Higher
The Higher School Academy of Sciences (HSAS) of
The Academy acts by virtue of its Statute approved by
the Constituent Assembly on November 27, 1992 and registered by the Ministry of
Justice of Ukraine on March 10, 1993 (Certificate No. 422), as amended by the
General Meeting of December 18, 1999 and April 17, 2004, by the Conference of
April 8, 2006 and the General Meeting of December 15, 2007, all amendments
being duly confirmed by the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine.
The main decision-making body of the Academy is the
General Meeting (Conference) which is summoned at least once a year. Within the
period between the General Meetings (Conferences), the Academy’s matters are
supervised by the members of the Presidium and its President, which are elected
by the General Meeting (Conference) for the term of 3 years. Research and
regional subunits are the main elements the Academy’s organizational structure.
Acting Members of the Academy are elected among leading professors, doctors of
sciences, who are employed by higher educational institutions, have enriched
science with significant achievements, and have formed own research schools.
The founding of the HSAS occurred at the backdrop of
democratization in the Ukrainian science in early 1990’s. It was a response to
an objective need of raising the status of university-based research, which
under the administrative system taking its origin from the
The first initiative group favoring establishment of
the Higher School Academy of Sciences included renowned Ukrainian scientists,
professors of Kyiv National Taras Shevchenko University Vitaliy I. Strikha and
Yurii I. Chutov, as well as the doctor of geological-mineralogical sciences
Mykola I. Drobnokhod. The Constituent Assembly summoned by the initiative group
on November 27, 1992 welcomed 50 leading doctors of sciences, professors of
higher educational institutions, who became the Founding Academicians of the
Higher School Academy of Sciences of
The Assembly approved the Statute of the Academy and
elected its management. V.I. Strikha was elected the first President of the
Academy; M.I. Drobnokhod and Yu. I. Chutov were elected Vice-Presidents; M.G.
Kuvshynkyi was elected the Scientific
Secretary.
The early years of the Academy became the time of its
intensive organizational development and the growth of its authority. The
regional branches of the HSAS of Ukraine were established in all regional
centers of the country. Its research departments encompassed the entire range
of research topics in Ukrainian higher educational institutions. Great prestige
with the scientific community was earned by the Academy Awards – the Saint
Volodymyr Award (granted annually for public activities furthering the
development of Ukrainian education and science) and the Iaroslav the Wise Award
(conferred upon those demonstrating achievements in the science and technology
domain). The Higher School Academy of Sciences of
Leading higher educational institutions of Ukraine
have become collective members of the HSAS of Ukraine; therefore, by late 1998,
the Academy activities were uniting the efforts of not only its 418 acting
members, but also of thousands of professors and docents from virtually every Ukrainian
higher educational institution – the intellectual elite of Ukraine.
It was the time, however, when stagnation trends
became apparent in the life of the Academy, which largely pertained to the
general change of the social atmosphere, the weakening of the democratic
impulse of early 1990’s, and an extremely grave financial condition of the
Ukrainian education and science in general. A heavy blow was delivered upon the
Academy when on February 08, 1999, its Founder and First President, V.I.
Strikha, suddenly passed away. On December 18 of the same year, M.I. Drobnokhod
was elected the next President of the Academy.
Within this period, the work of Higher School Academy
of Sciences of
The General Meeting of the Academy held on April 17,
2004, elected the new management headed by President M.I. Drobnokhod. On the
basis of the decision by Golosiivskyi District Court of Kyiv dated March 02,
2006, which is in full force and effect, the legitimacy of the Meeting was
upheld. This event marked the end of speculations with regard to who is
entitled to lawful use of the Academy’s name. On April 08, 2006, the Conference
of the Higher School Academy of Sciences of Ukraine informed the scientific
community that all academician and honorable academician diplomas of the Higher
School Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, and academic award winner diplomas
issued starting 2002 and signed by M.I. Dubyna, who had been excluded from the
Academy and who is under criminal case investigation initiated by the
prosecutor’s office on charge of fraud and document falsifications, shall be
null and void.
