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Alexander O. GOVOROV

Work address: Home address:

Associate Professor 42 Briarwood Dr.

Ohio University Athens, OH 45701

Clippinger Research Labs USA

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Athens OH 45701

USA

phone: (740)-593-9430 phone (740)-594-7790

fax: (740) - 593-0433

E-mail: govorov@helios.phy.ohiou.edu

http://www.phys.ohiou.edu/people/faculty/govorov.html

Education

1991

Ph. D. in physics

Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Akademgorodok, Novosibirsk, Russia

Thesis: Inelastic light scattering in semiconductor microstructures

Adviser: Prof. A. V. Chaplik

1987

Diploma in engineering physics with excellence (equivalent to B. Sc.)

Novosibirsk Electro-Technical Institute, Novosibirsk, Russia

Experience

Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch,

Akademgorodok, Novosibirsk, Russia

Aug. 1987 - Sept. 1989 - probationer

Sept. 1989 - May 1993 - junior scientific researcher

May 1993 - Apr. 1997 - scientific researcher

Apr. 1997 - Dec. 2002 - senior scientific researcher

Ohio University, Athens, USA

Mar. 2001 – Sept. 2002 - Visiting Professor at Ohio University in Athens.

Sept. 2002 – present - Associate Professor

Munich University, Sektion Physik and Center for NanoScience

Mar. 1996 - Mar. 1997 - A.v. Humboldt fellow in Munich (Prof. Jörg P. Kotthaus)

Oct. 1999 - Feb. 2000 - Visiting Professor at Sektion Physik at LMU.

Scientific interests

Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics:

Physics of semiconductor nanostructures, optical and transport phenomena,

many-body effects, quantum phenomena, nanoscience

Fellowships, Grants, Awards

1996-1997 - A. v. Humboldt-Foundation fellowship

1994-1996 - grant of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research

1999-2000 - grant of the Russian Foundation for Basic Research

1999-2004 - grant of Volkswagen Foundation

2001 - Rufus Putnam Visiting Professorship at Ohio University

2004 - Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award,

                         A. v. Humboldt Foundation

2005-2007 - Grant of NIST: Hybrid Nanocrystal Superstructures: photonic

properties and plasmon resonances

2005-2009 - Ohio Board of Regents

2006 - 2009 - NSF grant: Fluid Sensors from Hybrid Nanocolloids with Molecular

Springs (in collaboration with U. Michigan)

2007-2009 - NIH R21: Control of Cell Systems Using Optically-Driven

Nanoparticles as Actuators

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2008-2009     - General Dynamics Corporation (Air Force Labs): Plasmon-enhanced    
                      optical responses of bio-nanomaterials