INRTU postgraduate students research photoactive compounds
Irkutsk National Research Technical University and Irkutsk Institute of Chemistry named after Favorsky created a joint laboratory where photoactive compounds and photofunctional materials can be researched. The laboratory was designed to research a new branch of science - photopharmacology (a combination of organic chemistry, photochemistry, biology and medicine).
Postgraduate and undergraduate students are making their first steps towards their scientific career under the guidance of Andrey Lvov, Candidate of Chemical Sciences, head of the INRTU laboratory of photofunctional materials.
“Over the past four months, we have made significant progress in research on light-sensitive compounds that are soluble in water. Now this is a vital task - to make organic molecules to provoke effective photochemical reactions in water. At our lab each postgraduate and undergraduate student conducts at least two scientific projects. And we have a lot of projects for young researchers to choose from!” Andrey Lvov said.
Eric Kofi Kuame, 2nd year postgraduate student is studying chemical compounds capable of reversible and irreversible transformations under the influence of light. He came from the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire (West Africa) to get postgraduate degree in Russia.
“I am interested in the target structures and properties of diarylethenes. There are many opportunities for us. Having mastered peculiarities of researching in the modern chemical laboratory under the guidance of our professor, I will be able to work in any country in the world. I have friends in France, Canada, USA. We are in close contact, and they confirm that scientific research is carried out in Irkutsk at a good world level,” said Eric Kofi Kuame.
Website of Andrey Lvov, Scientific Director of the Laboratory of Photofunctional Materials http://www.lvovchem.ru/
