A complete information (especially a full list of previous positions) can be found in my LinkedIn profile (also available in Russian).

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 at the School for physics and mathematics of Novosibirsk State University

Teaching "Inverse problems: theory and applications" at the Novosibirsk State University

Current position

Researcher at Laboratory of Cytometry and Biokinetics,

Institute of Chemical Kinetics and Combustion SB RAS,

Institutskaya 3, Novosibirsk, 630090, Russia, tel: +7 (383) 3333240, fax: +7 (383) 3307350

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.

2010 – Prize of the Academia Europaea for Russian young scientists

2009 – Best reviewer of the year for J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer (link)

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)

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

Selected publications

• Full publication list is also available. Citation metrics for all journal papers can be found at my ResearcherID profile, for all publications - at Google Scholar Citations.

Yurkin M.A. and Hoekstra A.G. The discrete-dipole-approximation code ADDA: capabilities and known limitations. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 112, 2234–2247 (2011). (PDF)

Yurkin M.A., de Kanter D., and Hoekstra A.G. Accuracy of the discrete dipole approximation for simulation of optical properties of gold nanoparticles. J. Nanophoton. 4: 041585-15 (2010). (PDF)

Strokotov D.I., Yurkin M.A., Gilev K.V., van Bockstaele D.R., Hoekstra A.G., Rubtsov N.B., and Maltsev V.P. Is there a difference between T- and B-lymphocyte morphology? J. Biomed. Opt. 14: 064036–12 (2009). (PDF)

Orlova D.Y., Yurkin M.A., Hoekstra A.G., and Maltsev V.P. Light scattering by neutrophils: model, simulation, and experiment. J. Biomed. Opt. 13: 054057–7 (2008). (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., 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)