Ph.D. in solid state physics/micro- and nanoelectronics, Institute of Applied Physics of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1997
M.S. in Engineering
Electrophysics, Nizhny Novgorod Technical University, Russia,
1989
Summa Cum Laude
B.S. in Applied Physics, Nizhny Novgorod Technical University, Russia, 1987
Nanostructures and nanotechnology
TeraHz lasers and photodetectors
Semiconductor materials and devices
Optoelectronics and nonlinear optics
Quantum optics
International Soros Science Education Program Award, USA, 1995
Special Award of American Physical Society, USA, 1993
Team member of 1989 USSR State Prize in Science- awarded group (for the first semiconductor maser)
Associate Professor, Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 2011-present
Assistant Professor, Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 2006-2011
TEES Research Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Institute for Quantum Studies, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, July 1, 2003 - August 13th, 2006.
Research Associate, Institute of Applied Physics, Technical University of Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany, November 2000 - June 2003
Research Associate, Institute of Micro and Optoelectronics, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland, November 1999 - October 2000
Research Associate, Physical-Chemical Institute, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, May 1998 - October 1999
Research Scientist, Institute for Physics of Microstructures, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, December 1994 - May 1998
Research Engineer, Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod , Russia , April 1989 - November 1994
Member, American Physical Society (APS)
Member, Materials Research Society (MRS)
Member, German Physical Society (DPG), 2001-2002
Editorial Board member, Journal of Nanoelectronics and Optoelectronis (JNO), American Scientific Publishers, since 2005
Guest Editor of the special issue of JNO “THZ techniques and applications”, 2006 - 2007
Conference Session Chairman, 36th Winter Colloquium “Physics of Quantum Electronics” (PQE2006), Snowbird, Utah, USA, January 2006
Conference Session Chairman, 35th Winter Colloquium “Physics of Quantum Electronics” (PQE2005), Snowbird, Utah, USA, January 2005
Program Committee member, 35th Winter Colloquium “Physics of Quantum Electronics”(PQE2005), Snowbird, Utah, USA, January 2005
Organizing Committee member, 34th Winter Colloquium “Physics of Quantum Electronics”(PQE2004), Snowbird, Utah, USA, January 2004
Organizing Committee member, 1st Russian Conference on Physics of Semiconductors, Nizhny Novgorod, 1993
Physical Review Letters and Physical Review B
Applied Physics Letters and Journal of Applied Physics
Optics Letters
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
Physica B: Condensed Matter
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Journal of Optics B: Quantum and Semiclassical Optics
Physics of Low-Dimensional Structures
Journal of Fluorescence
Mr. Mekan Ovezmyradov (MS, Ph.D student), group member, NMT (2008-present)
Dr. Graham Walsh, NMT (Ph.D student 2008-2010)
Mr. Irakli Kalichava (MS), group member, NMT (2008-2010), currently a Ph.D. student at Paul Sherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
Mr. Christopher Del Barga (undergraduate student), group member, NMT (2008-2011)
Mr. James Fallt (undergraduate student), group member, NMT (2008-2009)
Ms. Amanda Clements (undergraduate student) group member, NMT (2007 - 2008)
Mr. Russell Phillips (undergraduate student) group member, NMT (2007 - 2009)
Mr. Lee Wicky (undergraduate student) group member, NMT (2007 - 2011)
US AFOSR (2005 - 2008): New Mid/Far-Infrared semiconductor lasers based on intra-laser mixing technique, Co-PI (together with Prof.D.G.Deppe (UT-Austin/CREOL), Profs. A.Belyanin and V.Kocharovsky (TAMU))
US AFOSR DURIP (2006): Imaging system for time-resolved studies of Mid/Far-Infrared semiconductor sources, Co-PI (together with Prof.V.Kocharovsky and Prof.A.Belyanin, TAMU)
STTR Navy (2008 - 2009): Functionalized nanotubes for high performance composites, Co-PI (together with Prof. B.Majumdar, (PI))
DOE Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies user grants (2007-present)
NSF NHMFL Research Program, User support grant (2008 - 2010): Carbon nanotube based devices in high magnetic fields, Co-PI (together with Dr. D. Smirnov (NHMFL, PI), and Prof. J.-U. Lee (SUNY Albany, Co-PI))
NSF EPDT, collaborative research, (2009 - present): Graphene-based THz photodetectors, PI (together with Prof. C.N.Lau, UC-Riverside)
Microwave microscopy of few-layer graphene, Annual Meeting of the Four Corners Section of the APS October 2010, Ogden, UT
Microwave microscopy and Magneto-Raman spectroscopy of graphene and graphite, Department of Physics, UC-Riverside, August 2010
Raman spectra of disordered and nonplanar graphene, Los Alamos National Laboratory/ CINT Los Alamos, July 2009
Quantum transport effects in nanodevices in magnetic fields, Invited talk at NHMFL and CINT, Los Alamos, NM, USA December 2007.
