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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 grant: Control of Cell Systems Using Optically-Driven
                         Nanoparticles as Actuators

2008-2009 - Grant of General Dynamics Corporation (Air Force Labs): Plasmon-

enhanced optical responses of bio-nanomaterials