Olga Degtyareva
Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow
Centre for Science at Extreme Conditions
School of Physics
University of Edinburgh
The King's Buildings
Mayfield Road
Edinburgh EH9 3JZ
United Kingdom
o.degtyareva@ed.ac.uk
The Royal Society

Recent Conferences

Olga Degtyareva, C.L. Guillaume, J.E. Proctor, E. Gregoryanz, Open questions in metallisation and superconductivity of silane,
8th Conference on Cryocrystals and Quantum Crystals CC-2010, Chernogolovka, Russia, July 26-31,2010

Olga Degtyareva, et al, On the phase diagram of lithium,
8th Conference on Cryocrystals and Quantum Crystals CC-2010, Chernogolovka, Russia, July 26-31,2010

Olga Degtyareva, Pressure-induced complexity of simple elements,
The 48th European High Pressure Research Group (EHPRG)Conference, Uppsala, Sweden, 25-29 July 2010.
EHPRG Award Talk
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Olga Degtyareva, C.L. Guillaume, J.E. Proctor, E. Gregoryanz, Formation of transition metal hydrides at high pressures,
International Symposium "Metal-Hydrogen Systems. Fundamentals and Applications", Moscow, Russia, July 19-23,2010

Summer School on Materials for the Hydrogen Society, Chernogolovka, Russia, July 14-18, 2010

Olga Degtyareva and Valentina Degtyareva, Modulated superstructure in beta-brass CuZn compressed to 90 GPa, APERIODIC’09: 6th International Conference on Aperiodic Crystals, Liverpool, UK, 13 – 18 September 2009.
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Olga Degtyareva, Christophe Guillaume, John Proctor and Eugene Gregoryanz, Formation of transition metal hydrides at high pressure, XI International Conference ICHMS'2009: HYDROGEN MATERIALS SCIENCE AND CHEMISTRY OF CARBON NANOMATERIALS, Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine, 25-31 August 2009. Diploma for the I place in competition on the best presentation among young scientists

Eugene Gregoryanz and Olga Degtyareva, Alkali metals at high densities, 25th European Crystallographic Meeting ECM25, Istanbul, Turkey, 16-21 August 2009.

Olga Degtyareva and Eugene Gregoryanz, Incommensurate structures in elements at megabar pressures, 25th European Crystallographic Meeting ECM25, Istanbul, Turkey, 16-21 August 2009. Invited talk

Olga Degtyareva, Pressure-induced complexity of simple elements, 41st Course of the "International School of Crystallography", Erice, Italy, 4-14 June 2009. Invited lecture

Olga Degtyareva, Complex structures of elements under pressure, X Anniversary Conference of young scientists on Solid states & high pressure problems, Sochi, Russia, September 2008. Invited lecture
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Valentina Degtyareva, Olga Degtyareva, Russel Hemley and Ho-kwang Mao, Structural transformation in beta-brass CuZn compressed to 90 GPa, International alloy Conference, Ruegen, Germany, 11-14 September 2008
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Valentina Degtyareva, Olga Degtyareva, Russel Hemley and Ho-kwang Mao, Structural transformation in beta-brass CuZn compressed to 90 GPa, 63RD SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES SUMMER SCHOOL IN PHYSICS “High Pressure Physics”, Sabhal Mòr Ostaig Gaelic College, Isle of Skye, Scotland, UK, 26th May – 6th June 2008

Olga Degtyareva, Maria Magnitskaya, Jorge Kohanoff, Gianni Profeta, Sandro Scandolo, Malcolm McMahon, Michael Hanfland, Eugene Gregoryanz, Competition between charge density wave and superconducting states in compressed sulfur, Joint 21st AIRAPT and 45th EHPRG International Conference on High Pressure Science and Technology, Catania, Sicily, Italy, 17–21 September 2007.

Olga Degtyareva, Eugene Gregoryanz, Maddury Somayazulu, Ho-kwang Mao, Russell Hemley, Eduardo Hernández, Jorge Serrano, Vibrational dynamics and stability of chain and ring phases in S and Se at high-pressures, Joint 21st AIRAPT and 45th EHPRG International Conference on High Pressure Science and Technology, Catania, Sicily, Italy, 17–21 September 2007.

