ENG: Siarhei Besarab {@stean or @steanlab} — BEL: Сяргей Бесараб {BE:WIKIPEDIA} — RUS: Сергей Бесараб

Hi everyone! I’m Siarhei, an independent Belarusian scientist and certified researcher specializing in surface and interface chemistry. In addition to my scientific work, I’m also a science communicator, journalist, and writer for HABR/MEDIUM. My scientific interests are diverse and transdisciplinary, and I’m particularly passionate about promoting citizen science. This website aims to establish an online presence in a more straightforward and “traditionally scientific” manner compared to the offerings of trendy social media.

My research interests cover:

  • Colloid science: adsorbents, catalysts, and their supports, nanomaterials, and hybrid composites, porous and fibrous aerosol filtering materials.
  • Industrial toxicology: decontamination of heavy metals, plastics degradation
  • Public safety: defense against radiation, antidotes, non-ionizing radiation, EM absorbers, personal protective equipment (PPE), Respiratory Protective Equipment (RPE)
  • Green and Phytochemistry: ethnobotany, bioinsecticides, biorepellents
  • FoodTech: novel and alternative food sources, food safety
  • Medical electronics: wearable devices, medical sensors, Point-of-Care

Citizen Science Public activities


For very, very, very important things, please use encrypted mail to contact me:

From my profile page on the Keybase online identity registry, you can encrypt a message so that I will be the only one able to read it; simply send me the result by email. If you already use OpenPGP, you can also get my public key via Keybase or via your usual key server. This key’s fingerprint is: F9F2 237E C324 7FD0 A8DF D8BD 8F3A 6CC2 5399 44AE