Faculty of Ecology and Biology

Chair of general chemistry

Head of the Chair,
     Associate Professor, Doctor of Chemistry,
Vapirov Vladimir Vasilievich

Lenin str, 33, room#424
Tel.: (814-2) 711-085

• Cooperation
• Personnel of the chair

The personnel of the chair consists of 17 people, incuding 7 Associated professors and Ph.D holders, 2 assistants, 2 engineers and 6 laborants. Lecturers of the Chair teach the following educational courses: General Chemistry, Inorganic Chemistry, Colloid Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Analytic Chemistry, Hydrochemistry, Analysis of natural objects, Methodology of chemistry teaching. The teaching personnel of the chair performs lectures for the secondary school teachers and hold annual chemistry contests for secondary school students.

At the Chair there has been organized a scientific seminar on the problems of technogenious pollution in objects of nature (water, soil, food) by toxic trace elements.

Since November 1992 the Chair offers post-graduate studies in physical chemistry.

The Chair researchers have published over 20 articles in various magazines since 1990 and periodical issues of collections of articles Microelements in Biosphere of Karelia;.

Jointly with the RCNIT there have been created databases on microelements contained in natural objects of Karelia.

Courses taught at the chair:

• Course of General Chemistry
• Inorganic Chemistry
• Bioinorganic Chemistry
• Analytic Chemistry
• Physical and Colloid Chemistry
• Methodology of Theaching Chemistry

Cooperation with other universities

The Chair has established close cooperation with colleages from Moscow State University and St.-Petersburg State University.

The Chair implements the following joint projects:

- Scientific Research Program for Higher educational instititions "Universities of Russia",
- Regional Program "Karelia",
International Program in Enviromental Protection (in cooperation with the University of Mikkely, Finland);
- Research of organic catalysts' functioning mechanisms (in cooperation with Ukrain Academy of Sciences, Donetsk).

Areas of possible cooperation

The Chair of General Chemistry invites departments and research organisations to cooperation in the following fields:

- Joint elaboration of research projects;
- Joint scientific research work (especially in the sphere of ecological chemistry);
- Exchange of teachers and students (studing, training, joint research);
- Holding conferences, schools, seminars, etc.

Petrsonnel of the chair:

1. Vapirov Vladimir Vasilievich - Head of the Chair, Associate Professor, Doctor of Chemistry

2. Volkova Tatyana Yakovlevna - Associate Professor, Ph.D.

3. Zavgorodnyaya Rimma Evgenievna - Associate Professor, Ph.D.

4. Potahina Lyudmila Nikolaevna - Associate Professor, Ph.D.

5. Salnikova Raisa Dmitrievna - Associate Professor, Ph.D.

6. Hanina Elena Yakovlevna - Associate Professor, Ph.D.

7. Chazhengina Elena Alekseevna - Associate Professor, Ph.D.

8. Belichenko Valentina Ivanovna - senior instructor

9. Klementieva Tatyana Evgenievna - assistant

10. Hobotova Nadezhda Vladimirovna - assistant