Honors

Education:

8/86 - 2/94

M.Sc. (Honors) St.Petersburg, Electrical Engineering University, Russia

Awards, Honors and Personal Fellowships:

2006 Who's Who of Emerging Leaders, Marquis Who's Who, New Providence

2006 AcademicKeys Who's Who in Sciences Higher Education

2005, 2006 Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Marquis Who's Who, New Providence

2004 Frank J. Feigl Junior Faculty Scholar

2001 – 2003 Arnold and Mabel Beckman Fellowship

1997 Soros Graduate student grant no. a97-2424.

1996 Soros Graduate student grant no. a96-2558.

1995 Soros Graduate student grant no. a1128-x.

1995 Grant of Russian Government Support Program for Leading Scientific Schools of Russia. Principal investigator.

1995 Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences fellowship under the research program of International Center for Fundamental Physics in Moscow. Principal investigator.

1994 – 96 President and Government Grant for Young Scientists of Russia. Principal investigator.

1993 Fellowship of Foundation for Intellectual Collaboration.

1992 Individual Grant of APS. Co-investigator.

1992 Fellowship of Regional Center for Science and Technical Expertize.

1992 Fellowship of Science Council of St.Petersburg Electro-technical University.

2000	Best speaker of the year, Theoretical seminar at Ioffe Institute.
1998	Best Student Paper (1st Award) at 3rd International Winterschool on Physics of Semiconductors.
1997	Best Student Paper Award at the 3rd International Workshop on Fullerenes and Atomic Clusters.
1997	Best Young Scientist Paper (1st Award) scientific competition of Ioffe Institute.
1997	Best Paper (3rd Award) of Young Scientists of St. Petersburg in the Natural Sciences in 1997.
1997	The Ioffe Institute Prize Award.
1997	Best student paper (1st Award) at 2nd International Winterschool on Physics of Semiconductors.
1986	High-School Award on All-Union conference on Physics.

Professional Membership:

since 2005 member of SPIE

since 2004 member of MRS

since 2003 member of IEEE

since 2001 member of APS

since 2000 member of the ECS

1993-1999 member of Russian Physical Science Society

1994-1999 member of Scientific Youth Council of Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia

Research and other grants:

2006- 2008 NASA-GSFC cooperative agreement, grant "Processing Methods and Fundamental Properties of Carbon Nanotube Materials" (Co-PI for sub-award "High-Resolution Characterization of Carbon Nanotube Materials").

2006- 2007 DoD-Army Research Laboratory, grant "Army Optics V - Physics of Light-to-Electric-Signal Conversion in Carbon Nanotubes: Novel Route for Making Nanoscale Optoelectronic Devices" (PI).

2006- 2010 National Science Foundation, program "Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Teams", grant # CMMI-0609050, "NIRT: Solution-Based Dispersion, Sorting, and Placement of Carbon Nanotubes - GOALI" (Co-PI).

2004 Faculty Research Grant from Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at Lehigh University. (Sol-Principal Investigator).

2002- 2003 National Science Foundation, program "Nanoscale: Exploratory Research", "NER: Investigation of carbon nanotube nano-optics" (Co-Principal Investigator).

2001- 2005 Department of Energy, Nanoscale Science Engineering and Technology Initiative, "A New Class of Nanostructured Materials: Graphite Polyhedral Crystals" (Co-Principal Investigator).

2001 - 2003 CRI grant of UIUC, "Manipulation of Carbon Nanotubes for Intergrated Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS)" (Co-Principal Investigator).

2001 - 2003 Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation Research and Start-up Grant

2000 RFBR grant no. 00-15-96812 "Support of Russian Leading Scientific Schools" "Theory of solid state micro- and nanostructures and related optoelectronic devices" (Co-Principal Investigator).

1999 - 2001 RFBR grant no. 99-02-18170. (Co-PI).

1998 Travel Grant of Electrochemical Society: Fullerene Group. (PI).

1999 Grant no. 98059 of RGP "Fullerenes and Atomic Clusters". (Co-PI).

1998 RFBR grant no. 98-02-26120 "Scientific Conference Support". (Co-PI).

1998 Travel Grant RFBR no. 98-02-26693. (PI).

1998 - 2000 Grant no.K0416 of Federal Program "Recuperating of scientific Olympiads, competitions, scientific youth schools" of Federal program "Integration of science and high school". (Co-PI).

1998 Grant no. 98062 of RGP "Fullerenes and Atomic Clusters". (Co-PI).

1997 Travel Grant of RFBR. (PI).

1997 Travel Grant of GP "Fullerenes and Atomic Clusters". (PI).

1996 RFBR grant no. 96-15-96348 "Support of Russian Leading Scientific Schools". (Co-PI).

1996 – 1998 RFBR grant no. 96-02-17952. (Co-PI).

1996 – 1998 RFBR grant no. 96-02-17926. (Co-PI).

1996 INTAS grant no. 93-2492-ext under the research program of International Center for Fundamental Physics in Moscow. (Co-PI).

1996 NORDITA grant for participation in the work of the School on the Modern Statistical Physics: Random Systems. (Co-PI).

1996 Travel Grant of ISF. (PI).

1995 – 1996 INTAS grant no. 94-1172. (Co-PI).

1995 – 1996 Grant no. 94014 of RGP "Fullerenes and Atomic Clusters". (Co-PI).

