Curriculum vitae of
VLADYSLAV S. O L K H O V S K Y
Primorsky krai(USSR), February 5,1938.
Citizenship: Ukrainian
Spoken languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, English
Address: Office - Institute for Nuclear Research, National Academy of Sciences of the
Ukraine, prospekt Nauki,47, Kiev-252028, tel.(0038-044-)2655101, fax(0038-044-)2654463;
E-mail: interdep @ kinr.kiev.ua ; kinr @kinr.kiev.ua (for V.S.Olkhovsky).
Home - prospekt 40 let Oktyabrya, 46-A, kv.13, tel.(0038-044-)2658356.
Biography data are contained in the reference book "Who's who in the world" (11th edit.,1993-
1994;15th edit.,1997-1998), Marquis.
E d u c a t i o n , d e g r e e s a n d t i t l e s :
Kiev State University, radiophysical faculty, first-class honours diploma in radiophysics and
electronics, 1955-1960.
Ukrainian Biblical Seminary (Kiev), external student from 1998 up to present.
Candidate of Sciences (Ph.D.) at the All-Union Ministry of Higher Education, Kiev State
University, June 1964. Title of the Thesis: "The Neutron-Nucleus Interaction".
Doctor of Sciences (Habilitatus) at the All-Union Commission (Moscow), Institute for
Nuclear Research (Kiev), October 1989. Title of the Thesis: "Methods of Investigations of
Nuclear Reactions with the Help of Analysis of their Durations and the S-Matrix Energy
Structure".
Full Professor in the field of Nuclear Physics at the Ministry of Higher Education of the
Ukraine (Kiev), Institute for Nuclear Research, October 1992.
P r o f e s s i o n a l p o s i t i o n s :
Institute for Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine -
since July 1994: Chief of Laboratory for Time Analysis of Nuclear Processes,
since October 1992: Full Research Professor,
December 1989 - July 1994: Leading Scientific Researcher,
October 1989 - October 1992: Associated Research Professor,
December 1979 - December 1989: Senior Scientific Researcher.
Kiev State University, Physical Faculty -
December 1965 - December 1979: Associated Professor
October 1965 - December 1965: Senior Teacher
October 1963 - October 1965: Senior Scientific Researcher
October 1960 - October 1963: Post-Graduate Student.
T e a c h i n g e x p e r i e n c e :
Ph.D.students at Kiev State University - 5, at Kiev Institute for Nuclear Research - 8, at
Messina University - 1, at Cracow Institute of Nuclear Physics - 1. First Thesis students (Kiev,
Catania) - 18.
I have taught undergraduated and graduated courses in Theoretical Nuclear Physics,
Operator Theory, Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Electrodynamics (Kiev State University,
Florence University), and in Scientific Christian Apologetics (Center for Leadership Development,
Kiev, Ukraine ).
J o i n t p o s i t i o n s :
Since April 1995: Principal Scientific Researcher at the Scientific Research Center "Vidhuk",
Laboratory for Quantum Physics of the Alive.
September 1990 - June 1993: External Professor at Kiev State University, Physical Faculty.
January 1961-December 1963: Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics of the
Ukrainian Agricultural Academy (Kiev).
O t h e r s c i e n t i f i c a n d e d u c a t i o n a l a c t i v i t i e s :
1967 - 1987: Member of the Physical-Mathematical Council at the Management of the
Ukrainian Scientific-Popularizing Society "Knowledge".
1967 - 1991: Lecturer of the Ukrainian Scientific -Popularizing Society "Knowledge".
1979 - 1987: Scientific Secretary of the Scientific Council on Nuclear-Physics Problems at the
Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.
Since 1991: Member of the Scientific Council at the Kiev Institute for Nuclear Research for
conferring Doctor (Ph.D. and Habilitatus) degrees in Nuclear Physics.
Since 1998: Visiting Lecturer and Tutor on Scientific Christian Apologetics at the Center for
Leadership Development (Kiev,Ukraine).
1998-1999: Professor of the Ukrainian Office of the International Science Education Foundation.
Since 1999: Expert of the State Center of Science-Technical Examination at the Ministry of Science
and Technjlogy of the Ukraine.
P r o f e s s i o n a l m e m b e r s h i p s :
Since 1978: member of the American Mathematical Society.
Since 1991: member of the Ukrainian Physical Society.
Since 1992: correspondent member of the Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti (Messina,
Italy).
Since 1992: correspondent member of the Accademia Gioenia delle Science Naturale
(Catania, Italy).
Since 1995: member of the New-York Academy of Sciences (New York, USA).
S c i e n t i f i c v i s i t s :
Visiting Scientist at the Physical Department of the University of Catania and Istituto
Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania, Italy (February-April 1991).
Visiting Scientist at the Physical Department of the Messina University and I.N.F.N., Sez.di
Catania,gruppo colleg.di Messina and Lab.Naz.del Sud, Italy (December 1991-June 1992,
January-April 1993).
Visiting Scientist at I.N.F.N., Sez.di Catania, gruppo colleg.di Messina and Sez.di Firenze,
Italy (October-November 1993).
Visiting Scientist at I.N.F.N., Sez.di Firenze, Sez.di Milano and the Physical Department of the
Florence University, Italy (February-March, August-September, November-December 1995).
Visiting Scientist at the Phys.Dep.of the Florence Univ. and the Roma Univ. (III), Italy
(March -April 1996).
Visiting Scientist at I.N.F.N., Sez.di Catania, gruppo colleg.di Messina and the Phys.Dep.of
the Florence Univ., Italy (October-November 1996).
