Professional Appointments

Jan., 2023 - present Senior Computational Plasma Scientist, Lam Research Corporation, Austin, TX

June, 2020 - Dec., 2022 Senior Member Of Technical Staff / Plasma Sciences Lead at Esgee Technologies Inc. (Lam Research company since January, 2023), Austin, TX

Dec., 2017 - May, 2020    Senior Research Scientist, Computation Fluid Dynamics Research Corporation, Huntsville, AL

Feb., 2016 - Nov., 2017     Research Associate, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA

Oct., 2014 - Feb., 2016     Post Doc, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering & Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas, Austin, TX, USA;

                                                      advisor Prof. Laxminarayan L. Raja

Oct., 2012 - Sept., 2014    Post Doc, LAboratoire PLAsma et Conversion d'Energie, GREPHE, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France;

                                                       advisors Dr. Laurent Garrigues and Dr. Gerjan Hagelaar

Oct., 2010 - Sept., 2012    Post Doc, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Plasma and Pulsed Power Laboratory, Phys. Department, Haifa, Israel;

                                                       advisor Prof. Yakov E. Krasik

Oct., 2010 - May, 2011      Researcher, Institute of Physics National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Gas Electronics Dept.

Nov., 2009 - Sept., 2010   Junior Researcher, Institute of Physics National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Gas Electronics Dept.

Jan., 2008 - Oct., 2009     Engineer, Institute of Physics National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Gas Electronics Dept.

 Education:

   Ph.D. in Physics (2010), Institute of Physics National Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Thesis: "Plasma kinetics in electrical discharge in the mixture of ethanol and water vapors with air" (link),  Advisor: Dr.  A. I. Shchedrin

    M.Sc. in Physics (2006), East-Ukrainian National University,  Advisor: prof.  A. D. Filonenko

Principal results:

1. The ionization instability of magnetized microdischarge was demonstrated by the particle-in-cell modeling (link)

2. The mechanism of runaway electrons generation in pressurized gases during high-voltage nanosecond discharges is proposed (arXiv.org: 1109.3537 [physics.plasm-ph])

3. The kinetic mechanism of ethanol reforming by non-equilibrium plasma was proposed (arXiv.org: 1102.4071 [physics.plasm-ph])

4. A new method for Nonlinear Schrödinger equation solution was proposed (arXiv.org: nlin.SI / 0612027)

Won three Phase I DoD funded projects:

  1. Army SBIR "Plasma Metamaterial for Vehicle Protection from Microwave Radiation" (May, 2020).

  2. Army SBIR "Novel Single Plane Optics for Lightweight, Compact Imaging Systems" (May, 2020).

  3. Air Force STTR "Carbon Nanotube – Copper Composite as Electron Emitter for Passive Spacecraft Discharging" (May, 2018). 

Participated in projects:

1. Air Force STTR Phase I "Carbon Nanotube – Copper Composite as Electron Emitter for Passive Spacecraft Discharging" (Principal Investigator (2018-2019))

2. Air Force SBIR Phase II "Computational Model for Electrode Erosion by High-Pressure Moving Arcs" (2017-2020)

3. DOE SBIR Phase II "Explosive Electron Emission" (2017-2020)

4. UT Austin, Multi-University Research Initiative, Air Force Office of Scientific Research; "Plasma-based Reconfigurable Photonic Crystals and Metamaterials" (2014-2017)

5. UT Austin, Funding: King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; "Plasma- and electrically-assisted combustion and processing of fuels" (2014-2017)

6. LAPLACE, CNRS, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (France), EPIC “Strongly Electronegative Plasmas for Innovative Ion Acceleration” (2012-2014)

7. NAS of Ukraine - CNRS cooperation project Kinetics of non-equilibrium plasma-chemical processes in gas discharges in humid air atmosphere (Ukraine - France, 2010-2011)

8. Science and Technology Center in Ukraine, Plasma conversion of liquid hydrocarbon fuels in non-equilibrium plasma liquid systems in cooperation with Air Force Office of Scientific Research (Ukraine - USA)

9. "Plasmachemical and plasma dynamic processes in technological plasma systems" (NAS of Ukraine)

10. "Research of physical processes that determine fundamental properties of plasma-beams and gas discharge systems" (NAS of Ukraine)

Refereeing Scientific Journals (159): J. Appl. Phys. (25), Physics of Plasmas (30), J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. (16), Plasma Source Sci. Technology (25), New Journal of Physics (2), Journal of Plasma Physics (1), IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci. (8), High Voltage (5), Central European Journal of Chemistry (1), Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids (2), Rev. Sci.Instruments (1), Int. Journal Hydrogen Energy (2), Appl. Phys. Lett. (2), Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics (1), Matter and Radiation at Extremes (1), Physica Scripta (3), Journal of Vacuum Science and Technol. A (1), Plasma Proc. Polymers (1), Japanese Journal of Applied Physics (1), Ukrainian Journal of Physics (1), Plasma Sci. Technology (8), Plasma Research Express (1), IEEE Access (1), Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing (1), Thin Solid Films (1), Vacuum (2), Surfaces and Interfaces (1), AIP Advances (4), Frontiers in Physics (7), Frontiers in Astronomy (1), European Journal of Physics D (1),  Journal of Vacuum Science and Technol. B (1), Scientific Reports (1)

Academic and other honors:

1. Outstanding reviewer award - 2017, 2019 Plasma Source Science and Technology, Institute of Physics

2. Guest editor of the High Voltage journal, 2017 (link)

3. Outstanding reviewer award - 2016, Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, Institute of Physics

4. The Lady Davis Fellowship Trust - 2011, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

5. The Lady Davis Fellowship Trust - 2010, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

6. National Ukrainian Academy of Sciences award - 2010

7. Laureate of Lev Landau’s competition of Yang Scientists in Theoretical Physics, January, Kharkov, Akhiezer’s Institute of Theoretical Physics NAS Ukraine (2008)

8. Second Prize on IoP of NASU summarized conference (2007)

9. First Prize on Physical Olympiad, Vladimir Dahl’s East-Ukrainian National University (2006)

10. Second Prize on Physical Olympiad, Vladimir Dahl’s East-Ukrainian National University (2003, 2005)

11. Third Prize on Physical Olympiad, Vladimir Dahl’s East-Ukrainian National University (2004)

12. L.M. Lopovok’s Olympiad 2001 − third prize

13. Regional Olympiad 2001 − third prize

14. L.M. Lopovok’s Olympiad 2000 − first prize

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