Green chemistry is a scientific field that involves improving existing and developing new chemical processes and products that do not have a harmful impact on the environment or human health.

The ideas of green chemistry go beyond chemistry itself and extend to various fields, from energy to sustainable development.

The Green Chemistry program involves:

• systematization of knowledge about the state, development prospects, and principles of green chemistry and green technologies;
• familiarization with the new interpretation of green chemistry principles;
• deepening knowledge about the state of water resources in the world and in the Republic of Belarus;
• acquiring a comprehensive knowledge of water purification methods;
• formation of knowledge about the types of polymer materials;
• familiarization with the problem of environmental pollution caused by plastic waste;
• development of skills and techniques for producing biodegradable films and coatings for food packaging.

Curators of the program: 

Savitskaya Tatyana Aleksandrovna – Professor of the Department of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry of the Faculty of Chemistry of the Belarusian State University, Doctor of Chemistry, Professor;

Kimlenko Irina Mikhailovna – Head of the Department of Radiation Chemistry and Chemical and Pharmaceutical Technologies at the Faculty of Chemistry, Belarusian State University, Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Associate Professor;

Grinshpan Dmitry Davidovich – Head of the Laboratory of Cellulose Solutions and Products of Its Processing at the Research Institute of Physical and Chemical Problems of the Belarusian State University, Doctor of Chemistry, Professor;

Bokovets Alexey Stepanovich – Head of the Department of High-Molecular Compounds of the Faculty of Chemistry of the Belarusian State University, Candidate of Chemistry;

Novikov Ilya Vasilievich – Senior Lecturer at the Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Belarusian State University;

Usyk Yulia Aleksandrovna – Head of the Green Chemistry Laboratory of the National Children’s Technopark Educational Institution.

Green chemical synthesis is a symbiosis of many branches of chemistry (inorganic chemistry, organic chemistry, biochemistry, etc.) and involves the use of green chemistry principles to improve chemical processes, develop fundamentally new approaches to obtaining industrially important compounds of various natures, create new materials and systems, and modify existing objects.

The Green Chemical Synthesis program includes:

• introduction to the basic principles of green chemistry and green design;
• study of current trends and prospects in the development of green synthesis methods for inorganic and organic substances in the world and in the Republic of Belarus;
• development of green methods for producing inorganic nanomaterials and industrially important organic substances;
• conducting research in the field of molecular modeling and its application in the design of new green materials and systems.

Curators of the program: 

Budevich Vladislav Aleksandrovich – Senior Lecturer of the Department of General Chemistry and Methods of Teaching Chemistry, Deputy Dean for Ideological and Educational Work (on a voluntary basis) of the Faculty of Chemistry at the Belarusian State University;

Leonkov Danila Aleksandrovich – Assistant of the Department of General Chemistry and Methods of Teaching Chemistry of the Chemistry Faculty of the Belarusian State University;

Kirill Maratovich Verbilo – Senior Lecturer of the Department of General Chemistry and Methods of Teaching Chemistry, Deputy Dean for Academic Affairs and Internationalization of Education (on a voluntary basis) of the Faculty of Chemistry of the Belarusian State University;

Leonkova Daria Sergeevna – Assistant of the Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Belarusian State University;

Zuraev Alexander Viktorovich – Dean of the Faculty of Chemistry at the Belarusian State University, Candidate of Chemistry, Associate Professor;

Usyk Yulia Aleksandrovna – Head of the Green Chemistry Laboratory of the National Children’s Technology Park Educational Institution.

Green technologies form the basis of the ideology of safe processes for obtaining green products and are aimed at reducing waste, increasing energy efficiency, reducing the amount of resources consumed, and designing products that are recyclable and renovable.

The Green Technologies in Cosmetic, Medical Chemistry, and Molecular Gastronomy program includes:

• familiarization with trends in improving the environmental friendliness of cosmetic production processes and formulations, and development of skills in preparing cosmetic products using natural ingredients;
• formation of ideas about innovative solutions in the field of medical chemistry based on the achievements of synthetic chemistry, about the strategy for searching for potential drugs using molecular modeling, and familiarization with the criteria for assessing the safety of pharmaceutical production;
• mastering the skills of preparing film-based dosage forms containing biologically and pharmaceutically active ingredients;
• familiarization with the physical and chemical processes that occur during cooking;
• mastering the basic techniques of molecular cooking.

Curators of the program: 

Savitskaya Tatyana Aleksandrovna – Professor of the Department of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry of the Faculty of Chemistry of the Belarusian State University, Doctor of Chemistry, Professor;

Kimlenko Irina Mikhailovna – Head of the Department of Radiation Chemistry and Chemical and Pharmaceutical Technologies at the Faculty of Chemistry, Belarusian State University, Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Associate Professor;

Grinshpan Dmitry Davidovich – Head of the Laboratory of Cellulose Solutions and Products of Its Processing at the Research Institute of Physical and Chemical Problems of the Belarusian State University, Doctor of Chemistry, Professor;

Bokovets Alexey Stepanovich – Head of the Department of High-Molecular Compounds of the Faculty of Chemistry of the Belarusian State University, Candidate of Chemistry;

Novikov Ilya Vasilievich – Senior Lecturer at the Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Belarusian State University;

Usyk Yulia Aleksandrovna – Head of the Green Chemistry Laboratory of the National Children’s Technopark Educational Institution.

The programs are implemented with the assistance of the Belarusian State University.

Biologically active natural compounds are substances of natural origin that have physiological activity in relation to certain groups of living organisms.

The program «Chemistry of Biologically Active Natural Compounds» includes:

• deepening knowledge about the main classes of natural compounds, their structural features, and their physical and chemical properties;
• familiarization with the principles of isolating biologically active substances from natural raw materials and approaches to analyzing biologically active substances;
• formation of knowledge about the mechanisms of pharmacological and toxicological effects of the main classes of natural compounds on the human body;
• development of skills to determine the class and predict the properties of natural compounds;
• development of skills to isolate biologically active substances from natural raw materials and to analyze natural objects in order to identify and quantify the main classes of natural compounds or their individual representatives.

Curators of the program:

Gorbatsevich Gleb Ivanovich – Associate Professor of the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at the Belarusian State Medical University, Candidate of Chemical Sciences, Associate Professor;

Gurina Natalia Sergeevna – Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy at the Belarusian State Medical University, Doctor of Biological Sciences, Professor;

Mushkina Olga Vladimirovna – Head of the Department of Pharmacy Organization with a course of advanced training and retraining at the Belarusian State Medical University, Candidate of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Associate Professor;

Usyk Yulia Aleksandrovna – Head of the Green Chemistry Laboratory of the National Children’s Technology Park Educational Institution.

The program is implemented with the assistance of Belarusian State Medical University.