-1 «Research and development of bioelectrochemiluminescent analyzer with nanotechnological sensor» (2009-2010),
• # 255-1 «Novel conception and method of construction design of high sensitivity system for control and diagnostic bioobjects» (2011-2012).
• # 314-1 «Analytical system for electrochemiluminescent detection of oxidants in aqueous media» (2016-2018).
• # 324-1 «The concept of «donor-acceptor interaction» in development of an optical sensor for detection of explosive nitroaromatic compounds» (2018–2020).
• # 343-1 «Development of principles of multiparametric assessment of biological samples antioxidant activity by chemi- and electrochemiluminescent methods» (2022–2024)
• # 349-1 «Development of principles of multiparametric assessment of the state of water objects by electrochemical, chemi- and electrochemiluminescent methods» (2024–2026).

International activity/participation in international projects

• German-Ukrainian project «Research and Development of Carbon Nanotube Modified Electrodes by Fast Electrochemical Technics for (Bio)Analytical Application» by Ministry of Education and Research of Germany, December 2013 – November 2015, with Ilmenau Technical University.
• DAAD scholarship A/14/02402, «Synthesis of semiconductor nanocrystals using liquid phase laser ablation for electrochemiluminescent assay», Nanotechnology Department, Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., December 2014 – January 2015.
• CAS PIFI scholarship, «Film modified electrodes for electrochemiluminescent sensor systems», The State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, August 2015 – October 2015, February – April 2016, April 2017 – October 2018, January – March 2018.
• Project of the National Research Foundation of Ukraine «Novel (Electro)Chemiluminescence (bio)sensing platforms with laser-induced functional micro- and nanostructures», 2020-2022.
• Project of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research of Germany “Nanoparticles for applications in optoelectronics, in scintillator detectors and electroanalytical chemistry” in the framework of the program “Establishment of German-Ukrainian Centres of Excellence in Ukraine” (Concept phase) October 2021 – September 2022.

State Awards

• Scholar of The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine scholarship for young scientists in 2014-2016;
• IEEE LEOS student member in 2001-2002;
• ISE member in 2013-2014.

Publications and patents

Has more than 100 publications