Resume

Professional Interests

Non-linear dynamics of deformable media; computational design of biomimetic materials; multi-phase flow in confined geometries; self-organization and pattern formation in non-equilibrium chemical systems; interfacial phenomena and surface properties; theory and computer simulations of multi-component polymer blends; heterogeneous liquid crystalline systems.

Employment History

Research Associate Professor (Oct. 2011 - Present)
Chemical Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Visiting Research Assistant Professor (Feb. 2008 - Sep.2011)
Chemical Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Senior Research Associate (Sep. 2005 - Jan. 2008)
Chemical Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Postdoctoral Research Associate (Sep. 2000 - Aug. 2005)
Chemical Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA.
Visiting Scientist (Sep. 2000 - July 2001)
Oxford University, Oxford, UK.
Research Scientist (July 1998 - Oct. 2002)
Department of Theoretical Physics, Institute for Nuclear Research, Kiev, Ukraine.
Member of Critical Technology Analysis Group, part-time ( June 1997 - Aug. 2000)
Institute for Nuclear Research, Kiev, Ukraine.

Education

Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics, 1997
Institute of Physics, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine
Specialization: Physics of molecular and liquid crystals.
Thesis Title: “Radiation Effects and the Structure of Complex Defects in Liquid Crystals”
M.S. in Physics, 1991
Department of Theoretical Physics, Kiev State University, Kiev, Ukraine
M.S. Thesis Title “Effect of Irradiation on the Conductivity of Liquid Crystals”

Awards

Scholarship of the President of Ukraine for Young Scientists, October, 1998 - September, 2000.
Award of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences for Young Scientists, April 1997.
Travel grant, VII-th International Meeting on Optics of Liquid Crystals, Heppenheim, Germany, September 1997.

Professional Activities

Reviewer for: Physical Review Letters, Physical Review E, Physics of Fluids, Europhysics Letters, Journal of Chemical Physics, Langmuir, Analitica Chemica Acta
President of Young Scientist Council, Institute for Nuclear Research, Kiev, Ukraine (1999-2000)

Publications

Selected Presentations

24	Self-oscillating Gels as Stimuli-Responsive Materials (Invited talk), International Symposium on Stimuli-Responsive Materials, Hattiesburg, MS, October 27 - 28, 2009
23	Global signaling of localized impact in chemo-responsive gels (talk), 2nd International Conference on Self-Healing Materials, Chicago, IL, June 28-July 1, 2009
22	Effect of Confinement on the Dynamics of Three-Dimensional Chemo-responsive Gels (talk), APS March Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA, March 16-20, 2009
21	Modeling mechanochemical transduction in chemo-responsive gels (talk), APS March Meeting, Denver, CO, March 5-9, 2007
20	Multi-Component Reactive Membranes: A Computer Simulation Study (talk), MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 27-December 1, 2006
19	Dynamics of ternary mixtures with photosensitive chemical reactions: Designing three dimensionally ordered blends (talk), Annual APS March Meeting 2006, Baltimore, MD, March 13-17, 2006
18	Harnessing Light to Create Defect Free, Hierarchically Structured Polymeric Materials (Invited talk), 168th Technical Meeting of the Rubber Division, ACS in Pittsburgh, PA, November 1-3, 2005
17	Local control of periodic pattern formation in driven binary immiscible fluid (talk), Annual APS March Meeting 2005, Los Angeles, CA, March 21-25, 2005
16	Modeling non-equilibrium phenomena in multi-component systems (Invited talk), Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Pennsylvania State University, October 28, 2004
15	Diffusive entwining and slug-like flow in patterned microchannels (talk), APS March Meeting, Montreal, Canada, March 20 - 26, 2004
14	Modeling equilibrium and non-equilibrium phenomena in complex fluids (Invited talk), North Dakota State University, Physics Department, March 11, 2004
13	Diffusive intertwining of two fluid phases in chemically patterned microchannels (poster and short talk as "Best poster presentation"), Gordon Research Conference: Microfluidics, Physics And Chemistry Of. Big Sky, MT, August 24-29, 2003
12	Using Chemical Patterning to Direct the Flow of Binary Fluids in Microchannels (Invited talk), Tribology Programm Review. US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD, 13-14 August 2003
11	Oscillatory Behavior and Pattern Formation in Binary Fluid Flowing in Patterned Microchannel (talk), 2003 MRS spring meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 21-25,2002
10	Dynamics of a Binary Fluid in Patterned Microchannels: Periodic Droplet Formation and Memory Effect (talk), Annual APS March Meeting 2003, Austin, TX, March 3 - 7, 2003
9	Modeling the flow of binary fluid in patterned microchannels (talk), AIChE 2002 Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, November 3-8, 2002
8	Flow of binary fluid over patterned substrate within the microchannel (poster), BioDevice Interface Science and Technology Workshop, 7-9 September 2002, Scottsdale, AZ
7	Flow of binary fluids over patterned substrates within microchannels (talk), 2002 MRS spring meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 1-5, 2002
6	Dynamics of binary fluid within 3D microchannel with chemically patterned substrates (talk), Annual APS March Meeting 2002, Indianapolis, IN, March 18 - 22, 2002
5	Phase separation of a binary fluid in the presence of immobile particles: A Lattice Boltzmann approach (poster), 2001 MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 26-30, 2001
4	Creating localized mixing stations within microfluidic channels (poster), Gordon Research Conference: Microfluidics, Physics And Chemistry Of. Oxford, UK, July 29 - Aug 3, 2001
3	Colloidal Particles in nematics: structures and structural transition (poster), NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Erice, Italy, September 2000
2	Structural transitions in nematic filled with colloid particles (Invited talk), 7th International Topical Meeting on Optics of Liquid Crystals, Heppenheim, Germany. September 8-12, 1997
1	Conductivity of liquid crystals under irradiation (talk), 1st International Conference "Electronic Processes in Organic Materials", Kiev, Ukraine. August 1996

Computer Skills

C, FORTRAN, Mathematica, Maple, Borland Delphi, Microsoft Access
IRIX/Linux/Tru64 UNIX and Windows operating systems