The year 2004 brought the revival of the scientific
and organizational life of the Higher School Academy of Sciences of
The growth of the Academy’s status and influence in
the research and education was favored by the work of the HSAS of Ukraine
President M.I. Drobnokhod in the position of the Counselor for the
Minister of Education and Science of Ukraine (2005-2010), as a member of the
Ministry of Education and Science Collegium (2008-2010) and as a member of the
Board of Trustees of “Zavtra.UA” Scholarship Program run by Viktor Pinchuk
Charity Fund. The Academy has been consistently involved in important events of
the nation’s scientific and educational life; it has partaken in discussions
and offered suggestions with regard to the drafts of state regulatory
documents. Based on its recommendation, a number of leading scientists have
been distinguished with state awards.
The Report and Election Conference of the Academy
dated April 24, 2010 reelected M.I. Drobnokhod the President of the Higher
School Academy of Sciences of Ukraine for the next 3-year term, formed a new
Presidium and the Control and Revision Commission, as well as determined the
main directions of the Academy activities for the future period. The
activities, in particular, encompass participation in the processes of
Ukrainian higher school and science reforming; participation in the
establishment of new directions of scientific research in higher educational
institutions of Ukraine by way of closer cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Science, Youth and Sports of Ukraine, the State Agency for
Science, Innovations, and Information of Ukraine, and the Parliamentary
Committee for Education and Science; information exchange with other domestic and
international research organizations; activities aimed at the expansion of
Ukrainian language in research;
cooperation with the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine with the
aim of supporting education with modern Ukrainian textbooks; protection of rights
of higher school employees – teachers, scholars, and managers.
In conformity with the Resolution of the Higher School
Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Conference dated April 24, 2010, 307 leading
Ukrainian and foreign researchers are the Academy members (academicians and
honorary academicians). It is noteworthy that virtually all academicians are
the founders of own scientific schools and have enriched the world of science
with gains of primary importance, and work actively in the education field. Almost
all of them are involved in the activities of various specialized and expert
boards, editorial boards of famous scientific print media; they have been
distinguished with state and scientific awards.
A great number of them have been elected acting members and
correspondent members of the most prestigious international scientific
associations and state academies of
Academicians
– founders of Higher School Academy of
Sciences of
1. Aleksyuk A. (Kyiv)
2. Andreichyn M. (Ternopil)
3. Andrienko D.(Kyiv)
4. Barinov E. (Donetsk)
5. Belov Y. (Kyiv)
6. Bilodid O. (Kyiv)
7. Bilous V. (Uman)
8. Belous V. (Odesa)
9. Butkevych V. (Kyiv)
10. Velykyi M. (Lviv)
11. Vlokh I. (Lviv)
12. Vlokh O. (Lviv)
13. Voroshilov Y. (Uzhgorod)
14. Golovach A. (Kyiv)
15. Gubar S. (Odessa)
16. Hudyvok P. (Uzhgorod)
17. Dorogovtsev A. (Kyiv)
18. Drobnokhod M. (Kyiv)
19. Zyma V. (Kyiv)
20. Ivasyshen S. (Chernivtsi)
21. Karetnikov V. (Odesa)
22. Kirilyuk V. (Lviv)
23. Kolyadenko V. (Kyiv)
24. Komendar V. (Uzhgorod)
25. Kornilov M. (Kyiv)
26. Kuvshynskyy M. (Kyiv)
27. Kulish V.(
28. Loboyko A. (Kharkiv)
29. Liashenko I. (Kyiv)
30. Moschych P. (Kyiv)
31. Nabyvanets B. (Kyiv)
32. Nagorniak S.(Kyiv)
33. Nosenko A. (Lviv)
34. Petrenko P. (Kyiv)
35. Pistun M. (Kyiv)
36. Rudnytsky V.(Khmelnytskyi)
37. Savitsky V. (Lviv)
38. Savula Y. (Lviv)
39. Saukh P. (Rivne)
40. Savchuk V. (Kyiv)
41. Sikora V. (Kyiv)
42. Slyvka V. (Uzhgorod)
