Winner. Scientist of the Year 2020

Ivan Evdokimov

Academic title, degree: Professor, Doctor of Technical Science
Fields of science: Dairy Industry, Milk Whey Processing, Electro- and Baromembrane Methods
Research interest: Lactose and its derivatives production technologies, chitosan (derivative of chitin) and oligosaccharides application in dairy products technologies, electro- and baromembrane technologies in Dairy Industry
Institution: North Caucasus Federal University
Position: Head of the Basic Department of Technology of Milk and Milk Products, Researcher
Country: Russian Federation

Education and Qualifications
• Stavropol Polytechnic Institute, Russia, Mechanical Engineer 1973-1978, graduated with honor.
• Candidate of Technical Sciences (1986), diploma of Senior Staff Scientist (1990), Doctor of Technical Sciences (1998), Professor (2000).

Work experience
From 1978 to 1998 – Associate Professor of the Dairy Products Technology Department of North Caucasian State Technical University (NCSTU), Stavropol, Russia
From 1998 to 2012 – Chief of Applied Biotechnology Department of NCSTU
From 2012 to 2013 – Director of the Institute of Life Sciences, North-Caucasus Federal University (NCFU), Stavropol
From 2013 to 2015 – Vice-Rector of NCFU on Scientific Affairs
From 2016 up to the present day – Chief of Dairy Products Technology Department, NCFU

Awards
1999 – Diploma of Academician of “International Academy of Refrigeration”
2001 – Golden medal and laureate diploma of Russian Government State Award in science and technique
2009 – Diploma of European Academy Natural Science and The Medal of Robert Koch for Outstanding Achievements in Research
2009 – Diploma of European scientific association “Honorary European Researcher“
2010 – Diploma of Leading Scientific School RU (Supervisors A.G. Khramtsov, I.A. Evdokimov)
2011 – Diploma and the medal “Elite of Russian Federation Milk Business”
2014 – State award “Honored Employee of Russian Higher Education”
2015 – Diploma of Honorary Professor NCFU, Stavropol
2016 – Academician Diploma of Russian Academy of Food Safety (RAFS)
2017 – Vice President and the Head of Stavropol Regional Department of RAFS
2019 – Winner of the All-Russian competition "For Outstanding Services in the Dairy Industry" by N.V. Vereshchagin
2000-2020 – more than 20 medals for development of functional foods technology and personal contribution to food science; more than 50 diplomas of International and All-Russian dairy forums.

Research experience
2005-2020 – 42 industrial projects; Prof. Evdokimov and his colleagues applied technologies of milk whey demineralization in enterprises of Russia, India, Czech Republic, Belarus, Argentina, Ukraine, the Netherlands.
2006-2007 – Participant of educational projects with EU
2008-2009 – Research projects with Great Britain (project Bridge, Reading)
2010-2011 – Russian President’s grant for leading scientific schools of Russian Federation (Biology, Agricultural Sciences and Life Systems Technology)
2014-2016 – Grant of Russian Ministry of Education and Science for creation of Biotechnological Engineering Centre
2017-2019 – Mega-grant of Russian Ministry of Education and Science for creation of high-tech production of pharmaceutical lactose
2020-2022 – Grant of RFBR to obtain powders from lactose-containing raw materials.

WoS Researcher ID R-3600-2016, 15 publications, incl. 3 articles in Q1/Q2;
Scopus Author ID 56494575800, 22 publications, incl. 4 articles in Q1/Q2.

Since 2016 Prof. Dr. Ivan Evdokimov is the Head of the Department of Milk and Dairy Products Technology at the North Caucasus Federal University organized in cooperation with JSC Stavropol Dairy Plant. The department implements educational programs to prepare bachelors and masters for the dairy industry. He is a scientific supervisor at the Center for Biotechnology Engineering (since 2015, his main research focus is the deep processing of dairy raw materials). Under the leadership of Prof. Evdokimov, 40 candidates of science (PhD) and 7 doctors of technical sciences have been prepared. Now he is a supervisor of 6 post-graduate students and of 3 researchers working for doctor's degree.

Prof. Evdokimov is an expert of International Dairy Federation and Skolkovo Foundation. He is a member of the editorial boards of the scientific journals Dairy Industry, Milk Processing, Food Processing, Modern Science and Innovation, Food Systems.

Prof. Ivan Evdokimov is an author of more than 1,500 scientific papers, including 96 patents of the Russian Federation. He is an Honorary Worker of the Higher School of the Russian Federation (2014), winner (gold medal) of the Russian Government Award in Science and Technology, Academician of the International Academy of Refrigeration and the National Academy of Food Safety (2017), co-supervisor of the leading scientific school of the Russian Federation "Living Systems Technologies" (grant of the President of the Russian Federation). In cooperation with engineering companies, 42 technologies developed by Ivan Evdokimov have been introduced in food industry in Russia and abroad (in Argentina, Belarus, India, Netherlands, Ukraine, Czech Republic).