O. Degtyareva, X. Chen, V.V. Struzhkin, H-k. Mao, R.J. Hemley, Crystal structure of solid SiH4 at high pressure, American Crystallographic Association Meeting , Honolulu, Hawaii, 22-27 July 2006.

O. Degtyareva, E. Gregoryanz, M.I. McMahon, C. Sanloup, M. Hanfland, Pressure induced complexity of elements: pressure "melting" of cold dense sulphur, Gordon Research Conference: Research at High Pressure , University of New England, Biddeford, Maine, 25-30 June 2006. Invited
Conference Photo: Russians at GRC

O. Degtyareva, E. Gregoryanz, M. Somayazulu, V.V. Struzhkin, H.-k. Mao, and R.J. Hemley, X-ray and Raman spectroscopy on sulphur and selenuim at high pressure, British Crystallographic Association Spring Meeting , Lancaster, UK, 4-6 April 2006.

O. Degtyareva,Combined diffraction and Raman studies on incommensurately modulated host-guest structures of elements, XX Congress of the International Union of Crystallography, 23-31 August 2005, Florence, Italy, Microsymposium on Novel Materials under High Pressure. Invited

O. Degtyareva and H-K. Mao, HPCAT -- an integrated high-pressure x-ray diffraction and spectroscopy facility at the Advanced Photon Source, XX Congress of the International Union of Crystallography, 23-31 August 2005, Florence, Italy, Open Commission Meeting "Technical developments in high-pressure crystallography"

O. Degtyareva, E. Gregoryanz, M. Somayazulu, R. Caracas, R. Cohen, H.K. Mao, and R.J. Hemley, Charge-density wave in the incommensurate phase of metallic sulfur at megabar pressures, XX Congress of the International Union of Crystallography, 23-31 August 2005, Florence, Italy

O. Degtyareva, Stability of Hume-Rothery Phases in Cu-Zn alloys up to 50 GPa. Fourth International Alloy Conference (IAC-4), Kos, Greece, June 26-July 01, 2005.

O. Degtyareva, E.G. Gregoryanz, R.J. Hemley, Complex crystal structures of selected elements at high pressures, Study of Matter at Extreme Conditions (SMEC) Conference, Miami Apr 17-21, 2005.

O. Degtyareva, R. Caracas, E. Gregoryanz, R. Cohen, and R.J. Hemley, Incommensurately modulated sulfur at megabar pressures: experimental and computational study, American Physical Society March Meeting 2005, Los Angeles, CA, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. (2005) 50(1), Abstract H11.04

O. Degtyareva, Incommensurately modulated structure of sulphur at megabar pressures, COMPRES Workshop on Structure Determination by Single Crystal X-ray Diffraction at Megabar Pressures, Argonne National Laboratory, Advanced Photon Source, USA, Nov 13 2004

O. Degtyareva, Incommensurate structures in group V and VI elements at high pressures, VIII International School on Problems in Solid State Physics and High Pressures, Sochi (Burevestnik), Russia, 17-26 September 2004,
young scientist contribution award Conference photo

O. Degtyareva, E. Gregoryanz, M. Somayazulu, H-K. Mao, R.J. Hemley, Crystal structure of sulfur and selenium at high pressure, IUCr High Pressure Commission Workshop: Crystallography at High Pressure, Saskatoon, Canada, 18-21 August 2004, invited , presented by E. Gregoryanz.

O. Degtyareva, E. Gregoryanz, H.-K. Mao and R. J. Hemley, Novel chain structures in group VI elements, 22th European Crystallographic Meeting, Budapest, Hungary, 26-31 August 2004, Acta Cryst. (2004). A60, s89

O. Degtyareva, E. Gregoryanz, H-K. Mao, R.J. Hemley, Novel chain structures in group VI elements, III International Conference on Phase transitions at High Pressures, Chernogolovka, Russia, 1-3 June 2004.

O. Degtyareva, E. Gregoryanz, M. Somayazulu, P. Dera, H. K. Mao, and R. J. Hemley, Novel high-pressure chain structures in chalcogens, First Annual SSAAP Symposium, Albuquerque, NM, 29-31 March 2004.