Visiting Scientist at the Phys.Dep.of the Florence Univ. and the Roma Univ.(III), and
I.N.F.N., Sez.di Milano (Bergamo), Italy (March-April 1997, May-June 1998).
Visiting Scientist at the I.N.F.N., Sez.di Milano and the Engin.Fac.of the Bergamo Univ.,
Italy (May-June 1997, December 1998).
Visiting Scientist at the Institute of Nuclear Physics, Crakow, Poland (June-July and December
1997, March-April, June and December 1998, February-March 1999).
Visiting Scientist at the Phys.Dep.of the Florence University, Italy (March 1999).
M a j o r c o n f e r e n c e s :
All-Union Conferences on Nuclear Spectroscopy and Atomic Nucleus Structure, 1964 -1967,
1971-1982, 1983 (invited speaker), 1984 -1990 (totally 24).
All-Union Conferences on Neutron Physics, 1977, 1980, 1984.
International Symposia on Nuclear Physics,Gaussig,Germany, 1977, 1990 (invited speaker).
All-Union Conferences on Physics of Interaction of Charged Particles with Crystals, Moscow,
1982, 1984 (invited speaker).
All-Union Seminars "Lifetimes of Excited Nucleus States", Leningrad, 1983,1988 (invited
speaker).
10-th All-Union School on Nuclear Physics, Humsan (UzbekSSR), 1983 (invited lecturer).
International Symposium on Modern Developments in Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, 1987
(invited speaker).
International Schools on Nuclear Physics, Kiev, 1990-1992,1994 (invited lecturer every time).
International School-Seminar on Heavy Ion Physics, Dubna,1993.
International Symposium on Time Characteristics of Nuclear Reactions, Moscow, 1993
(guest speaker).
5-th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions,Taormina, Italy, 1994.
10-th Internation. Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Florence,
Italy, 1995.
Adriatico Research Conference on Tunnelling and its Implications,Trieste, Italy, 1996
(invited speaker).
International Symposium on Large-Scale Collective Motion of At.Nuclei, Brolo(Messina),
Italy, 1996 (guest speaker).
International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, Triest, Italy, 1997.
International Symposia "Man and Christian Worldview (Virtue in Medicine, Science and
Society)", Simferopol, Ukraine, September-October 1997, May-June and October 1998 (invited
speaker every time).
International Workshop "Mysteries, Puzzles and Paradoxes in Quantum Mechanics", Gargnano,
Italy, 1998 (oral speech and poster contribution).
P a s t a n d c u r r e n t s c i e n t i f i c i n t e r e s t s :
- S-matrix analytical theory
- theory of nuclear reactions
- interference phenomena in nuclear reactions and in accompanied bremsstrahlung
- problems of time in quantum physics
- time irreversibility
- time analysis of quantum collisions and nuclear processes
- time analysis of tunnelling processes for particles and photons
- time analysis of nucleosynthesis in the universe and nuclear chronometry of the universe
evolution
- superluminal phenomena
- fundamental problems of quantum physics of the alive
- philosophy, methodology and ethics of science
- science and christianity (scientific christian apologetics)
P u b l i c a t i o n s :
There are near 190 published scientific articles in refereed physical journals and proceedings of
international conferences and simposia on topics presented in the preceding section. The complete
list of publications is presented separately.
M a i n p u b l i c a t i o n s i n E n g l i s h (with references to previous main publications in
Russian):
1. V.S.Olkhovsky, A.K.Zaichenko, Analytical Properties and Resonant Structure of the S-matrix
for Non-Central and Parity-Violating Interactions, Nuovo Cimento,1981, v.A63, n2, pp.155-170.
2. V.S.Olkhovsky, To the Investigation of Nuclear Reactions and Decays by Analysis of Their
Durations, Sov.J.Part.Nucl., 1984, v.15, n2, pp.130-148.
3. V.S.Olkhovsky, Nonstationary Characteristics in Study of Nuclear Reaction Mechanism
and Kinetics and Compound-Nucleus Properties, Nukleonika, 1990,v.35, n1-3, pp.99-144.
4. V.S.Olkhovsky, E.Recami, Recent Developments in the Time Analysis of Tunnelling
Processes, Physics Reports, 1992, v.219, n6, pp.339-356.
5. V.S.Olkhovsky, E.Recami, F.Raciti and A.K.Zaichenko, More about Tunnelling Times, the
Dwell Time and the "Hartman Effect", J.de Phys.I France,1995, v.5, October 1995, pp.1351-1365.
6. V.S.Olkhovsky, A.Agresti, Developments in Time Analysis of Particles and Photon
Tunnelling, in: Proc. of the Adriatico Research Conf. on Tunnelling and Its Implications, ICTP,
Trieste, Italy, 30 July-2 August 1996, World Sci., pp.327-355.
7. V.S.Olkhovsky, Time Analysis of Particle and Photon Tunnelling, Physics of the Alive,
1997, v.5, n1, pp.23-41; Developments in Examining Time as a Quantum-Physical Observable,
Physics of the Alive, 1998, v.6, n2, pp.17-29.
8. V.S.Olkhovsky, Recent Developments in Joint Energy and Time Analysis of Nucleon-
Nucleus Reactions at the Range of Isolated and Overlapped Resonances, in: Conference
Proceedings, v.59, Part I, Internat.Conf.on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, Trieste,
19-24 May 1997,Italian Phys.ical Society, Bologna-Italy, pp.280-282.
9. J.Jakiel, V.S.Olkhovsky, E.Recami, On Superluminal Motions in Photon and Particle Tunnellings,
Physics Letters A, 1998, v. A248, pp. 156-160.