Family name
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  Gorbenko
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First name
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  Galyna
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Date of birth
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  18 August 1960
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Institution
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  V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
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Department
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  Department of Nuclear and Medical Physics
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Office address
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  45-39 Balakireva str., Kharkiv, 61103, Ukraine
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Phone
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  +380 57 343-82-44
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E-mail:
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  galyagor@yahoo.com; galyna.p.gorbenko@karazin.ua
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Education
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1977-1982: M.S. Degree in Biophysics with the highest honours from Kharkiv State University, Department of Biological Physics, School of Radiophysics
1984-1986: Post-Graduate course at the Department of Biological Physics, Kharkiv State University
1991: Awarding Ph. D in Biophysics from the Scientific Council of the Institute of Photobiology of Belorussian Academy of Sciences
2000: Awarding Doctor of Sciences Degree in Physics & Mathematics, Biophysics from Scientific Council of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
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Professional positions
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2001-Present: Professor at the Department of Nuclear and Medical Physics of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University (KNU)
1994-2001: Senior Researcher at the Department of Physics and Technology, KNU
1992-1994: Researcher at the Department of Physics and Technology, KNU
1990-1992: Junior Researcher at the Department of Physics and Technology, KNU
1986-1990: Engineer at the Department of Physics and Technology, KNU
1982-1984: Engineer at the Design Office “Soyuz”, Kharkiv
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Awards
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2000: Research Fellowship from Japan Society for Promotion of Science
2005: Research Fellowship from Sigrid Juselius Foundation, Finland
2011: Research Fellowship from Sigrid Juselius Foundation, Finland
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Areas of professional interests and expertise
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Structural biology (membrane biophysics, protein-lipid interactions)
Fluorescence spectroscopy (methods, instrumentation, data acquisition and analysis)
Theoretical biophysics and numerical modeling, programming
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Research collaborations
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Professor Paavo Kinnunen, Aalto University, Finland
Professor Todor Deligeorgiev, University of Sofia "St. Kliment Ohridsky", Bulgaria
Professor Hiroyuki Saito, The University of Tokushima, Japan
Professor Julian Molotkovsky, Shemyakin-Ovchinnikov Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Moscow, Russia
Professor Ekaterina Slobozhanina, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Institute of Biophysics and Cell Engineering, Minsk, Belarus
Dr. Elena Kirilova, Daugavpils University, Latvia
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Teaching
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Lectures on:
Physics of macromolecules
Molecular biology and genetics
Biosensorics
Luminescent technologies in medicine and biology
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Membership
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Member of specialized Scientific Council of V.N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
Member of Editorial Board of Biophysical Bulletin
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