43. Slyusarchuk V. (Rivne)
44. Striha V. (Kyiv)
45. Fedorenko A.. (Sumy)
46. Fitsula M. (Ternopil)
47. Cherednichenko A. (Kyiv)
48. Chutov Y. (Kyiv)
49. Yablonsky V. (Kamianets Podilsky)
50. Yatsimirsky V. (Kyiv)
Vitalii
STRIKHA
A prominent
Ukrainian physics scientist, pedagogue and public activist. Initiator of the
creation and the first President of the
He was born in Kyiv on May 30,
While at the Radiophysics Department of Kyiv State
University of Taras Shevchenko, V.I. Strikha developed seven new courses, which
he taught till the last days of his life (the most important among these being
“The Contact Phenomena in Semiconductors”, “Methods of Research of
Semiconductors”). He also lectured courses in a number of foreign universities
(the University of Rome, Italy; Jagiellonian
University in Krakow, Poland; Ecole Central de Lion, France; Bratislava
University, Slovakia, etc.).
In 1962, Mr. Strikha defended his candidate of
sciences (PhD) thesis “The Study of Physical Processes in Point Diodes and
Their Connection with Semiconductor Characteristics” (scientific supervisor –
Professor V.Ie. Lashkariov, one of the founders of the semiconductor science in
His main scientific works are in the field of
investigation and use of the metal-semiconductor contact. In collaboration with
his fellow research workers, he developed and proved experimentally the real
contact theory taking into account the intermediary layer and surface states;
he was the first to prove the involvement of surface states in electric current
transmission; he conducted large-scale research of surface states for different
contacts. He predicted and detected a number of new physical effects, which
enabled development of a wide range of ultrahigh precision diodes and
integrated circuits and launching their production.
The scholar developed scientific principles of
production of semiconductor devices with the Schottky barrier (detectors,
mixing and multiplication diodes, transistors), due to which 16 new types of
ultrahigh frequecy devices were developed. For many years he presided over the
All-Soviet Union Program for Devices Based on the Schottky barrier; headed a
number of other republic-level and interdepartmental programs; was the member
of many scientific boards, the editorial boards of some scientific periodicals
(Izvestia vuzov. Fizika (“Higher
Educational Institutions News. Physics”); Optoelektronika i poluprovodnikovaya tekhnika (Optoelectronics and
Semiconductor Engineering) etc.)
The scientist developed the theory and created
effective solar elements on the basis of contact structures. Strictly objecting
to the expediency of the priority development of nuclear power, he was the
proponent of active use of environment-friendly renewable energy sources. For a
few years, he led the state scientific and technical program “Alternative
Energy Sources, Including the Solar, Wind and Electrochemical Ones”. He
pioneered the study of biosensors in
He authored over 250 scientific works, among which are
7 monographs, 3 textbooks and study manuals, namely “Theoretical Fundamentals
of Operation of the Metal-Semiconductor Contact” (Kyiv, 1974); “Contact
Phenomena in Semiconductors”(Kyiv, 1982); “Contact Phenomena in Semiconductors”
(co-authored with G.I. Peka, Kyiv, 1992), “Solar Elements Based on the
Metal-Semiconductor Contact” (co-authored with S.S. Kilchytska, St.-Petersburg,
1992) and others. V.I. Strikha’s article “Rectifying Features of
Metal-Semiconductor Contact” (1967) was republished in the special edition of
the Ukrainian Physics Journal,
published on the occasion of the 90th Anniversary of the National
Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, as one of the 35 most prominent works of all
time by Ukrainian physicists (along with articles by L. Landau, L. Shubnikov,
M. Bogoliubov, K. Tolpyg, V. Lashkariov and other classic representatives
of the domestic science).
He supervised 5 doctors of science and 28 candidates
of science (PhD).