Efficient generation of THz radiation in gases and solids via stimulated Raman scattering, Summer School on Quantum Optics and Molecular Physics (TAMU-Princeton-Casper College), Casper, WY, USA, July 2007
Generation of strong short coherent terahertz pulses in gases and solids using coherent Raman scattering, Second Annual Center for Energetic Materials and Energetic Devices (CEMED) Conference “Femtosecond Lasers, Energetic Materials, and Energetic Devices,” Socorro NM, USA, March 2007
Unveiling the magnetically-induced field-effect in carbon nanotube devices, Invited talk at the Department of Physics, New Mexico State University, NM, USA, February 2007
THz generators and detectors: next steps, Invited talk at Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, USA, December 2006
Efficient generation of THz radiation in gases and solids via quantum coherence, Invited talk at the Department of Physics, University of Central Florida, FL, USA, October 2006
Multi-phonon Infrared Spectra of thin polycrystalline films and monocrystals of dipicolinic acid, Invited talk at 35th Winter Colloquium on The Physics of Quantum Electronics, Snowbird, Utah, USA, January 2005
Dynamics of the TeraHz photoresponse in quantum Hall systems, Invited talk at National Pulse High Magnetic Field Laboratory (LNCMP), Toulouse, France, December 2002
Bulk Ge TeraHz lasers, Invited talk at Laboratory for Micro- and Nanotechnology, Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), Villigen, Switzerland, November 2002
Dynamics of far-infrared photoresponse in quantum Hall systems, Invited talk at the Department of Prof. K. v.Klitzing, Max-Planck-Institut for Solid State Physics (MPI-FKF), Stuttgart, Germany, March 2002.
Exciton luminescence in Ge/GeSi heterostructures, Invited talk at P.N.Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia, March 1997
Classes taught at NMT: Physical Chemistry II (CHEM332), Physical Chemistry II-Lab (CHEM332L), Materials Engineering Graduate Seminar (MATE592), Introduction to Nanoscience (MATE599D), Lab. Course “Microstructure Characterization Methods and Analyses” (MATE410), Statics (ES201), Nano-Optics (MATE564D), Transport Processes (MATE314), X-ray diffraction (MATE441)
Course PHYS 202, seminars in the frames of Prof. M.O.Scully’s graduate course PHYS 689 Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information, TAMU (2003 - 2006)
Physics for Electrical Engineers undergraduate course, Quantum Effects in Low-Dimensional systems graduate course, chairman of graduate seminar “Quantum Effects”, TU-Braunschweig, Germany (2001 - 2003)
Electrotechnics laboratory course, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland (1999 - 2000)
X-ray diffraction, NMR, optical spectroscopy laboratory courses, University of Zurich, Switzerland (1998 - 1999)
Semiconductor spectroscopy course, Raman spectroscopy laboratory course, Advanced Institute for General and Applied Physics (VSHOPF), Nizhny Novgorod State University, Russia (1991 - 1997)
Currently I collaborate with Prof. Chun Ning (Jeanie) Lau (UC-Riverside), Prof. Junichiro Kono (Rice), Prof. Andrea Ferrari (Cambridge, UK), Dr. Dmitry Smirnov (NHMFL-Tallahassee), Dr. Vladimir Talanov (Neocera LLC), Dr. Eric Shaner (CINT) , Prof.Yu. Rostovtsev (UNT), Dr. Stephen Doorn (CINT).