CV
Photo:Geir Mogen
Nationality: Belarusian
Marital Status: Married
Languages: English, Russian, Italian, Chinese, Tagalog, Belarusian
Business address: University of Rome Tor Vergata, School of Mathematics, Physics and Natural Science, Department of Physics, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133 Roma
Email: vasil.saroka(at)uniroma2.it
Position: Marie-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow
ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-8980-6611
Scopus Author ID: 55900674800 (h-index=13)
Researcher ID: A-4623-2017 (h-index=12)
РИНЦ Author ID: 751099, [SPIN-code] 7383-7899 (h-index=9)
ArXiv ID: saroka_v_1
Google Scholar: Citation Metrics
Semantic Scholar: V.-A.-Saroka/145870551
LinkedIn: Profile
Twitter: @SarokaVasil
GitHub: @vasilsaroka
Tableau Public: Vizzes
Research Gate: Profile
Job seeking status: looking for a faculty position
EDUCATION
2011 M. Phys. (Engineer-Physicist), Belarusian State University, Physics Department, Minsk, Belarus.
2012 M. Sc. in Physics, Belarusian State University, Physics Department, Minsk, Belarus.
2017 PhD in Physics, University of Exeter, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Exeter, UK. [pdf], [author's pdf copy].
2018 Candidate of Sciences in Theoretical Physics (01.04.02), B.I. Stepanov Institute of Physics of NASB, Minsk, Belarus. [pdf]. Anouncement of public defense.
EXPERIENCE
International research visits
University of Southampton, School of Physics and Astronomy, Laboratory for Hybrid Optoelectronics: 01/08/2011-30/09/2011 – project ”Engineering nonlinearities in organic semiconductor microcavities”, supervisor: Prof. Pavlos Lagoudakis; [funded by IAESTE UK].
Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Science: 01/10-30/11/2013 – project “Modeling of the structure and properties of asymmetrical edge-corrugated graphene nanoribbons”, supervisor Prof. Leonid Chernozatonskii; [funded by Russian Foundation for Basic Research grant “РФФИ № 13-02-90919”].
University of Namur: 02/06/-30/06/2014 – project “Electromagnetic properties of graphene”, supervisor Prof. Philippe Lambin; [funded by EU FP7 project FAEMCAR (FP7-318617)].
University of Picardy Jules Verne: 03-04/2015 – project “Optical properties of silicene and bilayer graphene nanoclusters”, supervisor Prof. Igor Lukyanchuk; [funded by EU FP7 ITN NOTEDEV (FP7-607521)].
University of Iceland: 04/2017 – project “Brightening of the excitonic ground state in carbon nanotubes in the strong light-matter coupling regime”, supervisor Prof. Ivan Shelykh; [funded by EU FP7 ITN NOTEDEV (FP7-607521)].
University of Rome Tor Vergata: 04-05/2018 – project “Optical properties of finite-length chevron-type graphene nannoribbons”, supervisor Prof. Olivia Pulci; [funded by EU H2020 RISE COEXAN (H2020-644076)].
MBN Research Center: 02/07-02/08/2018 – project “Multiscale modeling of carbon nanostructures with MBN Explorer and MBN Studio 3.0”, supervisor Prof. Andrey V. Solov'yov; [funded by EU H2020 RISE PEARL, (H2020-690991)].
Employment
Research Institute for Nuclear Problems, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus: 01/02/2010-30/06/2011 – Laboratorian; 17/07/2011–31/07/2012 – Engineer; 01/08/2012–31/03/2014 – Junior Research Assistant; 01/04/2014 – 31/01/2018 - Junior Researcher; 01/02/2018–20/11/2018 - Researcher.
Private Trade and Production Enterprise «ММ софт-троник», Minsk, Belarus: 18/10/2011–1/04/2012 – Math and Physics content developer.
University of Exeter, College of Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Exeter, UK: 04/08/2014–03/08/2017 – Early Stage Researcher
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics, Trondheim, Norway: 28/11/2018–28/11/2021 – Post Doctoral Researcher.
University of Rome Tor Vergata, School of Mathematics, Physics and Natural Science, Department of Physics, Rome, Italy: 01/02/2023–present
Teaching
Belarusian State University, Physics Department, Minsk, Belarus: 02-05/2013 – Labs in Nuclear Physics.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, Trondheim, Norway: Spring semester 2020 – Lecturer in Nanophysics course (Quantum Hall effect).
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, Trondheim, Norway: Spring semester 2021 – Lecturer assistant in Nanophysics (Reading tasks: i. single-electron charge pump; ii. quantum Hall effect in graphene)
Supervision of master and doctoral students
University of Exeter, College of Engineering, Mathematical and Physical Sciences, Exeter, UK: 06/2015-06/2017 – Master Thesis: Robert Keens, co-supervision with Prof. M.E. Portnoi.
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Department of Physics, Trondheim, Norway: 12/2018-05/2019 – Master Thesis: Ola Neilsen Estensen, co-supervision with Prof. J.Danon.
De La Salle University, College of Science, Physics Department, Manila, Philippines: 21/11/2018-18/09/2020 – PhD Thesis: Renebeth B. Payod “Alignment of absorption resonances of single-walled carbon nanotubes and graphene nanoribbons”, co-adviser with Prof. Gil Nonato C. Santos.
Development of higher educational courses
PHY3062 Methods of Theoretical Physics read by Prof M.E. Portnoi: 06-09/2016 Didactic materials on Transfer Matrix Method for the University of Exeter course. http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/course/info.php?id=2053, [pdf]
CERTIFICATES AND AWARDS
2016 - Best Poster Award at Nanostructures for Photonics International Summer School and Workshop, Saint Petersburg, Russia, 27 June - 02 July.
2017 - LTHE Stage 1, University of Exeter Learning and Teaching in Higher Education Programme.
2017 - Certificate of Appreciation for serving as a reviewer for Journal of Nanophotonics.
2018 - Certificate of Appreciation for serving as a reviewer for Journal of Nanophotonics.
2021 - Certificate of Appreciation for serving as a reviewer for Journal of Nanophotonics.
2023 - Certificate of Reviewer from ChemPhysChem.
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Electronics, spintronics, photonics and plasmonics of low-dimensional materials.
REFERENCES
K.G. Batrakov, Candidate of Sciences, Associate Professor, Belarussian State University, Minsk, Belarus.
Email: kgbatrakov(at)mail.ru.
L.A. Chernozatonskii, Doctor of Sciences, Professor, Head of nanomaterial modelling group, Emanuel Institute of Biochemical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
Email: chernol-43(at)mail.ru.
M.E. Portnoi, Candidate of Sciences, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Exeter, College of Engineering, Mathematics and Physical Sciences, Exeter, UK.
Email: M.E.Portnoi(at)exeter.ac.uk
J. Danon, PhD, Professor, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Department of Physics, Trondheim, Norway.
Email: jeroen.danon(at)ntnu.no
O. Pulci, PhD, Professor, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Department of Physics, Rome, Italy
Email: olivia.pulci(at)roma2.infn.it