Ph.D. (Physics), Institute for Problems of Materials Science,
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine Kyev, Ukraine
1990
M.Eng. (Engineering Physics) Moscow
Institute of Physics and Technology,
Russia 1985
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Physics Instructor, PhysicsDepartment,
University of Toronto, August 1999-present
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Physics
Department, Queen's University,
Kingston, Ontario, May 1998 - July 1999
Postdoctoral Fellow, Chemistry
Department , Queen's University,
Kingston, Ontario, March 1997- August 1998
Research Scientist, Institute for Problems in Materials
Science,
National Academy of Sciences, Kyev, Ukraine, 1990-1996
FOREIGN TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
Associate Professor, National Agricultural University, Kyev,
Ukraine
1995/1996 (part-time)
Assistant Professor, International Institute of Civil
Aviation, Kyev, Ukraine,
1995 (part-time)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
My research interests lie in an interface between
Condensed Matter Physics, Physical Chemistry and Materials Science with
the emphasis on ferroelectrics and a broad range of related materials (including
piezoelectric and ferroelastic materials,
functional ceramics, orientational glasses). Materials that can be modified
by very small amounts of impurities in order to achieve desirable properties
are of a particular interest. These encompass a large group of materials
including solids that undergo an impurity-induced phase transitions of
various nature (for example, structural or glass-like), depending largely
on the impurity involved. Some impurities are able to change the nature
of the existing phase transition (for example, ferroelectric or antiferroelectric).
Understanding of this phenomena allows to achieve a set of desirable properties
in advanced materials design. Another area of my interest is a study of
an impact of unavoidable defects and impurities on materials properties
and performance. Effective control of properties of many electronic materials
is one of major unsolved problems of functional electronics.
More recently I dveloped interest in photochemistry and
biological/medical physics.
PUBLICATIONS
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13 scientific articles published in refereed international
scientific journals
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14 contribution to conferences (most of them international)
