I.V.Gordienko graduated from Kiev Taras Shevchenko University in 1993 on the specialty "Geophysical methods of exploration and exploration of mineral deposits".
I.V.Gordienko is an expert in the field of geothermal studies of the Earth's crust and mantle of the Earth.
I.V.Gordienko takes part in field geothermal and geoelectric studies and in the processing and interpretation of the data. With the participation of I.V.Gordienko, a base of geothermal data of Ukraine was created, which has about 13 000 observation points. The database includes data collected by the departmental staff and personally by I.V.Gordienko.
The results of the research have been repeatedly presented at international scientific conferences and outlined in 8 monographs, 2 maps and 92 articles.