DATA AND PLACE OF BIRTH:
2 February 1946, m. Pidhaytsi, Berezhany district, Ternopil region, Ukraine
CURRENT POSITION:
Doctor of Sciences (Chem.), Professor
Head of the Department (Department of Chemical Technology of Oil and Gas Processing)
Lviv Polytechnic National University
RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Polymer and petroleum science & engineering including organic synthesis, polymer characterization and technology of polymeric materials.
MEMBERSHIPS:
Editor-in-Chief of english-language journal “Сhemistry and Chemical Technology” (Ukraine);
Member of Editorial board of journals “Ecological Chemistry and Engineering” (Poland),
“Chemia i inzynieria ekologiczna” (Poland),
“Journal Of Coal Chemistry” (“Vuhlekhimichnyi zhurnal”) (Ukraine),
“Chemical Sciences Journal” (USA),
“Polymer Processing” (Poland),
“Scientific Israel-Technological Advantages” (Israel),
“Russian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Technology” (“Khimiya I Khimicheskaya Tekhnologiya”) (Russia)
TEACHING ACTIVITY:
Supervisor of 20 Phd and 2 doctoral dissertations;
Disciplines:Oil and gas chemistry, Fundamentals of industrial petrochemistry, Petrochemical and silicate technologies, Alternative motor fuels and synthetic oils
AWARDS, HONORS:
The Breastplate “For scientific and educational achievements” (2014)
“Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine” (2009)
Breastplate “Excellent Education of Ukraine" (1999)
Prof. Stanisław Pilat Medal (2008)
The Title “Honored Worker of OJSC “ Ukrnafta ”(2006)
The Title “Honorary Oil Refiner of OJSC “Naftohimik of Ukraine” (2006).
SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS:
More than 600 scientific papers, 5 textbooks, 7 manuals, 9 monographs and 10 four-language dictionaries on chemistry, oil, coal and polymers processing. Received 50 patents of Ukraine and copyright certificates for inventions and utility models
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
- Michael Bratychak, Olena Shyshchak, Olena Astakhova, Ostap Ivashkiv. Oligomers with Functional Groups Based on Epoxy Resins. Synthesis, Properties and Application. Lviv, Publishing House of Lviv Polythechnic National University, 2019, 220 p.
- Bratychak, M., Bashta, B., Astakhova, O.,Shyshchak, O., Zubal, O. Synthesis mechanism and properties of epoxy resins modified with adipic acid Chemistry and Chemical Technology. – 2019. – 13(1), p. 52-58
- Bratychak, M., Astakhova, O., Shyshchak, O., Zubal, O, Sienkiewicz, M., Ivashkiv, O. Epoxy composites filled with natural calcium carbonate. 1. epoxy composites obtained in the presence of monoperoxy derivative of epidian-6 epoxy resin Chemistry and Chemical Technology. – 2019. – 13(3), p. 360-364
- Zubyk, H., Mykhailiv, O., Papathanassiou, A.N., Sulikowski, B., Zambrzycka-Szelewa, E., Bratychak, M., Plonska-Brzezinska, M.E. A phenol-formaldehyde polymeric network to generate organic aerogels: Synthesis, physicochemical characteristics and potential applications Journal of Materials Chemistry A – 2018 – 6(3), p. 845-852
- Pyshyev, S., Prysiazhnyi, Y., Shved, M., Namiesnik, J., Bratychak, M. State of the art in the field of emission reduction of sulphur dioxide produced during coal combustion Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology. – 2017. – 47(24), p. 2387-2414