V.I. Strikha is the winner of the State Science and
Technology Prize (1970) and Yaroslav the Wise Award of the Higher School
Academy of Sciences of
He was the author of a number of research papers and
publicist articles dedicated to the problems of preservation and development of
science and higher school in Ukraine. A person of a wide humanistic outlook and
active life position, V.I. Strikha devoted the last years of his life to the
preservation of the scientific and educational potential of Ukraine, the
intellect of the Ukrainian nation. V.I. Strikha aspired to implement his
views of the truly democratic character of science and the indissolubility of
research and education, in the framework of the Higher School Academy of
Sciences of Ukraine established by him, also, of which he was the President and
academician from November 27, 1992 till the end of his life.
V.I. Strikha died on February 08, 1999, his body rests
at the Baikove Cemetery of Kyiv. The scientific and public activities of V.I.
Strikha were distinguished with the academic St. Volodymyr Award (2004, post
mortem). Starting 2004, annual Academic Readings in memory of V.I. Strikha are
held, being the major scientific forum of the Higher School Academy of Sciences
of Ukraine.
Academic Awards Winners
Higher School Academy of
Sciences of Ukraine
2010
Saint Volodymyr Award
Hedrih (Stevanovich) Katica
Regeda Mykhaylo
Yablonsky Yaroslav
Yaroslav the Wise Award
Berveno Sergiy
Terek Olga
Rumyantsev
Anatoliy
Chernovatyy
Leonid
Karaban Vyacheslav
Shvachko Svitlana
Kidalov
Valentyn
Koval Valeriy
Sukach Georgiy
Bazhyn Anatoliy
Hryhorkiv
Vasyl
Garashchenko Fedir
Pozniak Stepan
2009
Saint Volodymyr Award
Petrenko Petro
Vakarchuk Ivan
Yaroslav the Wise Award
Buchatskiy Leonid
Velykyy Mykola
Serhiichuk
Volodymyr
Sereda Borys
Shaykevych Igor
Kalenykovych Oleg
2008
Saint Volodymyr Award
Romanovskyy
Oleksiy
Yaroslav the Wise Award
Ivasyshen Stepan
Molchanov Oleksandr
Nikolenko Yuriy
2007
Saint Volodymyr Award
Dzuba Ivan
Drobnokhod Mykola
Yaroslav the Wise Award
Barna Mykolay
Boldyrev Rostyslav
Goncharuk Jakiv
Grygoryuk Ivan
Hrynkevych
Volodymyr
Zaichenko Yuriy
Kostyshyn Stepan
Kuzmenko Vasyl
Milenin Andriy
Novikova Maryna
Regeda Mykhaylo
Strikha Maksym
2006
Saint Volodymyr Award
Nikolaenko
Stanislav
Artemchuk
Halík
Kononenko Petro
Yaroslav the Wise Award
Gladkyh Volodymyr
Ovcharuk Anatoliy
Proydak Yuriy
Kosterin Sergiy
Miroshnychenko Mykola
Prilutsky Yuriy
Anisimov Anatoliy
Demchyk Mykhaylo
Makarczyk Mykolay
Kaluyev Alan
Klymko Grygoriy
Hudyvok Petro
Tyshko Fedir
2005
Saint Volodymyr Award
Sytnik Konstantin
Yaroslav the Wise Award
Zorivchak Roksolana
Matkovsky Orest
Boyko Anatoliy
Patyka Volodymyr
Polishchuk Valeriy
