On May 27, 2021, the Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology hosted the opening of a World-class Laboratory "LaMiUr" within the framework of a project of the Russian Science Foundation (RSF)

The founder and scientific director of LaMiUr is a Russian scientist in the field of chemical technology, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor Valery Meshalkin.

The scientific mission of the SPSIT(TU) laboratory is the "advancement of technologies for the processing of chemical industry waste into finished products". The team of "LaMiUr" consists of staff members from the following departments: processes and apparatuses, chemistry and technology of materials and products of sorption technology, technology of rare elements and nanomaterials based on them, general chemical technology and catalysis, as well as computer-aided design and control systems. The executive supervisors of the project are Professors A. Garabadzhiu, O. Flisyuk and V. Samonin. The laboratory staff includes 30 people, more than half of whom are graduate students, young lecturers and researchers.

As of 2022, young scientists (Postdocs) are involved in the implementation of the Project.