Yuriy Povstenko

Yuriy Povstenko received an M.S. degree in Mechanics from Lviv State University, Ukraine, in 1971; a Candidate degree (Ph.D.) in Physics and Mathematics from the Institute of Mathematics, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Lviv, Ukraine, in 1977; and his Doctor degree in Physics and Mathematics from Saint Petersburg Technical University, Russia, in 1993. He is currently a Professor at Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, Jan Dlugosz University in Czestochowa, Poland. His research interests include fractional calculus, generalized thermoelasticity, nonlocal elasticity, surface science and imperfections in solids. He is the author of 5 books and more than 200 scientific papers.