Dr. Illia Zymak is currently a scientist at HIPC Space Chemistry and Technology Department and ELI Beamlines facility, where he works on research related to space and radiation-hard environments. Among his research topics are the study of interplanetary environment in the Solar System, and development of instrumentation for its in-situ analysis (design of space missions), also develops laser-plasma acceleration technique of electrons (LPA LWFA) to study their interactions related to space conditions, e.g. radiation effects on electronics (R2E).

Dr. Illia Zymak obtained expertise in the development of electronic systems and semiconductor devices within the master degree program in physical electronics at Sumy State University. During his PhD study at Charles University in Prague he was focused on the experimental research of elementary processes in interstellar plasma. Later, he worked on the development of the instrumentation to study the chemical composition of the interplanetary and interstellar medium and parameters of plasma for laboratory and space applications at several European facilities (e.g. LPC2E CNRS, TU Chemnitz, Paris Sud University, numerous beamtimes at user facilities such as Synchrotron SOLEIL and Salamanca petawatt facility). Dr. Zymak improved his expertise through participation in several research programs, he received a prestigious Marie Curie / Le Studium fellowship in LPC2E (Orleans, France) and held a researcher position in the CERN RADNEXT R2E research program.

In his current positions at the HIPC and ELI ERIC, he works on research of interplanetary environment including development of spaceborne instrumentation and radiation effects on electronics proposed for implementation in low-cost devices for space applications, e.g. CubeSats and development.