Head of the Laboratory A.V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Republic of Belarus Belarus
Pavel Krivosheyev is a distinguished scientist specializing in ignition, combustion, explosion, and detonation of homogeneous and heterogeneous reactive systems. With over two decades of research experience, he has made significant contributions to the study of gas dynamics and chemical kinetics. Currently, he serves as the Head of the Physical & Chemical Hydrodynamics Laboratory at the A.V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus. Additionally, he holds visiting professorships at the University of Science and Technology of China and the Beijing Institute of Technology.
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Education 🎓
- 1992-1994: Lyceum of Belarusian State University
- 1994-1999: Belarusian State University, Faculty of Physics
- 2011: Ph.D., A.V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute
- PhD Thesis: “Detonation initiation at combustion of gas mixtures in tubes with porous medium filling and at diffraction of deflagration waves”
Experience 💼
- 1999-2012: Junior Researcher / Researcher / Senior Researcher at the Physical & Chemical Hydrodynamics Laboratory, Department of Nonequilibrium Processes, A.V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.
- 2012-Present: Head of the Laboratory, Physical & Chemical Hydrodynamics Laboratory, A.V. Luikov Heat and Mass Transfer Institute, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.
- 2024: Visiting Professor, State Key Laboratory of Fire Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China.
- 2024: International Visiting Professor (Foreign Expert), State Key Laboratory of Explosion Science and Safety Protection, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China.
Research Interests 💡
- Ignition, combustion, explosion, and detonation of gaseous, liquid, and solid fuel/oxidizer systems.
- Gas dynamics and chemical kinetics.
- Experimental studies of ultrafast physical-chemical processes.
- Design and development of advanced experimental setups.
- Diagnostics and new diagnostic techniques.
Awards & Recognitions 🏆
- 1994-1995: Scholarship of the International Soros Science Education Program.
- 2005-2006: Scholarship of the World Federation of Sciences.
- 2007: Scholarship of the President of the Republic of Belarus for talented scientists.
- 2011: Best PhD Thesis of the Year.
- 2021: Grant of the President of the Republic of Belarus for talented scientists.
- 2025: Grant of the President of the Republic of Belarus for talented scientists.
Publications Top Notes: 📚
Krivosheyev has published extensively in high-impact journals and conference proceedings. Below are selected works:
Krivosheyev, P.N., Penyazkov, O.G., Zhdanok, S.A. “On the propagation mechanism of quasi-detonation in porous media,” Application of Detonation to Propulsion, Torus Press Ltd., 2004, pp. 131-135. Link
Krivosheyev, P.N., Penyazkov, O.G. “Detonation Initiation in Semi-Confined Area,” Proceedings of the 21st Int. Colloquium on Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, 2007. Link
Krivosheyev, P.N., Penyazkov, O.G. “Nonclassical detonation and deflagration transmissions into half-limited space,” Proceedings of the 22nd Int. Colloquium on Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, 2009. Link
Krivosheyev, P.N., Penyazkov, O.G., Baranyshyn, Y.A. “DDT in Heptane/Oxygen Mixtures at Low Pressures,” Proceedings of the 24th Int. Colloquium on Dynamics of Explosions and Reactive Systems, 2013. Link
Korytchenko, K.V., Krivosheyev, P.N., Poklonskii, E.V. “Model of the spark discharge initiation of detonation in a mixture of hydrogen with oxygen,” Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2014. Link
Experimental and numerical investigation of gaseous detonation in a narrow channel with obstacles
Evaluating possibilities of the modern chemical kinetic mechanisms of acetylene oxidation in simulating the non-stationary combustion processes
Theoretical and Experimental Determination of the Rate Constant of the Nonadiabatic Chemiluminescent Reaction H + O + N2 = OH* + N2