Meet Anastasiya

Name: Anastasiya Reveguk
Research topic: Spintronics 
Field: Material Science, Fleischman Faculty of Engineering

PhD student Anastasyia Reveguk moved to Israel in 2022 from St. Peterburg, Russia. A gifted child, Anastasia excelled in all disciplines in school but felt that “physics was good for the soul.” So she went into physics and graduated with a Master’s degree from the ST. Petersburg State Unvierisity before continuing on to her PhD there.

When the war in Ukraine broke out, 8-months pregnant Anastasiya and her husband, also a scientist, made alyiah. It took the couple a few months to orient themselves in their new surroundings in Israel. “In Russia, PhD students are subjugated to the system, the scholarships are very low, and overall, you find yourself in an inferior position. In Israel, science is loved—it’s an ideal environment to grow and develop my skills as a scientist,” says Anastasyia. She is standing outside, on the sun-drenched lawn opposite the Wolfson Building for Engineering, where both she and her husband now work. 

In Israel, science is loved—it’s an ideal environment to grow and develop my skills as a scientist,”

Anastasiya’s research includes working in two labs, one of Prof. Ilan Goldfarb and another of Prof. Amit Kohn. “Anastasiya is an excellent student and has integrated very well,” says Prof. Kohn, who’s also the head of the Department of Material Science and Engineering, about his new teammate.

Anastasiya studies new magnetic materials for spintronics - an emerging field that could revolutionize our electronic devices, making them faster and more energy-efficient. Her research focuses on creating and studying iron-based compounds that might one day be used in next-generation computers and memory devices. Eventually, Anastasiya wants to use her knowledge and skills working in the industry. “I feel very much at home here,” she concludes. “In Russia, I was always too loud, a bit eccentric maybe—here I fit right in.”