4 minutes with… Martysh Eugene, Professor, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv (KNU)

Tell us about your company and it’s role in the Advanced Bioeconomy.

There are a lot of biofuel sources in Ukraine. And KNU is the center of fundamental and applied researches at this field (formation, reforming, etc.)

Tell us about your role and what you are focused on in the next 12 months.

I’m chair of Medical Radio Physics dept. and collaborate with team of researches from various natural dept. in bioproducts reforming,ecology problems, sterilization etc. We focused not only on basic in these areas, but on technology problems too.

What do you feel are the most important milestones the industry must achieve in the next 5 years?  

Plasma as effective heterogeneous catalyst

Where are you from? 

My Motherland is Latvia.

What hobbies do you pursue, away from your work in the industry?

Reading, sport

What books or articles are on your reading list right now, or you just completed and really enjoyed?  

Vladimir E Fortov and Gregor E. Morfill, Complex and Dusty Plasmas. From Laboratory to Space. CRC Press, 2009.

R. Morrison, R. Boyd. Organic Chemistry // Prentice Hall, New Jersey 6th ed. 1992

K. Becker, U. Kogelschatz, K. Schoenbach, R. Barker. Non equilibrium air plasmas at atmospheric pressure // IOP Publishing Ltd. 2005