V. Ye. Lashkaryov Institute of Semiconductor Physics of NAS of Ukraine was founded in 1960 being based on departments and laboratories of the Institute of Physics of Academy of Sciences of the USSR. The main scientific directions of the Institute activity are as follows: - physics of interaction of electromagnetic radiation with matter; - physics of low-dimensional systems, micro- and nanoelectronics; - optoelectronics and solar energetics; - semiconductor materials science and sensor systems.