Professional positions:

• Institute for Nuclear Research of the National Academy of Sciences of the Ukraine - since July 1994: Chief of Laboratory for Time Analysis of Nuclear Processes, since October 1992: Full Research Professor, December 1989 - July 1994: Leading Scientific Researcher, October 1989 - October 1992: Associated Research Professor, December 1979 - December 1989: Senior Scientific Researcher.
• Kiev State University, Physical Faculty - December 1965 - December 1979: Associated Professor October 1965 - December 1965: Senior Teacher October 1963 - October 1965: Senior Scientific Researcher October 1960 - October 1963: Post-Graduate Student.

Teaching experience:

• Ph.D. students at Kiev State University - 5, at Kiev Institute for Nuclear Research - 8, at Messina University - 1, at Cracow Institute of Nuclear Physics - 1. First Thesis students (Kiev, Catania) - 18.
• I have taught undergraduated and graduated courses in Theoretical Nuclear Physics, Operator Theory, Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Electrodynamics (Kiev State University, Florence University), and in Scientific Christian Apologetics (Center for Leadership Development, Kiev, Ukraine ), Logic, Philosophy and Christian Apologetics (Christian University, Kiev).

Joint positions:

• Since January 2004: Professor of Christian University (Kiev, Levy Bereg).
• Since April 1995: Principal Scientific Researcher at the Scientific Research Center "Vidhuk", Department of Fundamental Scientific Research.
• September 1990 - June 1993: External Professor at Kiev State University, Physical Faculty.
• January 1961 - December 1963: Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics of the Ukrainian Agricultural Academy (Kiev).

Other scientific and educational activities:

• 1967 - 1987: Member of the Physical-Mathematical Council at the Management of the Ukrainian Scientific-Popularizing Society "Knowledge".
• 1967 - 1991: Lecturer of the Ukrainian Scientific-Popularizing Society "Knowledge".
• 1979 - 1987: Scientific Secretary of the Scientific Council on Nuclear-Physics Problems at the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences.
• Since 1991: Member of the Scientific Council at the Kiev Institute for Nuclear Research for conferring Doctor (Ph.D. and Habilitatus) degrees in Nuclear Physics.
• Since 1998: Visiting Lecturer and Tutor on Scientific Christian Apologetics at the Center for Leadership Development (Kiev and Khar’kov, Ukraine).
• 1998 - 1999: Grant Professor of the Ukrainian Office of the International Science Education Foundation.
• Since 1999: Expert of the State Center of Science-Technical Examination (Ukraine).
• Since 1999: Scientific Tutor and Expert in the Christian Scientific Apologetics at the Christian Research Center “Real” (Kiev, Ukraine) and at the Christian Scientific Apologetic Center (Simferopol, Ukraine).
• Since 2004: Professor of the Christian University (Kiev) on Christian Apologetics and General Philosophy in the light of the Christianity
• 2004-2005: Referee of the Discovery Grants Program of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada.

Professional memberships:

• Since 1978: member of the American Mathematical Society.
• Since 1991: member of the Ukrainian Physical Society.
• Since 1992: correspondent member of the Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti (Messina, Italy).
• Since 1992: correspondent member of the Accademia Gioenia delle Science Naturali (Catania, Italy).
• Since 1995: member of the New York Academy of Sciences (New York, USA).

Scientific visits:

• Visiting Scientist at the Physical Department of the University of Catania and Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Catania, Italy (February-April 1991, March 2000).
• Visiting Scientist at the Physical Department of the Messina University and I.N.F.N., Sez. di Catania, gruppo colleg. di Messina and Lab. Naz. del Sud, Italy (December 1991-June 1992, January-April 1993, March 2000).
• Visiting Scientist at I.N.F.N., Sez. di Catania, gruppo colleg. di Messina and Sez. di Firenze, Italy (October-November 1993).
• Visiting Scientist at I.N.F.N., Sez. di Firenze, Sez. di Milano and the Physical Department of the Florence University, Italy (February-March, August-September, November-December 1995).
• Visiting Scientist at the Phys. Dep. of the Florence Univ. and the Roma Univ. (III), Italy (March-April 1996).
• Visiting Scientist at I.N.F.N., Sez. di Catania, gruppo colleg. di Messina and the Phys. Dep. of the Florence Univ., Italy (October-November 1996).
• Visiting Scientist at the Phys. Dep. of the Florence Univ. and the Roma Univ. (III), and I.N.F.N., Sez. di Milano (Bergamo), Italy (March-April 1997, May-June 1998, February-March 2000).
• Visiting Scientist at the I.N.F.N., Sez. di Milano and the Engin. Fac. of the Bergamo Univ., Italy (May-June 1997, December 1998, November-December 1999, February 2000, February-March and June 2002, April-May 2003, March and November 2004, March-April 2005).
• Visiting Scientist at the Institute of Nuclear Physics, Crakow, Poland (June-July and December 1997, March-April, June and December 1998, February-March and June 1999, November 2001).
• Visiting Scientist at the Phys. Dep. of the Florence University, Italy (March, December 1999).
• Visiting Scientist at the Phys. Dep. of the Roma Univ. (III) and the Milano Univ., Italy (February-March 2004).

