ON THE 85TH ANNIVERSARY OF DR. CHEM. SCI., PROF. F.I. DANILOV

• Дата: 2025
• Автори: Protsenko, Vyacheslav, Velichenko, O.
• Формат: Стаття
• Мова: English
• Опубліковано: V.I.Vernadsky Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry 2025
• Онлайн доступ: https://ucj.org.ua/index.php/journal/article/view/734
• Назва журналу: Ukrainian Chemistry Journal

On July 4, 2025, Professor Felix Yosypovych Danilov, a prominent Ukrainian scientist and a renowned figure in the field of electrochemi­stry, celebrated his 85th birthday. Professor Danilov is a Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Honored Scientist of Ukraine, recipient of the State Prize of Ukraine in Science and Technology, Professor of the Department of Phy­sical Chemistry, and Chief Researcher at the Research Institute of Galvanochemistry at the Ukrainian State University of Science and Technologies. Over the course of more than fifty years, he has skillfully combined scientific research, teaching, and organizational activities. His academic path began with early electrochemical research on manganese deposition during his student years at the Dnipropetrovsk Institute of Chemical Technology. Later, under the supervision of Professor M.O. Loshkarev, he continued his research as a postgraduate student. Professor Danilov defended his PhD thesis in 1967 and his doctoral dissertation in 1985, both focused on the kinetics and thermodynamics of metal electrodeposition in the presence of surface-active substances. His scientific achievements laid the groundwork for advanced surface engineering technologies, including zinc, cadmium, and chromium electroplating, as well as the deposition of various other metals and alloys. He developed several original methods for studying electrode adsorption processes, introduced a temperature-adsorption approach for evaluating thermodynamic parameters of surfactant adsorption, and revealed the nature of the so-called compensation effect. Under his leadership, the Research Institute of Galvanochemistry was established in 1975. He served as its director from 1994 to 2023. From 1986 to 2013, he also chaired the Department of Physical Chemistry. Professor Danilov’s scientific output includes more than 550 publications and 60 patents. As of July 2025, the Scopus database lists 204 of his publications, with over 3,680 citations and an h-index of 32 – the highest at his university and among the top in Ukraine. He is actively involved in the scientific community, serving as chair of a doctoral dissertation defense board, member of the International Society of Electrochemistry (ISE), vice-pre­si­dent of the Ukrainian Electrochemical Society and the Ukrainian Association of Corrosionists, and editor-in-chief of the journal Voprosy Khimii i Khimicheskoi Tekhnologii (Issues of Chemistry and Chemical Technology). His colleagues and students admire his integrity, high standards, and lifelong devotion to science.