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 electrochemi-luminescent 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.

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 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 novel hybrid integral microanalytical electrochemiluminescent system for biomedical application» (2004-2006),
• # 234-1 «Research and development of bioelectrochemiluminescent analyzer with nanotechnologycal 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 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 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 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