Biography

Education

1999 – a Bachelor’s degree in physics, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University;

2001 – a Master’s degree with honors in applied physics of solid bodies, Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University; 

2004 – a PhD degree in physics of semiconductors, Ioffe Institute; 

2021 – a DSc in engineering, ITMO University.

Advanced training

2018 – Convergence of Technology, Design, and Business, Graduate School of Management, St. Petersburg State University;

2011 – International Business and Innovation Management, Stockholm School of Economics.

Career

2021-present – the deputy head of the Institute of Advanced Data Transfer Systems, ITMO University;

2015-present – a senior researcher, ITMO University;

2009-present – the general director, Konnektor Optics;

2001-2021 – a PhD student, a junior researcher, a researcher, and then a senior researcher, Ioffe Institute; 

2006-2007 – a visiting researcher, Technical University of Berlin (Germany);

2002-2003 – a visiting researcher, Heriot-Watt University (UK).

Professional interests

Semiconductor heterostructures, semiconductor lasers, quantum dots, vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers, quantum cascade lasers, photodetectors, optical data transmission, and quantum photonic devices.

Awards

2009 – Medal of the International Alferov's Foundation for Support of Education and Science for the best research in natural sciences for young scientists (under 33 year old) in the category Nanomaterials;

2006-2007 – Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Scholarship;

2005 and 2007 – Grants of the President of the Russian Federation for young scientists;

2005 – Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences for young scientists of the Russian Academy of Sciences and other institutions and organizations in the category General Physics and Astronomy;

2003 – Academia Europaea Medal for young scientists in the category Physics;

2001 – Medal of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation (now the Ministry of Science and Higher Education) based on the results of an open competition for the best student paper in natural and technical sciences and the humanities at Russian universities;

2000 – Medal of the Russian Academy of Sciences for students of higher education institutions in the category General Physics and Astronomy.