Sergiy Korsunsky
Sergiy Korsunsky (born August 10, 1962 in Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR) is a Ukrainian diplomat. He previously served as Chargé d'affaires of Ukraine to the United States during 2005 and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Turkey (2008-2016). Director of the Hennadii Udovenko Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine in 2017-2020. Ambassador of Ukraine to Japan (since April 2020). Education. Sergiy Korsunsky graduated from Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in 1984, faculty for Mathematics and Mechanics. Doctor of Science (Physics and Mathematics). In 1995 professional training course at the Institute for International Relations, Kyiv State University Career . 1984 — 1988 — Researcher with the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. 1988 — 1991 — Researcher-Consultant, Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 1991 — 1994 — Director-General of the Department for State Scientific and Technological Programs at the State Committee on Science and Technologies of Ukraine 1994 — 1995 — Secretary of the first class of the Ukraine’s National Commission for UNESCO 1995 — 1998 — Counsellor for Economy, Science and Technologies, Embassy of Ukraine to the State of Israel 1998 — 2000 — Deputy Head of the Department for Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine 2000 — 2006 — Counsellor, Minister  Counsellor of the Embassy of Ukraine, Washington, D.C., in 2005 charge d' Affairs a.i. of Ukraine to the United States. 2006 — 2008 — Head of the Department for Economic Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine July 2008 — up to June 18, 2016 — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Turkey October 2017 – April 2020 - Director, Hennadii Udovenko Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine Since 14.04.2020 - Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to Japan Author publications. Author of more than 350 academic papers and other publications including 6 books, among them "Nonlinear waves in dispersive and dissipative systems with coupled  fields" (Addison, Wesley. Longman, 1997), “Technology Transfer in the United States” (Kyiv, 2005), “Energy Diplomacy” (Kyiv, 2008), "Foreign Policy in Times of Transformations: how not to be left on the sidelines of history"(Kharkiv, 2020) Author of 10 books of fiction published in 2010-2019 under the pen-name Sergey Vladich (in Russian), as hobby