Professor of Physics and Chemistry (full)
Department of Physics
The University of Akron
Contact:
E-mail: SFL[@]uakron[.]edu
Phone: (330)972-8356
Fax: (330)972-6918
Biography:
Education:
- PhD in Physics and Mathematics at Russian Academy of Science, 1991
- Visiting PhD student at Hertford College, University of Oxford, UK, 1989-1990
- Master of Science in Physics and Engineering at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 1984
Employment:
- Research Scientist, Institute of Physics, Kiev Ukraine, (1984-1995)
- Postdoctoral Research Scientist, Technical University of Denmark, (1995-1997)
- Faculty Research Scientist, Nanotechnology Center, Louisville, KY, (1997-2000)
- Assistant Professor of Physics (2000-2005), Chemistry (2001-2006), and Polymer Engineering (2003-2006);
- Associate Professor of Physics (2005-2013), Chemistry (2006-2015);
- Professor of Physics (2013), and Chemistry (2015), Department of Physics, University of Akron, Akron OH
Awards, Visiting positions and Distinctions:
- Outstanding Student Award, Institute of Physics, Kiev Ukraine, 1988
- George Soros Fellow, Hertford College, Oxford University, Oxford UK, 1989-1990
- Visiting Scholar, GKSS-Small Angle Neuron Scattering Facility, Hamburg Germany, 1997
- Visiting Professor, Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby Denmark, 2001
- National Research Council Faculty Fellow, USAF Research Lab, Wright-Patterson AFB OH, 2002-2004
- Japan Society for Promotion of Science Fellow, Musashi Institute of Technology, Tokyo Japan, 2004-2005
- Earlier Career Research Award, Buchtel College of Arts and Sciences, University of Akron OH, 2005
- Fulbright Senior Specialist, Institute of Physics, Kiev, Ukraine, 2008
- NASA Glenn Summer Faculty Fellowship, NASA-Glenn Research Center, Cleveland OH, 2010-2011
- Senior Fellow, Office Naval Research Fellowship, Naval Research Lab, Washington DC, 2012-2013
- NASA Glenn Fellow, NASA-Glenn Research Center, Cleveland OH, 2014