Ilya Pentin

Main responsibilities • Material science research • Modelling material properties on both ab initio and thermodynamic level • Phase diagram analysis and construction • Programming in MATLAB, data analysing • Planning and conducting experiments (solid state synthesis) • Work planning • Supervising of the students scientific routine and ad-hoc activities

Focus of the research and development work • Thermodynamic properties, phase diagrams, crystal structures • Ab initio calculation, modeling, MATLAB programming • Solid state synthesis • Analyzing of X-ray, DSC data • Analyzing of various type of the systems: semiconductors, ionic, La-based ceramic, Li contained systems (Li-batteries) • Elaboration of structure-property relationships • Analytical modeling and simulations of properties of solids

Title of the Ph.D. thesis: “Computational determination of the low-temperature parts of phase diagrams on ab initio level”

Title of the M.S. diploma work: “Decomposition of the solid solutions of the Zn, Cd and Hg tellurides”