Resume

Professional Interests

Theory and computer simulations of multi-component blends; self-organization and pattern formation in non-equilibrium chemical systems; theory of heterogeneous liquid crystalline systems; interfacial phenomena and surface properties; complex fluids dynamics; non-linear dynamics of deformable media.

Employment History

Visiting Research Assistant Professor (Feb. 2008 - Present),
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 8-12, 1997

Professional Activities

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

Publications

Selected Conference Presentations

22	Modeling oscillations and pattern formation in chemo-responsive polymer gels in three dimensions (poster), Gordon Research Conference on Oscillations & Dynamic Instabilities in Chemical Systems, Waterville, ME,,July 13-18, 2008.
21	Modeling mechanochemical transduction in chemo-responsive gels, 2007 APS March Meeting, Denver, CO, March 5-9, 2007
20	Multi-Component Reactive Membranes: A Computer Simulation Study, MRS Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, November 27-December 1, 2006
19	Dynamics of ternary mixtures with photosensitive chemical reactions: Designing three dimensionally ordered blends (Contributed 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 (Contributed talk), Annual APS March Meeting 2005, Los Angeles, CA, March 21-25, 2005
16	Modeling non-equilibrium phenomena in multi-component systems, Invited talk at the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Pennsylvania State University, October 28, 2004
15	Diffusive entwining and slug-like flow in patterned microchannels (Contributed talk), Annual APS March Meeting 2004, Montreal, Canada, March 20 - 26, 2004
14	Modeling equilibrium and non-equilibrium phenomena in complex fluids, Invited talk at North Dakota State University, Physics Department, March 11, 2004
13	Diffusive intertwining of two fluid phases in chemically patterned microchannels (Poster and short Talk in the session "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 (Contributed 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 (Contributed talk), Annual APS March Meeting 2003, Austin, TX, March 3 - 7, 2003
9	Modeling the flow of binary fluid in patterned microchannels (Contributed 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 (Contributed talk), 2002 MRS spring meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 1-5, 2002
6	Dynamics of binary fluid within 3D microchannel with chemically patterned substrates (Contributed 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 (Contributed 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