Department of X-ray Diffraction Studies and Quantum Chemistry

Head: Dr. Svitlana Shishkina
Phone: 
+38-057-341-02-58
Fax: 
+38-057-341-02-73
M.Sc.: Kharkov State University (1993)
PhD: SSI “Institute for Single Crystals” (2010)
Senior Researcher (2018)
Junior Research Scientist at SSI “Institute for Single Crystals” (2005-2010)
Research Scientist at SSI “Institute for Single Crystals” (2010-2013)
Senior Research Scientist at SSI “Institute for Single Crystals” (2013-2014)
Head of Department of X-ray Diffraction Studies and Quantum Chemistry (since 2014)
Research staff: 
Dr. Vyacheslav Baumer
Dr. Alexander Fedorov
Dr. Alexey Lebedynskiy
Dr. Irina Omelchenko
Dr. Viktoriya Dyakonenko
Dr. Irina Konovalova
Dr. Anna Shaposhnyk
Dr. Tetyana Shcherbakova
Dr. Yevhenii Vaksler
Dr. Victor Tokarev
Dr. Volodimir Medviediev
Research topics: 

Structure, conformational analysis and intramolecular interactions of organic compounds.

Conjugation and hyperconjugation in cyclic systems, different types of aromaticity and its relationship with conformational flexibility.

Weak intermolecular interactions including non-conventional hydrogen bonds, σ-hole bonding, stacking, interactions of anions with π-systems.

Supramolecular architecture and polymorphism of molecular crystals.

Modeling of polymorphic transitions under pressure in molecular crystals.

Powder diffraction study of pharmaceutical objects. Rithveld analysis of many component systems.

Crystal structure and properties of inorganic materials and thin films.

Mathematical tools in quantum chemistry, electron correlation problems, models of many-electron states.