Biography
Dr. Andrei Ivanets
Dr. Andrei Ivanets
National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Belarus
Biography: 
Dr. Andrei Ivanets is the General Scientific Secretary of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus and is a Scientific Supervisor of the Laboratory of Adsorbents and Adsorption Processes at the Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry NAS Belarus (IGIC NAS Belarus). 
Scientific works on colloidal chemistry and the study of inorganic porous materials with a given structural-phase organization and surface chemistry. He developed the inorganic membranes, adsorbents and heterogeneous catalysts for the processes of water treatment from toxic metal ions, radionuclides, dyes and pharmaceutical substances. He has published over 100 manuscripts on environmental chemical engineering. 
Dr. Ivanets is member of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, member of the Council on defense of candidate and doctoral theses at IGIC NAS Belarus, Chairman of editorial-publishing Board of NAS Belarus. Since 2013, he has been Chairman of the Council of Young Scientists of the National Academy of Sciences of Belarus.
Currently, Dr. Ivanets dedicates much of his time developing advanced inorganic materials for liquid radioactive waste decontamination and radionuclides immobilization. He and his team as well focus on the Advanced Oxidation Processes and sustainable water technologies.