Prof. Volodymyr Bondarenko is the Head of the Department of Deposit Mining of the National Mining University of Ukraine, Academician of the Academy of Engineering Sciences of Ukraine, Honoured Scientist of Science and Engineering and Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in the Field of Science and Technology.
Volodymyr Bondarenko is a famous specialist in the field of underground mining of coal and ore deposits and author of a scientific discovery in mining providing new fundamental knowledge describing artificial diagenesis of sedimentary rocks and their influence on rock massif state around openings.
Prof. Bondarenko is the chairman of the Methodological Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Ukraine.
He is one of the authors of Development strategies of coal industry of Ukraine until 2030 as part of a single work Strategy of energy development of Ukraine until 2030 and founder of the International School of Underground Mining. The School’s format – holding annual international scientific and practical conferences with presence of well-known specialist-miners from the Ukraine, Russia, Poland, Germany and other countries. 20 candidate dissertations and 6 doctoral dissertations have been defended under the direction of Volodymyr Bondarenko and he is author of 245 scientific works, including 15 textbooks, tutorials and monographs, 37 patents are registered in his name, 33 scientific articles have been pubished internationally in recognized publications in Germany, England, USA, Canada, Poland and Russia.