Prof. Oleg L. Figovsky

C.V. of Prof. Oleg L. Figovsky

Specialty:

Materials Engineering (Nanomaterials and Nanotechnologies. Special Coatings, Adhesives & Sealants. Corrosion Protection).

Education:

D.Sc. in Materials Engineering (All-Union Corrosion Research Institute, Moscow, 1990. Thesis: Monolithic coverings based on reactionable oligomers).
Ph.D. in Materials Engineering (Moscow Civil Engineering Institute, 1971).
M.Sc. in Materials Engineering (All-Union Civil Engineering Institute, Moscow, 1964).

Professional Experience:

2003-... Director R&D of "Enviromental Frendly Materials, GmbH", Berlin, Germany.
1999-... Expert of scientific projects, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium.
1998-... Founding partner and Director R&D of Israeli Research Center "Polymate", Migdal HaEmek, Israel.
1996-2002 Advisor Board Member & Technical Director of "Eurotech, Ltd", USA.
1993-1995 General Manager of "Polyadd, Ltd", Natheret Illit, Israel.
1992-1993 Manager R&D of Israel Corrosion Research Institute, Ramat HaSharon, Israel.
1990-1991 Director of Research Center of Austria-USSR Joint-Venture "Anticorr", Moscow, USSR.
1986-1991 Head of Department: "Problems of corrosion protection" of All-Union Corrosion Research Institute, Moscow, USSR.
1981-1986 Head of Nonmetallic Materials Department of Interbranch Scientific & Technical Complex "Anticorr", Moscow, USSR.
1972-1981 Senior Scientific Researcher of Central Research & Project Institute, Moscow, USSR.
1965-1971 Head of Research Group & SSR of All-Union R&P Institute, Ministry of Assembling & Special Building Works, Moscow, USSR.

Teaching and Editorial Experience:

1989-1990 Course: Nonmetallic Materials. Physic-Chemical Faculty of Moscow Institute of Steel and Allows, USSR.
1987-1990 Course: Advanced Technology for Corrosion & Radioactive Protection. All-Union Institute for Retraining of High Level Specialists, Moscow, USSR.
1981-1985 Course: Materials Engineering. Moscow Civil Engineering Institute, USSR.
1999-... Editor-in-Chief of the Journal "Scientific Israel - Technological Advantages", Haifa, Israel (published in English).
1990-1994 Editor-in-Chief of the Journal "Corrosion Protection and Durability of Equipment and Structures", Moscow, Russia (published in Russian).
1990-1991 Member of Board. All-Union Scientific & Technical Editorship "Chemistry", Moscow, USSR.
2003-... Co-holder of the UNESCO chair “Green Chemistry”,Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

Public Activity:

2004 Member of European Academy of Sciences.
2003. Member of International Committee of Intellectual Collaboration;
2001. Foreign Member of Russian Engineering Academy;
1999. President of Israeli Inventors Association;
1999. Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science;
1998. Member of Council of Managers R&D of Israel Chemistry Industry;
1996. Vice-President of IASN - Israel Association of Scientist-Newcomers;
1995. Foreign Member of Russian Academy of A&B Sciences;
1992. Member of NACE-International, USA.

Previous Public Activity:

1982-1990 First Deputy of Chairman. Nonmetallic Materials & Advanced Protection Section of Interbranch Council of State Plan Committee, Science & Technique Committee and Academy of Science, USSR.

Area of Scientific and Technical Activity:

Nanomaterials based on polymer, silicate and metallic matrixes.
Testing of materials and structure under extreme conditions, including strength and creep of structural materials (metals & composites) in the three-dimensional stress state.
Improving protective properties of nonmetallic materials.
Novel technologies for corrosion and radioactive protection.
Advanced coating for corrosion protection of metals and concretes.
Adhesives for electronic industry, wet concrete and chemical equipment.

Area of Marketing Activity:

Expert of technological and scientific projects.
Marketing and patent searches for advanced technological projects.
Managing of star-up technological companies.

Inventions:

465 inventions of USSR, mainly in the areas of composite materials, corrosion and radioactive protection, advanced structures including bionic ones and methods of reinforced and laminate materials production. Licenses were sold to The Netherlands, Finland, Hungary and Poland.
Gold and silver medals of International Exhibition IENA-98 (Nuremberg, Germany, 1998) for two novel inventions.
Gold Angel Prize of Exhibition "Genius 2006" (Budapest, Hungary, 2006) for all inventor's activity.
9 USA, 1 Israeli, 4 European, 2 Russian and other patents

Publications:

17 books published in Russian, more than 200 articles published in Russian, more 50 articles published in English and Germany.
A List of the Lastest Publications is avaible on-line.

Contact: An on-line form is available.