O. Degtyareva, M.I. McMahon, and R.J. Nelmes, Pressure induced incommensurate to incommensurate phase transition in elemental antimony, IUCr/COMPRES Workshop: High Pressure Structure and Reactivity: The Science of Change, Berkeley, CA, 4-7 December, 2003. poster prize

O. Degtyareva, 4th Workshop on Structural Analysis of Aperiodic Crystals, Bayreuth, Germany, 6-8 March 2003 Conference photo

O. Degtyareva, M.I. McMahon, and R.J. Nelmes, Structural studies on gallium under high pressure, 40th European High-Pressure Research Group Meeting, Edinburgh, UK, 4-7 Sept. 2002.

O. Degtyareva, M. I. McMahon and R. J. Nelmes, High pressure structural studies on gallium, XIX Congress of the Internation Union of Crystallography, Geneva, August 2002, Acta Cryst. (2002). A58 (Supplement), C175

M.I. McMahon, O. Degtyareva, R.J. Nelmes, L. Palatinus, S. van Smaalen, Incommensurate modulations in the structure of Bi-III, XIX Congress of the International Union of Crystallography, Geneva, Acta Cryst. (2002). A58 (Supplement), C178.

O. Degtyareva, Malcolm I. McMahon, and Richard J. Nelmes, High pressure structural studies on Gallium, British Crystallographic Association Spring Meeting, Nottingham, UK, 25-28 March 2002.

O. Degtyareva, M.I. McMahon, and R.J. Nelmes, Modulated incommensurate 'host-guest' crystal structure in group-V metals, International Workshop on Crystallography at High Pressure HPCr2001, Orsay - Saclay, France, 4-8 Sept. 2001.

O. Degtyareva, M.I. McMahon, and R.J. Nelmes, Modulated incommensurate 'host-guest' crystal structure in group-V metals, Aperiodic Structures 2001, Krynica, Poland, 31 August-5 Sept 2001. Conference photo

O. Degtyareva, M.I. McMahon, and R.J. Nelmes, Incommunsure 'host-guest' crystal structure in group-V metals, 20th European Crystallographic Meeting ECM-20, Crystallography in Natural Sciences and Technology. Krakow, Poland, 25-31 August 2001.

O. Degtyareva, M.I. McMahon, and R.J. Nelmes, Incommensurate 'host-guest' crystal structure of the high-pressure phase of bismuth Bi-III, Workshop on Powder Diffraction: Structure Determination and Refinement from Powder Diffraction Data, Bayreuth, Germany, 4-8 Oct. 2000 Conference photo

O.Degtyareva, M.I.McMahon, and R.J.Nelmes, Crystal structure of the high-pressure phase of bismuth Bi-III, Phase Transitions under High Pressure, Chernogolovka, Russia , 13-15 Jun 2000.

O.Degtyareva, M.I.McMahon, and R.J.Nelmes, Crystal structure of the high-pressure phase of bismuth Bi-III, 7th European Powder Diffraction Conference, Barcelona, Spain, 20-23 May 2000

O. Degtyareva and W.B. Holzapfel, High pressure phase diagrams of binary lanthanide alloys between La, Ce, and Pr, XVIII Congress of the International Union of Crystallography, Glasgow, Scotland, Aug 1999, poster prize


Invited talks and seminars

Queen Mary University of London, Department of Physics, Molecular and Materials Physics Group, London, UK, December 1, 2006:
High-pressure behaviour of elements: complexity of sulphur

University of Edinburgh, CSEC and School of Physics, Edinburgh, UK, October 12, 2006:
Vibrational dynamics and stability of chain and ring phases in S and Se at high pressure

Queen's University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Belfast, UK, October 12, 2005:
Aperiodic crystal structures in elemental metals

University of Edinburgh, CSEC and School of Physics, Edinburgh, UK, October 11, 2005:
Diffraction and Raman studies on group V- and VI- elements at high pressure

Argonne National Laboratory , Advanced Photon Source, USA, Sector Review of HPCAT, Scientific Highlights, March 3, 2005:
High-pressure incommensurate and other complex structures in elements

European Synchrotron Radiation Facility , Grenoble, France, March 2003:
Crystal structure of elements under high pressure: recent findings and surprises

Bayerisches Geoinstitut , Bayreuth, Germany, Feb 2003:
Complex crystal structures of elements under high pressures

Stockholm University , Department of Inorganic Chemistry, Sweden, Jan 2003:
Crystal structure of elements under high pressure: recent findings and surprises