Education:
1. Graduated from Lomonosov Moscow State University, Russia in 1967, Specialty: Physics.
2. Graduated from High Postgraduate Courses at Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology in 1970 (Cathedra at L.D. Landau Theoretical Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences of USSR), Specialty: Theoretical Physics.
Scientific Degrees:
1. PhD (Physics and Mathematics) in P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Academy of Sciences of USSR, 1979.
2. Doctor of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics) — Second Doctorate (Habilitation) in General Physics Institute, Academy of Sciences of USSR, 1991.
3. State Professor’s Degree (Physics and Mathematics) from State Highest Certifying Committee of Russian Federation, 1992.
Past Professional Experiences:
1970—1973: Senior Engineer at Scientific Research Institute for Optical and Physical Measuring, Moscow.
1973—1980: Principal Designer at Scientific Research Institute «Altair», Moscow.
1980—1983: Senior Researcher at P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute, Academy of Sciences of USSR, Moscow.
1983—1999: Senior Scientist, Head of the Laboratory at General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
1999—2018: Professor, Senior Scientist at Data Storage Institute, A*STAR, Singapore.
2018—now: Professor, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
Work abroad as visiting Professor and invited Professor (1989—2000):
Austria, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, 1989—1999;
Italy, University of Lecce, 1993—1999;
France, University of Marseilles, 1993—1998;
Sweden, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm 1995;
Japan, Tokyo Institute of technology, 1999.
Experience in teaching:
1. Undergraduate and graduate courses in general and theoretical physics (Moscow Institute for Physics and Technology, Moscow, Russia, 1985—1990; courses in laser physics, laser-matter interaction (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, 1990—1997; University of Lecce, Italy; University of Marseilles, France).
2. Supervisor at Ph.D. and Habilitation levels.
3. Experience as an examiner/supervisor of a PhD thesis.
Scientific Interests:
Interaction of laser radiation with matter, Chemical processing with lasers, Nonlinear phenomena, Selforganization, Laser-ablation, Theory of nanocluster formation, Photomodification in polymers, Laser Cleaning, Plasmonics, Photonics.
Special Achievements:
Honorary Professor at Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria, since 1991;
Diploma of the President of Russian Academy of Sciences, 1999;
IES Prestigious Engineering Achievement Awards 2004, Singapore, 2004;
Fellow of Optical Society of America, 2012;
President`s Science Award, Singapore 2013;
Institute of Physics Singapore (IPS) gold medal and award, Singapore 2016.
Membership:
Member of Scientific Counsels of Russian Academy of Sciences:
on «Chemistry of High Energies», 1989—1993,
on «Nonlinear Dynamics», 1992—1995;
Member of SPIE — The International Society for Optical Engineering, since 2000;
Member of Material Research Society, since 2004;
Member of SPIE`s International Technical group on nanotechnology, since 2004.
Publications:
5 monographs, 280 original papers.