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Personal information

Name: Maxim A. Yurkin

Date of birth: December 8, 1982

Place of birth: Novokuznetsk, Russia

Citizenship: Russian

E-mail: yurkin@gmail.com

Education

Bachelor of Science in physics (with honors), Novosibirsk State University, 2002 (thesis in Russian)

Master of Science in physics (with honors), Novosibirsk State University, 2004 (thesis in Russian)

PhD in computer science, University of Amsterdam, 2007 (thesis)

PhD in biophysics, Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion, 2008 (abstract & thesis in Russian)

Experience

Light scattering simulation, inverse light scattering problems

Computer programming in C, LabView, Mathematica, parallel programming using MPI

Developing ADDA computer code

Operating scanning flow cytometer, and developing software for it

Teaching physics and mathematics in School for physics and mathematics of Novosibirsk State University

Teaching "Inverse problems: theories and applications" in Novosibirsk State University

Current position

Researcher at Laboratory of Cytometry and Biokinetics,

Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion of Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences,

Institutskaya 3, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia, tel: +7 (383) 3333240, fax: +7 (383) 3342350

Current research interests

Simulating light scattering.    Discrete dipole approximation.    Inverse light-scattering problems.    Characterization of blood cells

Selected honors and awards

• Full list of honors and awards is also available.
  

2008 – Award from the administration of the Novosibirsk region (link in Russian)

2008 – Winner of Second All-Russian Internet Contest on Nanotechnology in nomination “Physics of nanosystems” (link in Russian)

2007 – Young scientist’s award in electromagnetic and light scattering (by Elsevier) (link)

2007 – 1^st place in contest "Global Challenge" (by Global Energy Foundation) (link in Russian)

2007 – Grant "Best PhD-students of Russian Academy of Sciences" of Russian Science Support Foundation (link in Russian)

2007 – Scholarship from the administration of the Novosibirsk region (link in Russian)

2004 – Medal of Russian Ministry of Education and Science “for the best scientific student work”

Most important publications

• Full publication list is also available. Citation metrics for all journal papers can be found at my ResearcherID profile.

Yurkin M.A., Semyanov K.A., Maltsev V.P., and Hoekstra A.G. Discrimination of granulocyte subtypes from light scattering: theoretical analysis using a granulated sphere model. Opt.Express 15: 16561-16580 (2007). (PDF)

Yurkin M.A., Hoekstra A.G., Brock R.S., and Lu J.Q. Systematic comparison of the discrete dipole approximation and the finite difference time domain method for large dielectric scatterers. Opt.Express 15: 17902-17911 (2007). (PDF)

Yurkin M.A., Maltsev V.P., and Hoekstra A.G. The discrete dipole approximation for simulation of light scattering by particles much larger than the wavelength. J.Quant.Spectr.Radiat.Transf. 106: 546-557 (2007). (PDF)

Yurkin M.A. and Hoekstra A.G. The discrete dipole approximation: an overview and recent developments. J.Quant.Spectr.Radiat.Transf. 106: 558-589 (2007). (PDF)

Yurkin M.A., Maltsev V.P., and Hoekstra A.G. Convergence of the discrete dipole approximation. I. Theoretical analysis. J.Opt.Soc.Am.A 23: 2578-2591 (2006). (PDF)

Yurkin M.A., Maltsev V.P., and Hoekstra A.G. Convergence of the discrete dipole approximation. II. An extrapolation technique to increase the accuracy. J.Opt.Soc.Am.A 23: 2592-2601 (2006). (PDF)

Yurkin M.A., Semyanov K.A., Tarasov P.A., Chernyshev A.V., Hoekstra A.G., and Maltsev V.P. Experimental and theoretical study of light scattering by individual mature red blood cells with scanning flow cytometry and discrete dipole approximation. Appl.Opt. 44: 5249-5256 (2005). (PDF)