Teaching profile

Teaching experience

Abbreviations

BSU - Belarusian State University, UGOT - University of Gothenburg, Chalmers - Chalmers University of Technology, UR - University of Rostock, AAU - Aalborg University

List of courses and other activities

Co-lecturer of the courses “Conductive polymers” and “Methods of physical experiment” for master students at BSU in years 1998, 1999 and 2001.

Assistant of the course “Atomic and Molecular Physics” for bachelor students at UGOT in 2004–2006. In years 2007-2009, lecturer and examiner of this course.

Developer and supervisor of the laboratory “Pulsed NMR” for the course “Experimental Physics - Spectroscopy Methods” at UGOT/Chalmers in years 2005 and 2006.

Developer and supervisor of two laboratory projects for Nanoparticles Summer School at UGOT/Chalmers in year 2007.

Lecturer and examiner of the course “Clusters, Fullerenes and Nanotubes” for master students at UGOT/Chalmers in years 2007 and 2008.

Co-lecturer and co-examiner of the course “Atomic, Molecular and Cluster Physics” for master students at UGOT/Chalmers in year 2008.

Co-lecturer of the course “Microscopy to Probe the Quantum World” for PhD students at Chalmers in year 2009.

Lecturer and examiner of the course “Advanced Experimental Physics: Solid State” for international master students at UR in 2010/2011.

Lecturer and examiner of the course "Electromagnetism" for bachelor students at AAU in 2011-2022.

Lecturer and examiner of the course "Surface Science" ("Physics and Chemistry of Surfaces" since 2019) for master students at AAU in 2012-2023.

Lecturer and examiner of the course "Semiconductor Physics" ("Semiconductors: Physics, Devices and Engineering" since 2017) for master students at AAU in 2012-2022.

Lecturer and examiner of the course "Astrophysics and Astronomy" for bachelor students at AAU in 2013-2021.

Lecturer and examiner of the course "Optoelectronics" for bachelor students at AAU in 2022 and 2023.

Co-organiser and lab instructor of the PhD Summer School "Applications of Scanning Probe Microscopy" at AAU in 2013.

Co-lecturer of PhD course "Modern Power Semicondutors and Their Packaging" at AAU in 2015-2017.

Co-lecturer of PhD course "Design of Modern Power Semiconductor Components" at AAU in 2018-2022.

Organizer of PhD course "Microscopy and Spectroscopy Characterization Methods" at AAU in 2022 and 2023.

Developer and supervisor of 50+ students' semester, bachelor and master projects at AAU in 2013-2022.

Coordinator of study semesters at bachelor and master levels at AAU in years 2012-2023.

Censor of examinations at bachelor and master levels at AAU (also at other Danish Universities) in 2013-2023.

Developer and supervisor of “studieretningsprojekter” (SRP) for gymnasium students visiting AAU in 2019 and 2022.

Guest lecturer at Charles University in Prague within Erasmus+ program in 2018 and 2019.

Published two textbooks and prepared a number of instruction manuals for labotratoty projects.

Research profile

Main research expertise is in synthesis and engineering of thin films and materials on nanoscale; physics and chemistry of surfaces; ion implantation/radiation modification of matter; materials and technologies for renewable energy and green transition; physics of failure and reliability; sensing and detection.

Publications: 140 peer-reviewed papers, a few books and book chapters. h-index of 31 (Google Scholar). Presented over 30 invited talks at international conferences.

Research projects for last 10 years:

Tailoring the metal-nitride films for power electronics, 2021-2023, IFD, Industrial PhD project in collaboration with Polyteknik AS;

Nanoscale Energy Generators, 2021-2023, Novo Nordisk Foundation;

Bilateral Network on Nanocluster-based Functional Materials, 2017, Danish Agency for Science, Technology and Innovation, (principal investigator - PI);

Semiconductor Materials for Power Electronics (SEMPEL),2014-2019, IFD (work package leader - WPL);

Magnetron-based Sputtering Cluster Apparatus for Materials Engineering on Nanoscale, 2012-2015, Aalborg University with donations from Spar Nord and Obel Family Foundations (PI);

Center of Reliable Power Electronics (CORPE), 2012-2016, IFD (WPL);

Supervised 7 PhD students and 3 PostDocs.

Acted as opponent and chair of assessment committee for 12 PhD defenses.

Acts as a peer-reviewer of 10-15 manuscripts a year, most often for the journals published by IOP, AIP, Wiley, Springer, Elsevier and Nature group.

Contributed to organisation of 9 International Conferences and 3 PhD Schools.