PROGRAM
of Educational Course for magistrands
“RECENT ECOLOGYCAL PROBLEMS (REP)”
at Affiliate of the Chemistry Department of
the M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
in Baku (Azerbaijan)
The main aims of the Educational course are following:
- to deepen magistrand's knowledge in recent ecological programs and processes existing in
modern science and industry
- to repeat main topics of ecological aspects of chemistry development
- to cultivate knowledge of English variants of main terms and notions in magistrand’s mind
- to accelerate the perception of scientific and educational information in English language both
in writing and oral forms
- to train skills in making scientific presentations in English language
- to advance magistrand's experience in thinking and communication on scientific and ecological
problems using English language
The expected results coming from realization of the Educational course for
magistrands:
- knowledge of recent ecological problems and scientific ways of their overcoming
- progress in ecological manner of thinking and deep understanding of multidisciplinary nature
of modern scientific processes used for ecological and economical improvement of the presentday reality
- knowledge of English language at a level providing magistrands with skillful understanding,
discussion and development of new and innovative chemical processes using sustainable
ecological approach
- advance of students in preparation of oral presentations in the field of their professional activity
and headway in expression by students their main thoughts in writing form as theses
The content of main educational topics:
I. Radioactivity of the environment
1. Introduction and natural radioactivity (Types of radioactive decay. Units of
radioactivity and dose. Primordial and cosmogenic radionuclides in nature.).
2. Radioactivity of the atmosphere (Natural radioniclides in the atmosphere. Radon and
products of its decay. Cosmogenic radionuclides of the atmosphere. Anthropogenic radioniclides
in the atmosphere.).
3. Radioactivity of the hydrosphere (Primordial and cosmogenic radionuclides in
hydrosphere. Potassium-40, isotopes of uranium and thorium, radium and products of its decay.
Anthropogenic radionuclides in hydrosphere.).
4. Radioactivity of the lithosphere (Migration of radionuclides in the lithosphere. Role of
dissolved organic carbon in the migration of radionuclides and its ability to be absorbed by
plants.).
5. Nuclear energy production (Nuclear power plants. Natural nuclear reactors. Types of
nuclear reactors. Environmental impacts of nuclear reactors. Storage and treatment of spent fuel
and other radioactive waste.).
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6. Introduction in nuclear medicine (Radionuclides for diagnostics and therapeutics. PET
and PET/CT application.)
7. Effects of radiation on living organisms (Definition of radiation dose. Liner energy
transfer. The effect-dose function. Main principles of radiation safety.).
II. Principles of sustainable ecological development and innovative solutions
1. The main tasks of modern ecology (Sustainable ecological development of the world
industry and agriculture. Main components of Bioeconomy. Biodiversity and its maintenance).
2. Biocatalytic transformation of renewable sources with non-food grade to various
commercially merchantable products (Variety of biocatalysts and their use in production of
biogas, organic solvents, polymers, organic acids, proteins as a source of feed from the celluloseand starch-containing wastes, ecological problems and advantages of innovations in the
processes.)
3. Bio-oil products (Bio-diesel and pyrolytic oil as innovative energetic sources, their
sustainable production from various wastes of industry and agriculture, positive and negative
sides of the solutions).
4. Biomedical preparations (Enzymes, microorganisms, bacteriophages, biocatalytic
nanoparticles: development, application, variety and ecological toxicity)
5. Biomedical wastes (Sources of the wastes, approaches to their treatment and utilization,
ecological threat and methods aimed at its overcoming).
6. Biodegradable plastics (The classification of bioplastic materials, their characteristics,
approaches to ecologically safety production, perspectives of development).
7. Enzymatic biocatalysts in the bioremediation of polluted soil and water sources
(Different types of pollutants, enzymes involved in biotreatment processes, effectiveness of
innovative solutions, and comparison of results with commonly used methods).
8. Biomolecules providing biological and chemical safety (Enzymes and cells in
detection and destruction of pathogens and chemical agents, specificity and efficiency of action,
chemical mechanisms of taht action).
9. Biosensor systems (Enzymes and cells used for biosensor development, classification of
biosensor systems, main components, ways of application, efficacy, stability, disadvantages and
preferences).
10. Foods with changed chemical content (Sources of food products with altering
chemical composition, role of different processes in chemical modification of foods, food
biosafety, and control methods)
11. Micotoxins as natural threat (Classification, ecotoxicity, sources of appearance,
methods of analysis, solutions
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12. Genetically modified biocatalysts (Enzymes and cells as objects for genetic
modifications, applied methods, obtained results and further perspectives, questions of ecological
safety).
13. Gaseous substrates in new biocatalytic processes (Sources of gases that can be used
as substrates for biocatalysts, new processes and their characteristics, product usefulness, and
ecological sustainability of the biocatalytic systems applied gaseous substrates).
14. Greenhouse effect (Background of problem, recent estimates and prediction, role of
incineration, nitrogen-containing substances, water evaporation and methane accumulation in the
development of greenhouse effect).
15. Aquacultures in up-to-date world (Reason of the problem in this area, storm wastes,
methods and purpose of aquacultures’ treatment, perspectives for ecology and bioeconomy, new
processes and their future).
The educational Program is expected to be realized during 56 hours.
Program Developers:
Professor, Dr. Sci, Ph.D. Elena N. Efremenko
Div. Chemical Enzymology
Chemistry Department,
M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
Associated Professor, Ph.D. Maria G. Chernysheva
Div. Radiochemistry
Chemistry Department,
M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
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