The departure of domestic scientists abroad is a serious problem for Russia, the rector of the Chemico-Technological University named after V.I. DI. Mendeleev (RCTU) Alexander Mazhuga. The head of one of the largest universities in the country said what, in his opinion, needs to be done to stop the “brain drain” abroad.
Since 2012, the number of scientists who have left Russia for other countries has grown fivefold. Such sad statistics were previously cited by the chief scientific secretary of the Russian Academy of Sciences Nikolai Dolgushkin. Alexander Mazhuga agrees that this tendency may turn out to be threatening for the national science.
– Indeed, there is a problem with the departure of scientists from our country. So I graduated from Moscow State University in 2002, half of the course went abroad, – said Alexander Mazhuga on the air of the radio station “Moscow Says”. – Of course, now there is no such outflow, it cannot be compared with 2000, it has decreased much, but there is exactly such a tendency, and recently it has increased slightly.
The creation of the most comfortable conditions for their work will be able to prevent the mass departure of scientists abroad. Mazhuga is sure that for specialists, the availability of amenities and a comfortable environment is more important than earnings.
“For a scientist, the most important thing is infrastructure, modern equipment and a critical mass of scientists around,” noted the head of the RCTU.
Another incentive for scientists can be the popularization of scientific achievements, large-scale information about the merits of domestic scientists.
Alexander Mazhuga – Doctor of Chemistry, Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Rector of the N.N. Mendeleev. Was born in 1980 in Moscow. In 2002 he graduated from the Chemistry Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University. Since 2003 he worked at the Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Moscow State University. In 2014 he defended his dissertation and received a doctorate in chemical sciences. Since 2016 – Professor of the Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Lomonosov Moscow State University. In 2017 he was appointed and. about. rector of the RCTU named after D. I. Mendeleeva, since May 2018 – rector of the Russian Chemical Technology University.
Now Alexander Mazhuga is engaged in nanochemistry in the field of medicine, in particular, he develops methods for the precise delivery of drugs using various nanomolecules and the treatment of oncology using magnetic nanoparticles. Included in the list of 118 outstanding young scientists of the world. Alexander Mazhuga is the author of over 250 scientific articles.
