Belarusian State University
Ol’khovik
Vyacheslav Konstantinovich Olkhovik was born on July 19, 1964. He is the son of Irma and Konstantin Olkhovik. His scientific career developed within Belarusian research institutions, where he worked in organic and applied chemistry and later became associated with the Institute of Chemistry of New Materials of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus in Minsk.
Olkhovik conducted advanced research in organic chemistry at the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry of the Academy of Sciences of Belarus and defended his dissertation at the V. I. Lenin Belarusian State University in Minsk. In 1992 he received the degree of Candidate of Chemical Sciences for the dissertation Synthesis of Brassinolide and Its Analogues, a study in the synthesis of steroidal plant-hormone analogues.
Olkhovik began his research career as a research assistant at the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry in November 1986. His early work focused on organic and steroid chemistry and culminated in his 1992 candidate dissertation on the synthesis of brassinolide and related compounds. In October 1994 he became head of a department at the Institute of Chemistry of New Materials of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus in Minsk. His subsequent research covered the synthesis and characterization of polyconjugated aromatic and heterocyclic compounds, luminescent materials, biphenyl derivatives, fungicidal quaternary ammonium salts, and other biologically active or technologically significant organic substances. His publications document work on luminophores for possible organic light-emitting diode applications, fungicidal compounds tested against phytopathogenic fungi, and functionalized sulfur-containing heterocycles and aromatic dicarboxylic-acid derivatives.
Developed synthetic approaches to steroidal brassinolide analogues and related organic compounds, forming the basis of his 1992 Candidate of Chemical Sciences dissertation.
Contributed to the synthesis of polyconjugated biphenyl, dibenzothiophene, carbazole, and phenanthrene derivatives with luminescent properties and potential use in organic light-emitting diode materials.
Participated in the development and biological evaluation of biphenyl- and dibenzothiophene-based compounds and quaternary ammonium salts with fungicidal activity against phytopathogenic fungi.
(Co-authored work describing the preparation of dibenzothi...)
2011(Co-authored study of quaternary ammonium salts based on s...)
2009(Author's abstract of a Candidate of Chemical Sciences dis...)
1992(Co-authored research article reporting synthetic methods ...)
2008(Co-authored research describing the preparation of amino-...)
2016(Co-authored study describing the synthesis of hydroxy- an...)
2006(Co-authored study of the synthesis and functionalization ...)
2014(Co-authored research on the synthesis of substituted biph...)
2014(Co-authored biochemical research describing an isotopical...)
2005Olkhovik is the son of Irma and Konstantin Olkhovik. His scientific collaborations have included researchers from the Institute of Chemistry of New Materials, the Institute of Physical Organic Chemistry, the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Belarusian State University, and the Central Botanical Garden of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.
