Margarita Belokozenko

PhD thesis: «Electrosynthesis of organonitrogen compounds by electrocatalytic co-reduction of carbon dioxide and nitrogen containing species»

Supervisor: Assistant Prof. Victoria Nikitina

IDC Committee members: Prof. Evgeny Antipov, Assistant Prof. Stanislav Fedotov, Assistant Prof. Victoria Nikitina

Biography:

In 2020, Margarita graduated from Novosibirsk State University (Faculty of Natural Sciences) with a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry. The topic of the bachelor’s thesis was to study the effect of the mechanochemical treatment on the concentration of rare earth elements in humic acids of brown coals. Margarita performed this research at the Institute of Solid State Chemistry and Mechanochemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Novosibirsk) under the supervision of T.S. Skripkina.

In 2022, Margarita graduated with honors from Lomonosov Moscow State University (Faculty of Materials Science) with a Master’s degree in Materials Chemistry, Physics and Mechanics. As a master’s student, she investigated optical and photocatalytic properties of one-dimensional photonic crystals and optical microcavities based on anodic titanium oxide under the supervision of S.E. Kushnir and N.A. Sapoletova. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry of the Russian Academy of Science recognized the master’s thesis of Margarita as «The best study in the field of inorganic chemistry».

Currently, Margarita’s PhD research at Skoltech is dedicated to the development of efficient catalysts for the electrocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to value-added chemicals. This work is supported by the grant of Russian Science Foundation № 22-13-00096 “Well-characterized highly dispersed catalysts for deep electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide”.

Publications

1. I.V. Roslyakov, I.V. Kolesnik, M.A. Belokozenko, A.D. Yapryntsev, K.S. Napolsky // Thermal transformations of porous anodic aluminum oxide formed in electrolytes based on mixtures of sulfuric and oxalic acids. // Inorganic Materials. – 2023. – T. 68. – № 7. – P. 988-996.
2. T.V. Safronova, M.A. Belokozenko, Sh.O. Yahyoev, T.B. Shatalova, G.K. Kazakova, K.Kh. Peranidze, O.U. Toshev, S.S. Khasanova // Ceramics Based on CaSO4⋅2H2O Powder Synthesized from Ca(NO3)2 and (NH4)2SO4. // Inorganic Materials. – 2021. – T. 57. – № 8. – P. 867-873.
3. T.S. Skripkina, M.A. Belokozenko, S.S. Shatskaya, I.O. Lomovskiy. Concentrating rare earth elements in brown coal humic acids by mechanochemical treatment // RSC Advances. – 2021. – Т. 11. – №. 57. – P. 36016-36022.

Conferences

1. M.A. Belokozenko. Photonic crystals and optical microcavities based on porous anodic titanium oxide for photocatalytic applications // 60th International Scientific Student Conference, Novosibirsk (Russia). – Apr. 2022. – P. 145.
2. M.A. Belokozenko, S.E. Kushnir, N.A. Sapoletova, K.S. Napolsky. Photocatalytic properties of photonic crystals and optical microresonators based on anodic titanium oxide // XXIX International scientific conference of students, PhD-students and junior scientists «Lomonosov-2022», electronic resource, Moscow (Russia). – Apr. 2022.
3. M.A. Belokozenko, S.E. Kushnir, N.A. Sapoletova, K.S. Napolsky. The effect of electrochemical processing on the optical properties of photonic crystals based on anodic titanium oxide // XX Conference of young scientists «Actual problems of inorganic chemistry: materials with a functionally active surface», Zvenigorod (Russia). – Nov. 2021. – P. 79-80.
4. M.A. Belokozenko. Creation of effective photocatalysts based on titanium oxide with a periodic structure // International Youth competition of scientific projects «Erasing borders», Moscow (Russia). – Oct. 2021. – P. 20-25.
5. M.A. Belokozenko, N.A. Sapoletova, S.E. Kushnir, K.S. Napolsky, Obtaining photonic crystal structures based on anodic titanium oxide // XXVIII International scientific conference of students, PhD-students and junior scientists «Lomonosov-2021», electronic resource, Moscow (Russia). – Apr. 2021.
6. M.A. Belokozenko. Creation of one-dimensional photonic crystals and optical microcavities based on anodic titanium dioxide // 59th International Scientific Student Conference, Novosibirsk (Russia). – Apr. 2021. – P. 134.
7. M.A. Belokozenko, T.S. Skripkina, S.S. Shatskaya. Application of mechanochemical methods of brown coal treatment for the concentration of rare earth elements // XI International conference «Oil and Gas Chemistry», Tomsk (Russia). – Sep. 2020. – P. 167.
8. M.A. Belokozenko, T.S. Skripkina, S.S. Shatskaya. Mechanochemical modification of brown coal as a basis for the development of a technique for the concentration of rare earth elements // XIII All-Russian scientific-practical conference with international participation «Technologies and Equipment of Chemical, Biotechnological and Food Industries», Biysk (Russia). – May 2020. – P. 49-50.
9. M.A. Belokozenko. The effect of mechanochemical treatment of brown coal on the content of rare earth elements in humic acids // 58th International Scientific Student Conference, Novosibirsk (Russia). – Apr. 2020. – P. 7.
10. M.A. Belokozenko, T.S. Skripkina, S.S. Shatskaya. Mechanochemical treatment of brown coal as a tool for concentrating rare earth elements in humic acids // VI All-Russian conference with international participation «VI Russian Day of Rare Earths», Novosibirsk (Russia). – Feb. 2020. – P. 49.
11. M.A. Belokozenko, T.S. Skripkina, S.S. Shatskaya, O.I. Lomovskiy. Heavy and rare earth elements in brown coals and their humic acids // XII All-Russian scientific-practical conference with international participation «Technologies and Equipment of Chemical, Biotechnological and Food Industries», Biysk (Russia). – May 2019. – P. 72-75.

Awards

1. The 1st place at the XXIX International scientific conference of students, PhD-students and junior scientists «Lomonosov-2022» in the section «Fundamental Materials Science and Nanomaterials» (Moscow, Russia), 2022.
2. The 2nd place at the 59th International Scientific Student Conference in the section «Chemical Materials Science» (Novosibirsk, Russia), 2021.
3. The 2nd place at the XXVIII International scientific conference of students, PhD-students and junior scientists «Lomonosov-2021» in the section «Fundamental Materials Science and Nanomaterials» (Moscow, Russia), 2021.