1994 – 1995 RFBR grant no. 93-02-3199. (Co-PI).

1994 Grant no. 94014 of IP "Fullerenes and Atomic Clusters". (Co-PI).

1994 Grant no. 94019 of IP "Fullerenes and Atomic Clusters". (PI).

1994 Grant no. 12 of the Program of Foundation for Intellectual Collaboration "Fullerenes and Atomic Clusters". (Co-PI).

Revised on 10/10/2003

2006	Who's Who of Emerging Leaders, Marquis Who's Who, New Providence
2006	AcademicKeys Who's Who in Sciences Higher Education
2005, 2006	Who's Who in Science and Engineering, Marquis Who's Who, New Providence
2004	Frank J. Feigl Junior Faculty Scholar
2001 – 2003	Arnold and Mabel Beckman Fellowship
1997	Soros Graduate student grant no. a97-2424.
1996	Soros Graduate student grant no. a96-2558.
1995	Soros Graduate student grant no. a1128-x.
1995	Grant of Russian Government Support Program for Leading Scientific Schools of Russia. Principal investigator.
1995	Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences fellowship under the research program of International Center for Fundamental Physics in Moscow. Principal investigator.
1994 – 96	President and Government Grant for Young Scientists of Russia. Principal investigator.
1993	Fellowship of Foundation for Intellectual Collaboration.
1992	Individual Grant of APS. Co-investigator.
1992	Fellowship of Regional Center for Science and Technical Expertize.
1992	Fellowship of Science Council of St.Petersburg Electro-technical University.

since 2005	member of SPIE
since 2004	member of MRS
since 2003	member of IEEE
since 2001	member of APS
since 2000	member of the ECS
1993-1999	member of Russian Physical Science Society
1994-1999	member of Scientific Youth Council of Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia

2006- 2008	NASA-GSFC cooperative agreement, grant "Processing Methods and Fundamental Properties of Carbon Nanotube Materials" (Co-PI for sub-award "High-Resolution Characterization of Carbon Nanotube Materials").
2006- 2007	DoD-Army Research Laboratory, grant "Army Optics V - Physics of Light-to-Electric-Signal Conversion in Carbon Nanotubes: Novel Route for Making Nanoscale Optoelectronic Devices" (PI).
2006- 2010	National Science Foundation, program "Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Teams", grant # CMMI-0609050, "NIRT: Solution-Based Dispersion, Sorting, and Placement of Carbon Nanotubes - GOALI" (Co-PI).
2004	Faculty Research Grant from Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at Lehigh University. (Sol-Principal Investigator).
2002- 2003	National Science Foundation, program "Nanoscale: Exploratory Research", "NER: Investigation of carbon nanotube nano-optics" (Co-Principal Investigator).
2001- 2005	Department of Energy, Nanoscale Science Engineering and Technology Initiative, "A New Class of Nanostructured Materials: Graphite Polyhedral Crystals" (Co-Principal Investigator).
2001 - 2003	CRI grant of UIUC, "Manipulation of Carbon Nanotubes for Intergrated Nanoelectromechanical Systems (NEMS)" (Co-Principal Investigator).
2001 - 2003	Arnold and Mabel Beckman Foundation Research and Start-up Grant
2000	RFBR grant no. 00-15-96812 "Support of Russian Leading Scientific Schools" "Theory of solid state micro- and nanostructures and related optoelectronic devices" (Co-Principal Investigator).
1999 - 2001	RFBR grant no. 99-02-18170. (Co-PI).
1998	Travel Grant of Electrochemical Society: Fullerene Group. (PI).
1999	Grant no. 98059 of RGP "Fullerenes and Atomic Clusters". (Co-PI).
1998	RFBR grant no. 98-02-26120 "Scientific Conference Support". (Co-PI).
1998	Travel Grant RFBR no. 98-02-26693. (PI).
1998 - 2000	Grant no.K0416 of Federal Program "Recuperating of scientific Olympiads, competitions, scientific youth schools" of Federal program "Integration of science and high school". (Co-PI).
1998	Grant no. 98062 of RGP "Fullerenes and Atomic Clusters". (Co-PI).
1997	Travel Grant of RFBR. (PI).
1997	Travel Grant of GP "Fullerenes and Atomic Clusters". (PI).
1996	RFBR grant no. 96-15-96348 "Support of Russian Leading Scientific Schools". (Co-PI).
1996 – 1998	RFBR grant no. 96-02-17952. (Co-PI).
1996 – 1998	RFBR grant no. 96-02-17926. (Co-PI).
1996	INTAS grant no. 93-2492-ext under the research program of International Center for Fundamental Physics in Moscow. (Co-PI).
1996	NORDITA grant for participation in the work of the School on the Modern Statistical Physics: Random Systems. (Co-PI).
1996	Travel Grant of ISF. (PI).
1995 – 1996	INTAS grant no. 94-1172. (Co-PI).
1995 – 1996	Grant no. 94014 of RGP "Fullerenes and Atomic Clusters". (Co-PI).
1994 – 1995	RFBR grant no. 93-02-3199. (Co-PI).
1994	Grant no. 94014 of IP "Fullerenes and Atomic Clusters". (Co-PI).
1994	Grant no. 94019 of IP "Fullerenes and Atomic Clusters". (PI).
1994	Grant no. 12 of the Program of Foundation for Intellectual Collaboration "Fullerenes and Atomic Clusters". (Co-PI).