Teaching courses

Institute of Earth Sciences, SPbU:

• Crystallography and crystal physics
• Crystal chemistry and single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis
• Theory of chemical bonding
• Fundamentals of the preparation and properties of crystalline materials
• Crystal chemistry of minerals and materials under extreme conditions
• Structural and chemical typomorphism of minerals

Institute of Chemistry, SPbU:

Position

Education, scientific degrees and titles

• 2014 – bachelor in geology (crystallography), Department of crystallography SpbSU;
• 2016 – master in geology (crystallography), Department of crystallography SpbSU;
• 2020 – the qualification "Researcher. Teacher-Researcher" in the field of Geology (crystallography) at the Department of crystallography, SPbSU;
• 2022 – degree of candidate of Sciences (PhD), scientific specialty «1.6.4. Mineralogy, Crystallography. Geochemistry, geochemical methods of mineral exploration». Thesis topic: «Synthesis and crystal chemistry of novel mineral-related divalent copper compounds».

Research IDs

• Pure
• Scopus ID

Research interests

Key publications

1. Kornyakov, I.V., Shilovskikh, V.V., Bocharov, V.N., Kalashnikova S.A., Krivovichev, S.V. Polyoxometalates from gases: Mineral-inspired synthesis and characterization of novel compounds containing [M⊂Cu₁₂O₈(AsO₄)₈]^q- polyoxocuprate clusters (M = Ti(IV), Bi(III)) // Inorganic Chemistry Communications. 2023. Vol. 157. P. 111435. DOI: 10.1016/j.inoche.2023.111435
2. Kornyakov, I.V., Gurzhiy, V.V., Kuz’mina, M.A., Krzhizhanovskaya, M.G., Chukanov, N.V., Chislov, M.V., Korneev, A.V., Izatulina, A.R. Crystal Chemistry of the Copper Oxalate Biomineral Moolooite: The First Single-Crystal X-ray Diffraction Studies and Thermal Behavior // International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2023. Vol. 24. P. 6786. DOI: 10.3390/ijms24076786
3. Tyumentseva, O.S., Kornyakov, I.V., Kasatkin, A.V., Plášil, J., Krzhizhanovskaya, M.G., Krivovichev, S.V., Burns, P.C., Gurzhiy, V.V. One of Nature’s Puzzles Is Assembled: Analog of the Earth’s Most Complex Mineral, Ewingite, Synthesized in a Laboratory // Materials. 2022. Vol. 15. P. 6643. DOI: 10.3390/ma15196643
4. Kornyakov, I.V., Vladimirova, V.A., Siidra, O.I., Krivovichev, S.V. Expanding the averievite family, (MX)Cu₅O₂(T⁵⁺O₄)₂ (T⁵⁺ = P, V; M = K, Rb, Cs, Cu; X = Cl, Br): synthesis and single-crystal X-ray diffraction study // Molecules. 2021. Vol. 26. P. 1833. DOI: 10.3390/molecules26071833
5. Kornyakov, I.V., Gurzhiy, V.V., Szymanowski, J.E.S., Zhang, L., Perry, S.N., Krivovichev, S.V., Burns, P.C. A novel family of Np(VI) oxysalts: crystal structure, calorimetry, thermal behavior, and comparison with U(VI) compounds // Crystal Growth & Design. 2019. Vol. 19. P. 2811–2819. DOI: 10.1021/acs.cgd.9b00043

The Head of Current Research Fundings

• 2024 – 2026. Russian Science Foundation, grant 24-77-00013 «Crystal chemistry of divalent copper vanadate phases with alkali cations: aspects of vapour transport phase formation and structural studies»

Other professional activities

• Laboratory of Nature-Inspired Technologies and Environmental Safety of the Arctic, Kola Science Centre, Russian Academy of Sciences, senior researcher;
• Member of the Saint-Petersburg Society of Naturalists.

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