Major scientific conferences:

• All-Union Conferences on Nuclear Spectroscopy and Atomic Nucleus Structure, 1964-1967, 1971-1982, 1983 (invited speaker), 1984-1990 (totally 24).
• All-Union Conferences on Neutron Physics, 1977, 1980, 1984. (oral speeches every time)
• International Symposia on Nuclear Physics, Gaussig, Germany, 1977, 1990 (invited speaker).
• All-Union Conferences on Physics of Interaction of Charged Particles with Crystals, Moscow, 1982, 1984 (invited speaker).
• All-Union Seminars "Lifetimes of Excited Nucleus States", Leningrad, 1983, 1988 (invited speaker).
• 10-th All-Union School on Nuclear Physics, Humsan (UzbekSSR), 1983 (invited lecturer).
• International Symposium on Modern Developments in Nuclear Physics, Novosibirsk, 1987 (invited speaker).
• International Schools on Nuclear Physics, Kiev, 1990-1992, 1994 (invited lecturer every time).
• International School-Seminar on Heavy Ion Physics, Dubna, 1993.
• International Symposium on Time Characteristics of Nuclear Reactions, Moscow, 1993 (guest speaker).
• 5-th International Conference on Nucleus-Nucleus Collisions,Taormina, Italy, 1994.
• 10-th Internation. Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Florence, Italy, 1995.
• Adriatico Research Conference on Tunnelling and its Implications,Trieste, Italy, 1996 (invited speaker).
• International Symposium on Large-Scale Collective Motion of Atomic Nuclei, Brolo (Messina), Italy, 1996 (guest speaker).
• International Conference on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, Triest, Italy, 1997.
• International Symposia «Man and Christian Worldview (Virtue in Medicine, Science and Society)», Simferopol, Ukraine, September-October 1997, May-June and October 1998, May and October 1999, May and October 2000, April and October 2001, May 2002 (invited speaker every time).
• International Workshop «Mysteries, Puzzles and Paradoxes in Quantum Mechanics», Gargnano, Italy, 1998 (oral speech and poster contribution).
• International Conference “Nuclear Technologies and Medicine”, Kiev, Ukraine, 1999 (invited speaker).
• International Cracow-Clausthal Workshop “Tunnelling Effect and Other Fundamental Problems of Quantum Physics”, Cracow, 22-28 November 1999 (invited speaker).
• International Conference “Time’s Arrows, Quantum Measurements and Superluminal Behaviour”, Napoli, Italy, 3-6 October 2000 (invited speaker).
• International Conference on Nuclear Physics at Border Lines, May 21-24, 2001, Lipari [Messina], Italy (guest speaker).
• First Ukrainian Conference on Perspective Cosmic Investigations, October 8-10 2001, Kiev, Ukraine (invited speaker).
• International Symposium on New Projects and Lines of Research in Nuclear Physics, Messina, Italy, October 24-26, 2002 (invited speaker).

Past and current scientific interests:

• S-matrix analytical theory
• theory of nuclear reactions
• interference phenomena in nuclear reactions and in accompanied bremsstrahlung
• problems of time in quantum physics
• time irreversibility
• time analysis of quantum collisions and nuclear processes
• time analysis of tunnelling processes for particles and photons
• time analysis of nucleosynthesis in the universe and nuclear chronometry of the universe evolution
• superluminal phenomena
• fundamental problems of quantum physics of the alive
• philosophy, methodology and ethics of science
• science and christianity (scientific christian apologetics)

There are near 200 published scientific articles in refereed physical journals and proceedings of international conferences and simposia and also near 30 published Christian apologetic articles in Christian editions on topics presented in the preceding section.

