Curriculum Vitae
Education
| 1997 | Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL |
| 1993 | M.S. in Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia |
Research Interests
- Optical properties of micro- and nanostructures
- Nonlinear optics
- Metamaterials
- Negative refractive index materials
- Photonic bandgap structures
- Optical communications and photonic devices
- Photonic crystal fibers
- Nano-imaging and optical sensors
Professional Career
| Since 01/08 | Assistant Professor, EE, SUNY at Buffalo |
| 2004-2007 | Assistant Research Scientist, EECS, University of Michigan |
| 2001-2005 | Member of Technical Staff, OFS Labs/Bell Labs |
| 2000-2001 | Senior Member of Technical Staff, Tyco Submarine Systems |
| 1997-2000 | Postdoctoral Fellow, Inst. of Optics, University of Rochester |
Honors and Awards
| 2002 | 100 R&D Award for Tunable Dispersion Compensating Devices (team award) |
| 1997-1999 | Aileen S. Andrew Postdoctoral Fellowship |
| 1996 | New Focus Student Grant |
| 1993-1997 | Aileen S. Andrew Graduate Fellowship |
Professional Activities
| 2008-2009 | Member of CLEO Optical Communications Subcommittee |
| 2007 | Technical Program Committee Member, Bragg Gratings, Poling & Photosensitivity and Nonlinear Photonics OSA Topical Meetings |
| 2007-2008 | Member of the OSA New Focus/Bookham Student Award Committee |
| 2005-2007 | Member of the OSA Membership and Education Services Council |
- Panelist for National Science Foundation Panel for the Electronics, Photonics and Device Technologies program
- Reviewer for the Army Research Office (Physical Sciences Division)
- Reviewer for
- Physical Review Letters
- Journal of the Optical Society of America B
- Optics Letters
- Optics Express
- IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
- Applied Physics B
- IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
- Optics Communications
- Applied Optics
- Physica D
- Journal of the European Optical Society
