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Source: Peoples'Friendship University of Russia
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RUDN University has announced the names of its most productive scientists for 2025. The traditional ranking of research and teaching staff, which has been conducted since 2023, has identified the leaders in three key categories: "Most Cited Scientist," "Leader in the Commercialization of Research and Development Work," and "Best Grant Manager."
The expert committee assessed the scientists' performance based on objective quantitative indicators: citation indices, the volume of funding raised, and success in implementing their developments in the real sector of the economy.
The most cited scientist
The winners were determined based on the highest average citation score of publications for the years 2022–2025.
Milena Vasilyevna Skvortsova, Associate Professor in the Physics Department at the Institute of Gravity and Cosmology, won the Natural Sciences and Engineering category. Olga Valentinovna Lomakina, Professor in the Foreign Languages Department at the Faculty of Philology, achieved the best result in the Social Sciences and Humanities category.
Leader in the commercialization of R&D
This category assessed the amount of funds raised from the commercialization of intellectual property (IP) in 2025. The winning team was a team of authors from the Engineering Academy with their invention, "Method for Generating a Dust Flow for Mechanical Interaction with Orbital Space Objects."
The winning team included:
Yuri Nikolaevich Razumny (Head), Director of the Engineering Academy; Sergey Alekseevich Kupreev, Professor of the Department of Mechanics and Control Processes; Vladimir Yuryevich Razumny, Senior Researcher at the Scientific Center for Comprehensive Research and Effective Development of Subsoil; Oleg Evgenievich Samusenko, Head of the Department of Innovative Management in Industrial Sectors.
Best Grant Manager
The winners in this category were determined based on the amount of funding attracted to the university in 2025. Winners were selected in three areas:
Fundamental sciences:
Vadim Nikolaevich Molodtsov, a senior researcher at the Institute of Molecular and Cellular Medicine. His research, funded by a grant from the Russian Science Foundation, is focused on developing an antibiotic for the treatment of mycoplasmosis.
Applied Sciences:
Viktor Viktorovich Andreev, associate professor at the Scientific and Educational Institute of Physical Research and Technology. His project focuses on the development of multifunctional plasma systems (in collaboration with Rosatom State Corporation).
Business contracts:
Elena Viktorovna Savenkova, Director of the Institute of Ecology. She is the undisputed leader in terms of the volume of scientific and technical services provided. Her key project was a student survey of traffic flows in 41 industrial centers across Russia as part of the federal Clean Air project.
We congratulate the laureates and wish them new scientific victories!
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