Main and mostly cited international publications in English:

1. V.S.Olkhovsky, To the Investigation of Nuclear Reactions and Decays by Analysis of Their Durations, Sov. J. Part. Nucl., 1984, v.15, n2, pp.130-148.
2. V.S.Olkhovsky, Nonstationary Characteristics in Study of Nuclear Reaction Mechanism and Kinetics and Compound-Nucleus Properties, Nukleonika, 1990, v.35, n1-3, pp.99-144.
3. V.S.Olkhovsky, E.Recami, Recent Developments in the Time Analysis of Tunnelling Processes, Physics Reports, 1992, v.219, n6, pp.339-356.
4. V.S.Olkhovsky, E.Recami, F.Raciti and A.K.Zaichenko, More about Tunnelling Times, the Dwell Time and the «Hartman Effect», J. de Phys. I France, 1995, v.5, October 1995, pp.1351-1365.
5. V.S.Olkhovsky, A.Agresti, Developments in Time Analysis of Particles and Photon Tunnelling, in: Proc. of the Adriatico Research Conf. on Tunnelling and Its Implications, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 30 July-2 August 1996, World Sci., pp.327-355;
6. V. S. Olkhovsky, E. Recami, J. Jakiel, Unified Time Analysis of Photon and Particle Tunnelling, Preprint-review IC/2001/67, the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, 2001, pp.35
7. V.S.Olkhovsky, Time Analysis of Particle and Photon Tunnelling, Physics of the Alive, 1997, v.5, n1, pp.23-41;
8. V.S.Olkhovsky, Recent Developments in Joint Energy and Time Analysis of Nucleon-Nucleus Reactions at the Range of Isolated and Overlapped Resonances, in: Conference Proceedings, v.59, Part I, Internat. Conf. on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, Trieste, 19-24 May 1997, Italian Physical Society, Bologna-Italy, pp.280-282.
9. J.Jakiel, V.S.Olkhovsky, E.Recami, On Superluminal Motions in Photon and Particle Tunnellings, Physics Letters A, 1998, v. A248, pp. 156-160.
10. V.S.Olkhovsky, Are Superluminal Group Velocities of Tunneling Photons Compatible with the Einstein Causality? in: Time’s Arrows, Quantum Measurement and Superluminal Behavior, Proc. of the Internat. Conf., Napoli, Italy, 3-5 October, 2000, Eredi – Roma, 2001, pp.173-177.
11. V.S.Olkhovsky, Influence of Excited Radioactive Nuclei for Results in Large-Scale Nuclear Chronometry, in: Proc. of the Internat. Conf. Nuclear Physics at Border Lines, Lipari (Messina), Italy, 21-24 May 2001, World Scientific, 2002, pp.244-247.
12. V.S.Olkhovsky, E.Recami, G.Salesi, Superluminal Tunneling through Two Successive Barriers, Europhysics Letters, 2002, v. 57 (6), pp. 879-884.
13. S. P.Maidanyuk, V.S.Olkhovsky, Does Sub-Barrier Bremsstrahlung in Alpha-Decay of ²¹⁰Po Exist?, Progress of Theoretical Physics, v.109, №2, 2003, pp.203-211.
14. V.S.Olkhovsky, V.Petrillo, A.K.Zaichenko, Decrease of the tunneling time and violation of the Hartman effect for large barriers, Phys. Rev., 2004, v.A70, N1, 034103-1-4.
15. V.S.Olkhovsky, E.Recami, J.Jakiel,Unified Time Analysis of Particle and Photon Tunnelling, Physics Reports, 2004, v.398, N3, pp. 133-178.
16. V.S.Olkhovsky, E.Recami, A.K.Zaichenko, Resonant and non-resonant tunneling through a double barrier, Europhysics Letters, 2005, v.70 (6), pp.712-718.
17. V.Petrillo, V.S.Olkhovsky, Тunnelling Time of a Gaussian Wave Packet through Two Potential Barriers, Central European Journal of Physics, 2005, v.3 (3), pp.339-350.