RNDr. Daria Drozdenko, Ph.D.

Education and Professional career

Since 10/2020             Assistant professor at Department of Physics of Materials (DPM), Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University (FMP, CUNI)

11/ 2017 – 11/2019     Research Fellow at Magnesium Research Center, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

01/ 2016 – 09/2020     Research Fellow at DPM, FMP CUNI

2016      Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials Research, Charles University, Prague, CZ

2016      Rerum Naturalium Doctor (RNDr.), Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials Research, Charles University, Prague, CZ

2012      Master of Science (MSc.), Physical and Biomedical Electronics, Sumy State University, Ukraine

2011      Bachelor of Science (BSc.), Economics and Business Administration, Sumy State University, Ukraine

2011      Bachelor of Science (BSc.), Physical and Biomedical Electronics, Sumy State University, Ukraine

Stays abroad:

2014 – 2016 (short-term PhD research-related visits) – Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht, Germany

2017 – 2019 (PostDoc research fellowship) – Magnesium Research Centre, Kumamoto University, Japan

Academic activities

• Supervision of BSc, MSc and PhD theses and students’ projects

• Consultation of BSc, MSc and PhD theses at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University and Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Japan

Teaching

• NFPL120 Modern Problems in Physics of Materials

• NFPL053 New Materials and Technologies

• NOFY066 Practical Course I - Mechanics and Molecular Physics

• NOFY130 Practical Course IV - Atomic and Nuclear Physics

• NOFY021 Mechanics and Molecular Physics

Main scientific activities

• Complex study of magnesium alloys: wrought Mg alloys, including Mg alloys with long-period stacking-ordered (LPSO) phase – mechanical properties and microstructure

• Microstructure investigation of metallic (Mg alloys, splats of U compounds, foams) and ceramic material using scanning electron microscopy, including electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) and Energy Dispersive X-ray (EDX) analyses.

• Utilization advanced microscopy techniques: in-situ deformation in SEM chamber, 3D EBSD.

• Analysis of plastic deformation in metals by acoustic emission (AE) technique.

Research Grants

• Development of high-strength ductile magnesium alloys using rapid solidification processing. (Junior grant, Czech Science Foundation), Principal investigator, 2020 - 2022

• Study of novel magnesium alloys with controlled microstructure (texture) (Student grant, Grant Agency of Charles University), Principal investigator, 2014 - 2016

• Member of research teams of several research projects funded by Czech Science Foundation since 2012

Collaborations

• Institute of Material and Process Design, Helmholtz-Zentrum hereon (former Magnesium Innovation Center (MagIC), Helmholtz-Zentrum Geesthacht), Geesthacht, Germany – Novel Mg alloys: mechanical properties and microstructure.

• Magnesium Research Centre (MRC), Kumamoto University, Japan – Development and characterization of Mg alloys with long-period stacking-ordered (LPSO) structure. Utilization of the acoustic emission (AE) technique for materials science.

• National Center for Metallurgical Research (CENIM-CSIC), Madrid, Spain – Characterization of Mg alloys with LPSO phase using diffraction techniques.

• Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Budapest, Hungary – Application of diffraction techniques for evaluation of deformation mechanisms in Mg alloys.

• Institute of Physics of Materials (IPM), Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech – Numerical calculations (incl. FEM, MD) of plastic deformation mechanisms.

Awards and Recognition

• Editor at Journal of Alloys and Compounds, Elsevier (active from 10/2020)

• Editor at Journal of Alloys and Metallurgical Systems, Elsevier (active from 03/2025)

• Outstanding Contribution in Review Award of Journal of Magnesium and Alloys (Elsevier) – 2021 (IF: 11.57)

• Winner of grant for young researchers funded by ThermoFisher and Czechoslovak microscopy society (2020)

Selected publications

• J. Gubicza, K. Máthis, P. Nagy, P. Jenei, Z. Hegedűs, A. Farkas, J. Veselý, S. Inoue, D. Drozdenko, Y. Kawamura, In-situ study of the microstructure evolution during tension of a Mg-Y-Zn-Al alloy processed by rapidly solidified ribbon consolidation technique, J Magnes Alloy 12(5) (2024) 2024-2040. IF: 15.8. doi: 10.1016/j.jma.2024.05.008
• D. Drozdenko, M. Yamasaki, K. Máthis, P. Dobroň, P. Lukáč, N. Kizu, S-I Inoue, Y. Kawamura Optimization of mechanical properties of dilute Mg-Zn-Y alloys prepared by rapid solidification, Mater & Design 181 (2019) 107984. IF: 5.77. doi: 10.1016/j.matdes.2019.107984
• G. Garcés, K. Máthis, J. Medin, K. Horváth, D. Drozdenko, E. Oñorbe, P. Dobroň, P. Pérez, M. Klaus, P. Adeva Combination of in-situ diffraction experiments and acoustic emission testing to understand the compression behaviour of Mg-Y-Zn alloys containing LPSO phase under different loading conditions Int J Plasticity 106 (2016) 107-128. IF: 6.111. doi: 10.1016/j.ijplas.2018.03.004
• D. Drozdenko, J. Bohlen, S. Yi, P. Minárik, F. Chmelík, P. Dobroň, Investigating a twinning–detwinning process in wrought Mg alloys by the acoustic emission technique, Acta Mater 110 (2016) 103-113. IF: 6.174. doi: 10.1016/j.actamat.2016.03.013
• J. Balík, P. Dobroň, F. Chmelík, R. Kužel, D. Drozdenko, J. Bohlen, D. Letzig, P. Lukáč, Modeling of the work hardening in magnesium alloy sheets, Int J Plasticity 76 (2016) 166 –185. IF: 6.111. doi: 10.1016/j.ijplas.2015.08.001
• D. Drozdenko, J. Bohlen, F. Chmelík, P. Lukáč, P. Dobroň, Acoustic emission study on the activity of slip and twin mechanisms during compression testing of magnesium single crystals, Mat Sci Eng a-Struct 650 (2016) 20-27. IF: 3.478. doi: 10.1016/j.msea.2015.10.033

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