Budzenivska Iryna
Szymon Ludwik
Chumachenko
Volodymyr
Perestyuk Mykola
Ivashchenko Valeriy
Tereshchenko Vasyl
Beyko Ivan
Yablonsky Valentyn
2004
Saint Volodymyr Award
Striha Vitaliy
(posthumous)
Yaroslav the Wise Award
Not awarded
2003
Not awarded
2002
Saint Volodymyr Award
Kurako Yuriy
Yaroslav the Wise Award
Zagnitko Anatoliy
Kaliuschenko
Volodymyr
Filipenko Anton
Panchuk May
Rizun Volodymyr
Bolshakov Volodymyr
Pogribnyi Anatoliy
Datsenko Irina
Tumanov Viktor
2001
Saint Volodymyr Award
Movchan Pavlo
Yaroslav the Wise Award
Stupin Oleksandr
Starikov Olena
Vasylyevy Leonid
Kalakura Yaroslav
Vinokur Ion
Mykolachuk Vitaliy
Zapasko Yakym
Gasik Mykhaylo
Nadolnyy Ivan
Vanhanen William
Andrushchenko Viktor
2000
Saint Volodymyr Award
Polyakov Mykola
Yaroslav the Wise Award
Nakonechny Oleksandr
Cherednichenko
Oleksandr
Tsapko Valeriy
Pylypchyk Oleg
Zhupanskyy Yaroslav
Sitenko Olexiy
Laznia Igor
Grishchak Victor
Bilous Vasyl
Astrelin Igor
1999
Saint Volodymyr Award
Yevtushenko
Stanislav
Zhezhelenko Igor
Yaroslav the Wise Award
Virchenko Nina
Gubinsky Volodymyr
Liashenko Igor
Polishchuk Viktor
Yatel Georgiy
Yatsymirskyy
Vitaliy
1998
Saint Volodymyr Award
Vlokh Orest
Moschych Petro
Yaroslav the Wise Award
Vinnikov Albert
Zinchenko Oleksandr
Moskalenko Anatoliy
Gubenko Svitlana
Pistun Mykola
Maiboroda Vasyl
Gorokhov Ievgen
Slusarenko Anatoliy
Tsymbalyuk Vitaliy
Nykula Taras
Zymenkovskyy
Boris
Konovalenko Olga
1997
Saint Volodymyr Award
Taran-Zhovnir Yuriy
Yaroslav the Wise Award
Andreichyn
Mikchaylo
Vlokh Irina
Slitenko Arkady
Popov Mykolay
Drobnokhod Mykolay
Moroz Oleksandra
Yevtushenko
Stanislav
Lugovy Volodymyt
Ostryk Petro
Shabliy Oleg
Danchenko Valentyn
Vakulenko Oleg
Olekseyuk Ivan
1996
Saint Volodymyr Award
Melnychuk Dmytro
Borodatyi
Vasyliy
Yaroslav the Wise Award
Sayko Victor
Barannik
Dmytro
Zhymela Grygoriy
Alexandrov
Ievgen
Boychenko Boris
Velychko Oleksandr
Gyrin Vitaliy
Panov Boris
Gorovyi Anatoliy
Zaritskyi
Petro
Mykhayloenko
Vsevolod
Angelskyi Oleg
Korniychuk Ludmyla
Tytarenko Natalia
Zhezhelenko Igor
Sipatyi Vitaliy
1995
Saint Volodymyr Award
Drach Ivan
Goncharuk Ievgen
Yaroslav the Wise Award
Kachkan Volodymyr
Aleksyuk Anatoliy
Hudz Volodymyr
Musienko Mykolay
Okanenko Oleksandr
Taran Natalia
Kirilyuk Victor
Checkman Ivan
Anisimov Volodymyr
Shekhovtsov
Anatoliy
Romanovskyi George
Chalyi Oleksandr
Dobrovolsky
Valentyn
Sivoronov Albert
Boyko Vitaliy
Strikha Vitaliy
1994
Saint Volodymyr Award
Gonchar Oles
Skopenko Viktor
Yaroslav the Wise Award
Kononenko Petro
Fedorchenko Adolph
Yurchenko Oleksandr
Hrapunov
Sergiy
Ilnytskiy Ivan
Shishchenko Petro
Berdyshev
Gennadiy
Taran-Zhovnir Yuriy
Alekseeva
Olena
Bilous Vitaliy
Ganja Igor
Moschych Petro
Shapovalov
Volodymyr