Yaroslav Mudryk

Credentials

Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry, 2002
Ivan Franko L’viv National University, L’viv, Ukraine
Research Advisors: Prof. R.V. Skolozdra, Dr. L.P. Romaka
Thesis Title: “Phase relations, crystal structures of compounds and their magnetic and electrical properties in ternary systems {Er,Yb}-{Co,Ni,Cu}-Sn“
M.S./B.S. (with distinction):
Chemistry, 1997
Ivan Franko L’viv National University, L’viv, Ukraine
Research Advisor: Prof. R.V. Skolozdra

Experimental synthesis, magnetism, and structural characterization of intermetallic compounds containing rare-earth elements
Magnetocaloric effect and its applications
Relationships between composition, structure, physical and chemical properties of materials exhibiting extraordinary responses to external stimuli (temperature, pressure, magnetic field)
Polymorphic solid state phase transformations; coupled magnetic and structural transformations leading to giant magnetocaloric effect, magnetostriction, and magnetoresistance

Rare-earth intermetallic compounds, their synthesis and crystallography, composition-structure-property relationships, and physical behaviors.
Discontinuous anhysteretic phase transitions, in situ powder X-ray diffraction, and characterization of magnetic and thermal properties.
Magnetism and associated functionalities, including magnetocaloric effect, magnetostriction, magnetoresistance, and hard magnetic properties.

H.N. Bez, A. Biswas, A.K. Pathak, Y. Mudryk, N.A. Zarkevich, V. Balema, V.K. Pecharsky, “Highly tunable, inexpensive and easily fabricated magnetocaloric materials” (US Patent Application 16/350,728), 2019.
A.K. Pathak, Y. Mudryk, O. Dolotko, V.K. Pecharsky, “Modified La-Fe-Si magnetocaloric alloys” (US Patent Application 16/501,027), 2019.
O. Dolotko, V. Balema, I. Hlova, S. Gupta, Y. Mudryk, V.K. Pecharsky, “Mechanochemical recovery of Co, Li and other constituents from spent lithium-ion batteries” (US Patent Application 16/973,071), 2020.