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Yuriy Kondrat is a key figure in the development of cutting-edge astronomical instrumentation, with a primary focus on Galactic Archaeology. His major contributions center on the High Efficiency and Resolution Multi-Element Spectrograph (HERMES) at the Anglo-Australian Telescope (AAT). Kondrat played a pivotal role in integrating and commissioning this facility-class optical spectrograph, which is the cornerstone of the GALAH survey—the first large-scale effort to unravel the formation and evolution of the Milky Way by chemically tagging its stars. His work on HERMES, documented in papers with over 93 citations for the first-light results, has enabled astronomers to acquire high-resolution spectra for hundreds of thousands of stars, transforming our understanding of galaxy formation. By helping to bring this powerful instrument online, Kondrat has directly facilitated a new era of stellar population studies, making him an essential contributor to one of the most ambitious surveys in modern astrophysics.