Boreskov Institute of Catalysis was founded in 1958 as a part of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The founder and the first Director of the Institute till 1984 was academician Georgii Konstantinovich Boreskov.
One of the main activity areas of the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis is fundamental investigations in catalytic science to discover new principles of chemical reactions and to create innovative catalytic compositions and technologies.
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Boreskov Institute of Catalysis pays great attention to the training of young scientists. Each year more than 100 students and post-graduates are being trained at its research and educational facilities. The Institute collaborates with many educational organizations, including:
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For more than half a century, the Boreskov Institute of Catalysis is at a cutting edge of innovative R&D for chemical and petrochemical industries, energy power, environmental protection.
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25 August 2021
An official ceremony marking the start of construction of the Shared Research Facility “Siberian Circular Photon Source” (SKIF) was held on August 25. Here are the photographs from the site.
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Director of Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Academician Valerii BUKHTIYAROV. Federal Research Center Boreskov Institute of Catalysis takes on the roles of both the Developer and the State Customer of the project.
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The General Constructor of the project is “Kontsern Titan-2”, a part of Rosatom. In the photo the second on the right is the director of the Russian nuclear projects of AO “Kontsern Titan-2” Vladimir MINAEV
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Left to right: Mikhail TARASOV, General Director of the Central Design and Technology Institute (AO “TSPTI”, affiliated with “TVEL”, the fuel company of Rosatom), the Designer of the project; Director of Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Academician Valerii BUKHTIYAROV; Vladimir MINAEV, Director of the Russian nuclear projects of AO “Kontsern Titan-2”.
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In the course of the ceremony marking the start of construction works of SRF “SKIF” a monument to elementary particle in the form of the Greek letter gamma designating photon was opened. Left to right: Governor of Novosibirsk Region Andrey TRAVNIKOV, Vice-Premier of RF Dmitry CHERNYSHENKO, Minister of Science and Higher Education of RF Valery FALKOV, First Deputy of Chair of State Duma of RF Aleksandr ZHUKOV.
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At the start of construction of SRF “SKIF” a time capsule was laid at the foot of the photon monument, which is planned to be opened in 2035. The capsule contains the letters addressed to the scientists of the future written by the 2021 alumni of the Special Education and Science Center of NSU. The time capsule was planted by Vice-Premier of RF Dmitry CHERNYSHENKO and one of the letters’ authors, Nikita SHAROV, alumnus of SESC NSU, now the first-year student of the Department of Physics of Novosibirsk State University.
Photo by Gennady Danilkin
Photo by Gennady Danilkin
Director of Boreskov Institute of Catalysis, Academician Valerii BUKHTIYAROV, and Nikolay KRASNIKOV, Mayor of Koltsovo Science Town, on the territory of which SRF “SKIF” will be constructed.
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Director of SRF “SKIF” of Boreskov Institute of Catalysis Evgeny LEVICHEV
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Photo by BIC
