2019 marks the 120th anniversary of the birth of the largest specialist in the field of ceramics and refractories technology, the former head of the Department of Chemical Technology of Ceramics and Refractories of the Russian Chemical Technology University named after V.I. DI Mendeleev, Honored Worker of Science and Technology of the RSFSR, Chevalier of the Orders of Lenin and & # 171; Badge of Honor & # 187;, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Professor Dmitry Nikolaevich Poluboyarinov.
Under him, the department became the leading pedagogical and especially scientific center of the country in the field of chemical technology of ceramics and refractories.