Mykhailo Kulyk
Honorary Director of the Institute. He headed the Institute from the time of its founding in 1997 until February 2022.
A renowned scientist in the field of energy, he holds a Doctor of Technical Sciences degree (1979) and the title of Professor (1986). He was elected an Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in 2000. He is a Laureate of the State Prize of Ukraine in the Field of Science and Technology (1999), the S. O. Lebediev Prize of the NAS of Ukraine (1994), and the V. M. Khrushchov Prize of the NAS of Ukraine (2002).
In 2003, Mykhailo Kulyk was awarded the title of “Honored Worker of Science and Technology of Ukraine.”
Mykhailo Kulyk was born in 1940 and graduated from the Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute in 1963. He has been working within the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine since 1966, serving as a Head of Department since 1979, and as the Director of the Institute of General Energy of the NAS of Ukraine since 1997.
Mykhailo Kulyk has made a significant contribution to the development of the theory and methodology for modifying applied mathematics methods, as well as constructing mathematical models for the long-term forecasting and optimization of energy development within an intersectoral framework. His work also focuses on optimizing the development of the country’s electric power system, and the oil, gas, and coal industries under the conditions of rational nature management and ensuring the energy security of the state. Under his leadership, modeling complexes were developed for the first time in Ukraine, which are utilized in conducting research to shape the priority directions of the country’s energy development.
Mykhailo Kulyk’s theoretical results became the scientific foundation for the preparation of the Energy Strategy of Ukraine for the Period until 2030, approved by the Government in 2006. He is also the developer of the foundations of the theory of adaptive systems for automatic frequency and power control in interconnected power systems, synthesized on the basis of passive regulators and large energy storage systems.
The current stage of his scientific activity is marked by a series of world-class theoretical achievements. Mykhailo Kulyk refined and developed the core input-output models (Wassily Leontief’s models), which significantly expanded the capabilities for forecasting economic and energy processes at both national and global levels for the medium and long term. He developed unique comprehensive models for forecasting energy demand, which, compared to well-known global alternatives, offer substantially higher forecasting accuracy for the long-term perspective.
Mykhailo Kulyk’s creative and research output comprises more than 250 scientific papers, including 13 monographs. Under his leadership and supervision, more than 20 Candidates of Sciences (Ph.D. equivalent) have successfully defended their dissertations.
Mykhailo Kulyk serves as the Deputy Academician-Secretary of the Department of Physical and Technical Problems of Power Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.