Department of Neutron Activation Analysis, Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics

Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, RUSSIA

Associate professor

Email: [email protected]

Qualifications

1970 Ph.D., Theoretical and Nuclear Physics, Saratov State University

Publications (Selected)

1. Abdo, S., Nekhoroshkov, P. S., Zinicovscaia, I., et al. (2022). Status of the Coastal Marine Environment in the Southern Red Sea, Yemen, as Reflected by Elements Accumulated in the Skeletons of Scleractinian (Stony) Corals. Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, 83(1), 95-108.
2. Badawy, W. M., Sarhan, Y., Duliu, O. G., et al. (2022). Monitoring of air pollutants using plants and co-located soil-Egypt: characteristics, pollution, and toxicity impact. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 29(14), 21049-21066.
3. Barandovski, L., Sajn, R., Andonovska, K. B., et al. (2021). Modeling of the ambient radiation dose level by using passive moss biomonitoring in Macedonia. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 330(1), 267-278.
4. Barandovski, L., Stafilov, T., Sajn, R., et al. (2024). Assessment of Atmospheric Deposition of Potentially Toxic Elements in Macedonia Using a Moss Biomonitoring Technique. Sustainability, 16(2), Article 748.
5. Blinova, E., Frontasyeva, M., Chaligava, O., et al. (2024). Moss Technique Used to Monitor the Atmospheric Deposition of Trace Elements on the Territory of the Ryazan Region, Russia. Atmosphere, 15(11), Article 1304.
6. Brudzinska-Kosior, A., Kosior, G., Sporek, M., et al. (2023). Nuclear analytical techniques used to study the trace element content of Centaurium erythraea Rafn, a medicinal plant species from sites with different pollution loads in Lower Silesia (SW Poland). PLOS ONE, 18(5), Article e0285306.
7. Brudzinska-Kosior, A., Kosior, G., Sporek, M., et al. (2024). Nuclear analytical techniques used to study the trace element content of Centaurium erythraea Rafn, a medicinal plant species from sites with different pollution loads in Lower Silesia (SW Poland) (vol 18, e0285306, 2023). PLOS ONE, 19(11), Article e0314406.
8. Chaligava, O., Zinicovscaia, I., Peshkova, A., et al. (2024). Major and Trace Airborne Elements and Ecological Risk Assessment: Georgia Moss Survey 2019-2023. Plants, 13(23), Article 3298.
9. Ene, A., Frontasyeva, M. V., Zinicovscaia, I., et al. (2025). INAA-XRF MULTIELEMENTAL STUDY OF SOILS SURROUNDING THE STEEL INDUSTRY AND CONTAMINATION ASSESSMENT. Romanian Reports in Physics, 77(2), Article 706.
10. Ene, A., Sloata, F., Frontasyeva, M. V., et al. (2024). Multi-Elemental Characterization of Soils in the Vicinity of Siderurgical Industry: Levels, Depth Migration and Toxic Risk. Minerals, 14(6), Article 559.
11. Gatina, E., Zinicovscaia, I., Yushin, N., et al. (2024). Assessment of the Atmospheric Deposition of Potentially Toxic Elements Using Moss Pleurozium schreberi in an Urban Area: The Perm (Perm Region, Russia) Case Study. Plants, 13(17), Article 2353.
12. Kiliç, Ö., Belivermis, M., Sikdokur, E., et al. (2021). Temporal changes of atmospheric deposition of major and trace elements in European Turkey, Thrace region. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 329(1), 371-381.
13. Khiem, L. H., Zinicovscaia, I., My, T. T. T., et al. (2022). Investigation of airborne trace element pollution in Hai Phong city (Vietnam) using Barbula Indica moss and neutron activation analysis. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 331(11), 4649-4662.
14. Lavrinenko, Y., Plieva, A., Chaligava, O., et al. (2024). Elemental Analysis of Five Medicinal Plants Species Growing in North Ossetia Using Neutron Activation Analysis. Agronomy, 14(6), Article 1269.
15. Lavrinenko, Y., Plieva, A., Zinicovscaia, I., et al. (2021). Elemental Composition of Infusions of Herbs (Tisanes) of North Ossetia (the Caucasus). Agriculture, 11(9), Article 841.
16. Madadzada, A. I., Nuhuyeva, S. S., Mammadov, E. A., et al. (2022). Heavy Metal Atmospheric Deposition Study in Azerbaijan Based on Moss Technique and Neutron Activation Analysis. Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S, 29(2), 143-153.
17. Mamaeva, S., Frontasyeva, M., Petrova, K., et al. (2025). Assessment of the Area of Heavy Metals and Radionuclides Deposition on the Environment of the Household Waste Landfill on the 9th km of Vilyuisky Tract in Yakutsk City. Atmosphere, 16(7), Article 816.
18. Nekhoroshkov, P., Bezuidenhout, J., le Roux, R., et al. (2026). The neutron activation analysis in studying the elemental ratios in marine mussels for assessment of the ecological characteristics. European Physical Journal-Special Topics, 235(4), 1077-1086.
19. Nekhoroshkov, P., Bezuidenhout, J., Zinicovscaia, I., et al. (2021). Levels of Elements in Typical Mussels from the Southern Coast of Africa (Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique): Safety Aspect. Water, 13(22), Article 3238.
20. Nekhoroshkov, P., Bezuidenhout, J., Zinicovscaia, I., et al. (2024). Seasonal and interannual variability of heavy metals and other microelements in wild and farmed mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis in Saldanha Bay (South Africa). Regional Studies in Marine Science, 73, Article 103505.
21. Nuhuyeva, S., Madadzada, A., Mammadov, E., et al. (2026). Assessment of Toxic Elements in Atmospheric Deposition in Azerbaijan Using Moss Biomonitoring Methods. Ecological Chemistry and Engineering S, 33(2), 159-172.
22. Sajn, R., Pancevski, Z., Frontasyeva, M., et al. (2023). Levels and distribution of chemical elements in house dust from the area of an abandoned Pb-Zn smelter in North Macedonia. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, 58(1), 1-12.