The Yurii Simonov Memorial Prize winner 2020

The Yurii Simonov Memorial Prize for 2020 was awarded to Dr. Oleg Palamarciuc for his valuable contribution in synthesis, X-ray structure, and physicochemical studies of thiosemicarbazide based materials. His research interest is dedicated to the synthesis and study of coordination compounds of 3d elements based on thiosemicarbazide derivative ligands with various properties and applications such as single-molecule magnets SMM, active biologic materials, and sensor device for analytic determination. Dr. Oleg Palamarciuc has graduated from Moldova State University in 2007 and obtained his Ph.D. in Chemistry in 2012. His work was realized in collaboration with different prestigious centers: Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, Bordeaux, France, Institute Physical and Chemistry Materials from Strasbourg, France, University of Vien, Austria. He was a principal investigator and executor in several international research projects such as ANR Blanc, H2020, AUF. Dr. Palamarciuc continues to work at Moldova State University as a Senior Researcher.