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Biography

Professor in Optics, PhD, Doctor of Science in Optics, Director of Research Institute for Nanophotonics and Optoinformatics at St. Petersburg National Research University of Information Technologies, Mechanics, and Optics (ITMO University), Head of Department of Optoinformatiс Technologies and Materials at ITMO University.

Appointments:

2004-now: Director of Research Center for Nanophotonics and Optoinformatics at ITMO University,

2002-now: Head of Department of Optoinformatic Technologies and Materials at ITMO University,

1997-2002: Head of Department of Optical Material Science, Corning (St. Petersburg),

1995-1997: Head of Optical Glass Laboratory, Vavilov State Optical Institute (St. Petersburg),

1994:       Visiting Professor, Center for Research and Education in Optics and Lasers at University of Central Florida, (Orlando, Fl, USA),

1993-1995: Principal Research Scientist, Optical Glass Department at Vavilov State Optical Institute (St. Petersburg),

1987-1993: Senior Research Scientist, Optical Glass Department at Vavilov State Optical Institute (St. Petersburg),

1970-1987: Technician, Engineer, and Senior Engineer, Vavilov State Optical Institute (St. Petersburg)

Professional affiliations and awards:

-    Honored Diploma and Denisyk Medal by Rozhdestvensky Optical Society (2013, Russia)

-    Honored Diploma and Grebenschikov Medal by Rozhdestvensky Optical Society (2010, Russia)

-    Honored Vavilov Medal by Rozhdestvensky Optical Society (2006, Russia)

-    Honored Diploma and Rozhdestvensky Medal by Rozhdestvensky Optical Society (2003, Russia)

-    Honored Diploma and Medal of Outstanding Scientists of the 21st Century by IBC Cambridge (2000, England)

-    Honored  Diploma and Medal of Inventor of Soviet Union (1984, USSR)

-    Member of Presidium of Rozhdestvensky Optical Society (Russia), 

-    Member of American Ceramic Society (ACS), Optical Society of America (OSA), Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE)

-    Associated member of European Optical Society (EOS)

Professional skills:

-          Management skills: management of R&D institute, department, lab, group, educational department, research projects

-          Research skills: development and design of optical materials (glass and glass-ceramics), optical technologies, optical elements (waveguides, gratings, holograms, microoptics etc) and devices (sensors, lasers, amplifiers etc), development of methods of characterization of optical materials, elements, and devices.

-          Scholastic skills: lecturing, post-graduate students training, development of educational programs.

Experience:

Carrying out fundamental and applied research in field of fiber and integrated optics, microoptics, nanophotonics, nanoplasmonics, non-linear optics, holography, interaction of laser radiation with matter, laser physics, spectroscopy of solids, physics and chemistry of glasses, new photonics materials: glasses, glassceramics, and crystals including nanomaterials and nanotechnologies. 

Publications:

-          more 600 papers  in the area of optics, photonics, optical engineering, optical technologies, optical material science, optical materials characterization, nanomaterials, nanotechnology, and nanophotonics;

-          20 Russian patents;

-    4 chapters in 4 books: “Silver nanoparticles”,  “Properties and Structure of Oxide Glasses”, ”Advanced Photonic Sciences”; “Series in electronic and optical materials: Handbook of solid-state lasers: materials, systems and applications”,

12 textbooks in optical material science, waveguide photonics, fiber and integrated optics, materials and technologies for integrated and fiber optics, laser materials, modern methods of optical materials characterization.