Lukashenko presents Doctor of Science diplomas, professor certificates

“A new phase of the digital revolution is gaining momentum right before us. The future envisioned just yesterday by the most advanced science fiction writers is now here. This future is the age of science; without it, ensuring the security and wellbeing of the state and the world as a whole is impossible. Belarusian science, amid global challenges and uncertainty, demonstrates resilience and an ability to assimilate and continuously develop innovations,” the president said. “The country needs timely and effective solutions. If there are no groundbreaking scientific discoveries today, we will have no unique technologies tomorrow.”

The head of state presented Doctor of Science diplomas to 12 scholars.

Aleksandr Dovgalev, Associate Professor and Head of the Regional Testing Center at the Belarusian-Russian University, was awarded the academic degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences for developing and establishing the technological foundations for the finishing and strengthening treatment of friction unit surfaces in modern machines and mechanisms, which increases their wear resistance by 3.8 to 4.9 times. The research results have already been implemented at enterprises, including Minsk Wheel Tractor Plant, Mogilev Tool Plant, and several others.

The academic degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences was also conferred upon Mariya Zenkova, Associate Professor at the Department of Commodity Science and Product Expertise of the Belarusian State Economic University, for developing the scientific foundations of a technology for preserving sprouted wheat and buckwheat grain to create new products of enhanced nutritional value, characterized by functional purpose and a long shelf life. The obtained results address the challenge of providing the population with safe, high-nutritional-value products, as well as the seasonality of operations in the canning industry. The corresponding approaches have already been implemented in production, for example, at Bykhov Canning and Vegetable Drying Plant.

Another Doctor of Technical Sciences is Associate Professor and Head of the Sectoral Laboratory of New Technologies and Materials at the scientific and technical center of Integral, the managing company of the holding company Integral Yaroslav Solovyov. The academic degree was awarded to him for developing a model and new methods for forming, via rapid thermal processing, contact-barrier structures for power microelectronics products with improved energy efficiency across an expanded operational temperature range. The research results have been implemented in production.

Associate Professor and Vice-Rector for Research at the Belarusian State Technological University Vyacheslav Fleisher was also awarded the academic degree of Doctor of Technical Sciences. He developed a technology for producing rosin resin acid amides and new types of bifunctional products based on them. The implementation of these innovations at domestic enterprises has enabled the production of a wide range of high-quality types of paper and cardboard with improved strength and hydrophobicity indicators.

Associate Professor and Head of the Oat Laboratory at the Scientific and Practical Center for Agriculture of the National Academy of Sciences (NASB) of Belarus Anton Vlasov was awarded the academic degree of Doctor of Agricultural Sciences for creating seven new high-yielding and adaptive next-generation oat varieties, as well as for developing a cultivation technology for domestic oat varieties to realize their yield potential under changed climatic conditions. The implementation of the improved technology and new oat varieties on sod-podzolic soils in Belarus ensures an increase in grain yield of 1.1 to 11.6 centners per hectare.

Olga Popko, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for the Study of Belarusian Culture, Language and Literature at the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, has been awarded the academic degree of Doctor of Arts. The degree was conferred for revealing the significance of private collections as an artistic phenomenon reflecting the nature of the historical and cultural context of their time and their role in the development of art. This research has uncovered the importance of the art collections of the Princes of Wittgenstein and their organic connection to Belarusian art and the collections of the Radziwiłł princes. The research results are utilized at the Mir Castle Complex, the Gomel Palace and Park Ensemble, the National Historical and Cultural Museum-Reserve Nesvizh, and the National Historical Archive of Belarus.

Svetlana Shcherbatyuk, Associate Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Accounting at the Grodno State Agrarian University, has been awarded the academic degree of Doctor of Economic Sciences for developing an accounting and analytical system for managing agricultural organizations in crisis situations. This system enables effective monitoring of the implementation of financial recovery plans and identifies risks of deteriorating financial health in agricultural organizations.

Yelena Medvedskaya, Associate Professor at the Department of Social Work at the Pushkin Brest State University, has been awarded the academic degree of Doctor of Psychological Sciences for defining manifestations of the deformation of higher psychological cognitive functions (attention, memory, thinking, speech) in internet users aged 40-65 and for developing a model of deforming internet influence, which explains their emergence through the implementation of an “effort avoidance” behavioral strategy.

Oksana Dudich, Associate Professor at the Department of Ophthalmology of the Institute for Advanced Training and Retraining of Healthcare Personnel at the Belarusian State Medical University, has been awarded the academic degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences for developing and implementing into clinical practice a personalized treatment system for patients with traumatic defects and deformities of the orbit, based on computer modeling. This ensures effective restoration of facial aesthetics, reduces surgery time by 1.8 times, and facilitates the nearly complete recovery of visual functions in patients.

Another Doctor of Medical Sciences is Yelena Zhuk, Associate Professor at the Department of Radiation Diagnostics of the Institute for Advanced Training and Retraining of Healthcare Personnel at the Belarusian State Medical University. The academic degree was awarded to her for introducing optimal algorithms for the radiation diagnosis of malignant neoplasms of the cervix and uterine body into clinical practice. The developed methods enhance the diagnostic efficacy of examinations and reduce the radiation dose to the patient.

The academic degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences has been awarded to Veronika Prilutskaya, Associate Professor at the 1st Department of Childhood Diseases of the Belarusian State Medical University, for developing and implementing a technology for the medical prevention of growth and development disorders in children with high and low birth weight.

Yuliya Yarets, Associate Professor and Scientific Supervisor of the Sectoral Laboratory of Scientific and Diagnostic Research at the National Scientific and Practical Center for Radiation Medicine and Human Ecology, has been awarded the academic degree of Doctor of Medical Sciences for developing and implementing a new effective comprehensive system for diagnosing and predicting wound and burn infections into practical healthcare.

The president presented professor certificates to Viktor Vasilyev, Head of the Department of Cinema and Television at the Belarusian State Academy of Arts (Arts); Aleksandr Gusinsky, Doctor of Technical Sciences and Head of the Department of Information and Measurement Systems at the Belarusian State University of Informatics and Radioelectronics (Instrumentation and Metrology); Olga Tolochko, Doctor of Juridical Sciences and Professor at the Department of Public Administration of the Belarusian State University (Law); Oleg Tretinnikov, Doctor of Physical and Mathematical Sciences and Chief Research Associate at the Stepanov Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus (Physics); Aleksei Trukhan, Doctor of Medical Sciences and Senior Surgeon at the Medical Unit of the 432nd Order of the Red Star Main Military Clinical Medical Center of the Armed Forces of the Republic of Belarus (Medicine); and Irina Shlyaga, Doctor of Medical Sciences and Head of the Department of Otorhinolaryngology with courses in Ophthalmology and Dentistry at the Gomel State Medical University (Medicine).