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Leading Researcher at the Laboratory of Single-Photon Detectors and Generators - DegreeDSc
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Biography
Education
1999 – Bachelor’s degree in Physics, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
2001 – Master’s degree in Physics (with honors), Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University
2004 – PhD in Semiconductor Physics, Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute
2021 – DSc in Engineering, ITMO University
Professional Development
2018 – “Technological Convergence, Design and Business”, Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University
2011 – “International Business and Innovation Management”, Stockholm School of Economics
Professional Activity
2021-present – deputy director and professor at ITMO’s Institute of Advanced Data Transfer Systems
2015-present – senior researcher at ITMO University
2009-present – chief executive officer, Connector Optics LLC
2001-2021 – PhD student, junior researcher, researcher, and senior researcher at Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute
2006-2007 – visiting researcher, TU Berlin, Germany
2002-2003 – visiting researcher, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland
Professional Interests
Semiconductor heterostructures, semiconductor lasers, quantum dots, VCSELs, quantum cascade lasers, photodetectors, optical data transfer, and quantum photonic devices
Awards
2009 – Alferov Foundation Award for the best research work in nanomaterials (among young scientists)
2006-2007 – Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship, TU Berlin
2005 and 2007 – Grants of the President of the Russian Federation for state support of young Russian PhD scientists
2005 – Russian Academy of Sciences Award for the best research work in physics and astronomy by young scientists
2003 – European Academy Young Scientist Award
2001 – Russian Ministry of Education Award for the best student research work in theoretical, experimental and technical physics
2000 – Russian Academy of Sciences Award for the best student research work in physics and astronomy