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Alexander O. GOVOROV

Work address:

Distinguished Professor                                                      

Ohio University                                                             

Clippinger Research Labs                                             

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Athens OH 45701

USA

phone:  (740)-593-9430                                                

fax: (740) - 593-0433

E-mail:  govorov@helios.phy.ohiou.edu

http://www.phys.ohiou.edu/people/faculty/govorov.html

Education

1991  

Ph. D. in physics

Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Akademgorodok, Novosibirsk, Russia 

Thesis:     Inelastic light scattering in semiconductor microstructures

Adviser:   Prof. A. V. Chaplik

1987 

Diploma in engineering physics with excellence (equivalent to B. Sc.)

Novosibirsk Electro-Technical Institute, Novosibirsk, Russia

Experience

Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch,

Akademgorodok, Novosibirsk, Russia

Aug. 1987   -   Sept.  1989   - probationer

Sept. 1989   -   May   1993   - junior scientific researcher

May  1993   -   Apr.   1997   - scientific researcher

Apr.  1997   -   Dec.   2002   - senior scientific researcher

Ohio University, Athens, USA

2001 – 2002   - Visiting Professor at Ohio University in Athens.

2002 – 2006 - Associate Professor, Tenure-Track Position

2006 – 2010 -   Associate Professor

2010 - 2016 - Full Professor

2016 - … - Distinguished Professor at Ohio University

Munich University, Sektion Physik and Center for NanoScience

Mar. 1996 - Mar. 1997  -   A.v. Humboldt fellow in Munich (Prof. Jörg P. Kotthaus)

Oct. 1999 - Feb. 2000 -     Visiting Professor at Sektion Physik at LMU.

Scientific interests

Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics,

Physics of nanostructures

Energy-related research

Optical and transport phenomena

Many-body effects

Hybrid nanostructures

Colloidal nanocrystals, energy transfer, light harvesting

Bio-assembled nanocrystals

Awards and Honors

1996 -  A. v. Humboldt-Foundation  fellowship 

2001 - Glidden Visiting Professorship at Ohio University

2004               -  Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award, A. v. Humboldt Foundation

2009     - Ikerbasque Research Fellowship Award (Spain)

2012 - E.T.S. Walton Visitor Award (Ireland)

2012 - APS Fellow

2013 - 2014 Jacques-Beaulieu Excellence Research Chair (INRS, Montreal,

Canada)

2014 - Visiting Professorship at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

2015 - Arts & Sciences Outstanding Faculty Research and Scholarship Award,

Ohio University

2016 - Edwin and Ruth Kennedy Distinguished Professor at Ohio University

Some of the grants

1994-1996    -  grant of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research 

1999-2000    -  grant of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research 

1999-2004    -  grant of Volkswagen Foundation

2001             -  Rufus Putnam Visiting Professorship at Ohio University

2005-2007     - Grant of NIST: Hybrid Nanocrystal Superstructures: photonic
                         properties  and  plasmon resonances

2005-2010     - Ohio Board of Regents

2006 - 2009   - NSF grant: Fluid Sensors from Hybrid Nanocolloids with Molecular 
                         Springs (in collaboration with U. Michigan)

2007-2009     - NIH R21 grant: Control of Cell Systems Using Optically-Driven
                         Nanoparticles as Actuators

2008-2009         - Grant of General Dynamics Corporation: Plasmon-enhanced optical

responses of bio-nanomaterials

2010               - Travel Fellowship of Nanosystems Initiative Munich

2009-2012 - Grant of Air Force Research Office: Bio-inspired nanostructures for

opto-electronic applications