On May 22, a young scientist-researcher Roman Bekarevich gave a lecture for students of the Faculty of Physics and Information Technology of the F. Skorina State University. Roman is a graduate of our university. Since school, he showed a genuine interest in technical sciences. In 2007, Roman Bekarevich graduated with honors from the Faculty of Physics with a degree in Physical Electronics, after that, he entered the master's program, and then the postgraduate program (specialty “Materials Science”). At the same time he worked as a Junior research fellow at the Gomel state University. Within the framework of the Inter-Academy association, a cooperation agreement was signed between the F. Skorina State University and the Shizuoka University (Japan). Within the framework of this agreement, Roman Bekarevich passed the Double Degree Program: Philosophy Doctor (PhD) in Japan and Candidate of Sciences in the Republic of Belarus. The Academic Advisor from the F. Skorina State University was Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor Alexander Rogachev, Japanese Advisor - Professor Masaaki Nagatsu. The scientific specialization of the hero of our article is electron microscopy, and the main area of interest is the use of nanomaterials in lithium-ion batteries. Besides that Roman began working at Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland).
Just the other day, an article was prepared which has become the basis of Roman Bekarevich’s lecture for our students on the topic “Fast-charging anodes for lithium-ion batteries based on vertically arranged tungsten trioxide nanorods”. We are proud to mention the fact that among the full-time employees of NIMS (National Institute of Materials Science, Japan) from abroad, only our graduate represents the Republic of Belarus. Roman Bekarevich can be noted talented not only as a young scientist, but also as a person. In addition to science, our hero has another very interesting hobby: Aikido. He has been practicing aikido for 8 years and today his rank is 3rd dan. Of course, a person working abroad should not have a language barrier. Roman never had such a problem: he speaks English, French and Japanese. Roman Bekarevich’s life credo is «I set a goal – I go to it». We thank our graduate, a wonderful scientist and friendly person for reading the lecture, which aroused great interest in the audience, and we wish him interesting research, scientific achievements and inexhaustible energy to implement his plans! Andrey VELIKIY
