USPENSKAYA, Mayya V.
Professor
Doctor of Engineering
Research interests

 Chemistry of polymers (polymerization processes, composition-structure-property relationships, development of methods for obtaining polymer composites with specified performance characteristics)

Features of the PhD program

Postgraduate training is carried out on the basis of the National Research Center for Bioengineering http://bioengineering.ifmo.ru/ Of particular interest is the development of new medical materials intended for contact with the environment of a living organism and necessary for regenerative medicine. Even more interest is directed to specialized biocompatible, bioresorbable materials for the development of new directions in medicine - cell and tissue engineering, the creation of artificial implants.
The laboratories are equipped with high-tech modern equipment. http://bioengineering.ifmo.ru/ru/87817/equipment_list/
List of the supervisor’s research projects (participation/supervision)
  • Development and application of a personalized medicine method based on structural and bioinformatic analysis of protein mutations associated with hereditary diseases to optimize drug search, head of the project, 2021-2024
  • Composite biomaterials and technologies for ecophotonics and medicine, head of the project, 2020
  • Investigation of the properties of fibrous materials obtained from aqueous and aqueous-organic solutions of biopolymers, head of the project, 2019-2021
  • Investigation of the operational and physicochemical properties of wound dressings based on a modified polyacrylic composite, head of the project, 2014-2015
  • Molecular modeling of biodegradable polyelectrolytes and new polyelectrolyte complexes based on them for biomedical applications, head of the project, 2014
  • Investigation of composite materials based on biopolymers for promising medical applications, head of the project, 2013-2019
  • Development of a method for the synthesis of biodegradable tetrazole-containing superabsorbents (B-SAP), head of the project
  • Development of a method for the synthesis of biodegradable superabsorbent materials, obtaining samples of these materials, head of the project
List of potential thesis topics
  • Development of nanofiber materials based on biopolymers for targeted drug delivery
  • Creating edible biopolymer coatings to extend the shelf life of foods
  • Development of biodegradable polymer composites for packaging
  • Development of oil sorbents for the conditions of the Far North
  • Development of technology for applying edible functional biopolymer coatings to food
  • Synthesis and 3D-printing of biocomposite three-dimensional scaffolds for use in tissue engineering
  • Investigation of the influence of plasticizers and fillers on the properties of polymer composites
  • Development of thermosensitive polymer composite materials
Publications in the last five years 71 (Scopus / Web of Science)
Key publications
  1. 1. Snetkov, P., Morozkina, S., Olekhnovich, R., Nhung Vu, T.H., Tyanutova, M., Uspenskaya, M.
    Curcumin/usnic acid-loaded electrospun nanofibers based on hyaluronic acid // Materials, 2020, 13 (16), статья № 3476  https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/13/16/3476/htm 
    IF = 3,424
    DOI: 10.3390/MA13163476
  2. Snetkov P.P., Sitnikova V.E., Uspenskaya M.V., Morozkina S.N., Olekhnovich R.O. Hyaluronic acid—curcumin electrospun fibers//Russian Chemical Bulletin, 2020, Vol. 69, No. 3, pp. 596-600
  3. Snetkov, P., Zakharova, K., Morozkina, S., Olekhnovich, R., Uspenskaya, M.
    Hyaluronic acid: The influence of molecular weight on structural, physical, physico-chemical, and degradable properties of biopolymer // Polymers, 2020, 12 (8), статья № 1800 http://europepmc.org/article/MED/32796708  
    IF = 3,426
    DOI: 10.3390/polym12081800
  4. Samuilova E.O., Podshivalov A.V., Fokina M.I., Chursina V.S., Strelnikova I.E., Uspenskaya M.V. Tensile properties of wood plastic composites based on plant-filled polyvinyl chloride/poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3- hydroxyhexanoate) matrices//Agronomy Research, 2020, Vol. 18
  5. Podshivalov, A., Zakharova, M., Glazacheva, E., Uspenskaya, M.Gelatin/potato starch edible biocomposite films: Correlation between morphology and physical properties // Carbohydrate Polymers – 2017. – V.157. – P.1162–1172.
Key IPs

  1. Patent «Method for determining concentration of lead (II) in aqueous solutions», 2020
  2. Patent «Method for determining bactericidal properties of substances», 2019
Supervisor’s specific requirements

Higher professional education in the relevant specialty

Code of the subject area of the PhD program
04.06.01 Chemistry
Specialization: High-molecular compounds
 
18.06.01 Chemical technologies
Specialization: Technology and processing of polymers and composites
 
12.06.01 Photonics, instrumentation, optical and biotechnical systems, and technologies
Specialization: Instruments and methods for monitoring the natural environment, substances, materials, and products