CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Data: Dr. Ananiy Kohut Post Doctoral Research Fellow Department of Coatings and Polymeric Materials North Dakota State University NDSU Dept. 2760 P.O. Box 6050 Fargo, ND 58108-6050 Phone: +1 701 2318292 Fax: +1 701 2318439 E-mail: [email protected]

Research Interests: Polymer synthesis and characterization; surface modification with polymers; thin polymer films; organic synthesis; synthesis and stabilization of nanoparticles

Education: 2006 Ph. D., Organic Chemistry, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine 1996 M. Eng. (with Honor), Polymer Engineering, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine

Employment: 2007 – pres. North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND, USA Post Doctoral Research Fellow

2004–2007 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Institute of Particle Technology, Erlangen, Germany Research Associate Synthesis of new amphiphilic polymers for the development of invertible coatings at dispersed and flat surfaces Synthesis of semiconductor and metal nanoparticles

1996–2004 Lviv Polytechnic National University, Department of Organic Chemistry, Lviv, Ukraine Research Associate (2001-2004) Synthesis and properties of surface active monomers and peroxides

Full time post-graduate student (1998-2001) Synthesis and properties of surface active monomers and peroxides

Research Assistant (1996-1998) Synthesis and properties of functional monomers and peroxides

Teaching Experience: 2007 Nanotechnology of Dispersed Systems (complementary course) – lectures Institute of Particle Technology, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany

2006-2007 Mechanical Process Engineering I (specialization course) – lab exercise

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2001-2004 Organic Chemistry (core course) – seminar and lab exercise Department of Organic Chemistry, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine

Honors and Awards: “Kompetenznetzwerk Verfahrenstechnik Pro3” Research grant, University of Erlangen- Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany (2005 – 2006)

DAAD Research grant for doctoral candidates, young academics and scientists, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany (2004 – 2005)

Grant of Soros Graduate Student, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Lviv, Ukraine (1995 – 1996)

Activities: Member of the American Chemical Society Referee in the Journal of Applied Polymer Science

Publications: 36 articles, 40 contributions to academic conferences

Languages: English, German, Ukrainian, Russian, Polish

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