Prof. Ing. Andrey Shukurov, Ph.D.

 

Education

  • 1995: Ing. Technology of Devices and Materials of Electronics, Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Ivanovo, Russia
  • 2003: Ph. D. Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Česká Republika

Qualification

  • 1995 – 2000: Leading engineer, Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Ivanovo, Russia
  • 2002 – 2002: Scientific assistant, Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Polymer Research, Potsdam-Golm, Germany
  • 2002 - 2003 and 2004 – 2004: Researcher , Chemistry Department, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Il, USA
  • 2004 – 2005: Researcher , Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
  • 2005 – 2007: Assistant professor, EcoTopia Science Institute, University of Nagoya, Japan
  • 2004 – 2011: Assistant professor, KMF MFF UK
  • 2011 – 2020:  Associate professor, KMF MFF UK
  • 2020 – current: Professor, KMF, MFF UK

Professional scientific focus

  • thin film deposition and nanoparticle formation under vacuum and low-temperature plasma conditions
  • mesoporous coatings for photoelectrochemical water splitting
  • plasmonic and photoluminescent metal/semiconductor nanoparticles
  • optically active nanofluids
  • nanomaterials with regenerative and antimicrobial activity for wound healing
  • phase separation and nanoconfinement in plasma polymers
  • solution plasma processing of natural polymers
  • plasma medicine and agriculture
  • interaction of extreme light with hybrid organic/inorganic nanomaterials

Teaching

Supervisor (graduated/current):

Ms: 1/0

PhD: 4/5

Supervised work

Listed works

Lectures

Awards

1995: Diploma with honors for excellent studying at Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology, Ivanovo, Russia

Membership in international scientific societies

  • International Plasma Chemistry Society since 2001
  • International Society for Plasma Medicine since 2012
  • Materials Research Society since 2018
  • International Plasma Chemistry Society since 2021
  • Laserlab-Europe AISBL, expert group: Micro- and Nanostructured Materials for Experiments with High-Power Lasers since 2021
Membership in editorial boards
  • Plasma Processes & Polymers, guest editor
  • Materials, MDPI, guest editor
  • Frontiers in Chemistry, guest editor
  • SN Applied Sciences, Springer, guest editor
  • Russian Journal of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, member of editorial board
  • International Advisory Board of Plasma Processes & Polymers
Other activities
  • ERASMUS + Program Coordinator between MFF UK and Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Germany, 2018-2021.
  • Member of the evaluation panel for the Material Sciences domain of The Romanian National Research Council (CNCS) and its Executive Agency for Higher Education, Research, Development and Innovation Funding (UEFISCDI)
  • Expert reviewer for Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada and EIG-CONCERT-Japan.
  • Reviewer for scientific journals including ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, and ACS Applied Nano Materials.
  • EUROMAT 2013, Seville, Spain, member of International Organizing Committee
  • 8th International workshop on polymer metal nanocomposites, Prague, Czech Republic, 2017, chairman of Local Organizing Committee
  • 17th JVC, Olomouc, Czech Republic, 2018, member of International Programme Committee
  • Workshop on plasma-based synthesis of nanomaterials, Prague, Czech Republic, 2020, member of Local Organizing Committee
  • Co-chairman of the 10th International Workshop on Functional Nanomaterials, Villa Cagnola, Italy
  • Member of Board for state doctoral examination and Ph. D. defense in the program Physics of Nanostructures and Nanomaterials
  • Member of Board for state examination of Ms. program Physics of Condensed Matter and Materials
  • Member of the Ms.and doctoral committees of the Nagoya University (Japan), Kiel University (Germany) and Ghent University (Belgium)

Publications

Articles in peer-reviewed international journals: (WoS): 154

International book chapters: 2

h-index: 31

Invited lectures and talks

  • 10th Plasma Surface Engineering, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 2006
  • 6th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Plasma Chemistry, Ivanovo, Russia, 2011
  • 7th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Plasma Chemistry, Ivanovo, Russia, 2014
  • Tokyo University, Japan, 2014
  • 14th Plasma Surface Engineering, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 2014
  • 7th Kobe University Brussels European Centre Symposium, Brussels, Belgium, 2015
  • 15th Plasma Surface Engineering, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 2016
  • Bilateral Kobe-Kiel Workshop Kiel, Germany, 2017
  • Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology, Japan, 2017
  • 8th International Symposium on Theoretical and Applied Plasma Chemistry, Ivanovo, Russia, 2018
  • 9th International Workshop on Polymer-Metal Nanocomposites, Helsinki, Finland, 2019
  • iPlasmaNano-X, Porec, Croatia, 2019
  • Tokyo University and Nagoya University, Japan, 2019
  • Advances in Cluster Beam Deposition Symposium, Okinawa, Japan, 2019
  • 8th International Conference on Plasma Medicine, Seol, Korea, 2021
  • EMRS Spring Meeting, Strasbourg, France, 2022
  • 17th Plasma Surface Engineering conference, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (plenary lectrure), 2022
  • 2d International Workshop on Proton-Boron Fusion, Catania, Italy, 2022
  • 13th Asian-European Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering, Busan, Korea, 2023

Grants

Project leader:

  • 2008 - 2010 The Czech Science Foundation GP202/08/P158 Nanocomposite metal/polyethylene oxide plasma polymer thin films for biomedical applications
  • 2017 - 2019 The Czech Science Foundation GAČR 17-12994S Multicomponent nano-architectured thin films of plasma polymers
  • 2021-2023 The Czech Science Foundation GAČR 21-12828S Plasma-assisted synthesis of liquid polymer-based nanofluids
  • 2021-2023 The Royal Society, United Kingdom: Target Engineering for Proton-Boron Nuclear Fusion Studies
  • 2024-2026 Czech Science Foundation 24-11398S Plasma-assisted synthesis of hybrid nanomaterials for laser-driven proton-boron nuclear fusion

Research team member:

  • 2000 - 2005 Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic OC527.10 Plasma polymers prepared by rf. sputtering of polymeric solids, under the COST Action
  • 2002 - 2004 Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic KONTAKT ME554 Nanostructured organosilicon and organic layers formed by polyatomic ion beams and plasma polymerization
  • 2002 - 2004 Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic KONTAKT ME553 Modification of hydrogels by plasma polymerization
  • 2007 - 2011 The Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic KAN101120701 Nanocomposite films and nanoparticles formed in low-pressure plasma for surface modification
  • 2011 - 2014 Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic LD11032 Nanocomposites, Nanostructured Films and Plasma Modification for Polymer Nanomaterials for Food Packaging, under the COST Action FA0904 Eco-sustainable food packaging based on polymer nanomaterials
  • 2012 - 2015 Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic LD12066 Enhancement of biocompatibility of materials by atmospheric pressure plasma techniques for biomedical applications, under the COST Action MP1101 Biomedical applications of atmospheric pressure plasma technology
  • 2013 - 2017 The Czech Science Foundation GAČR 13-09853S Application of low temperature plasma in a gas aggregation cluster source for deposition of nanoparticles, nanostructured and nanocomposite films
  • 2016 - 2018 The Czech Science Foundation GAČR 16-14024S Investigation of nanostructured thin films formation deposited by plasma assisted techniques
  • 2017 - 2019 The Czech Science Foundation GAČR GA-1722016S Investigation of plasma based complex gas aggregation source of core-shell and heterostructured nanoparticles
  • 2017 - 2019 The Czech Science Foundation GAČR GA-1710813S Novel plasma polymers with tunable stability and permeability
  • 2017 - 2020 Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic LTC17062 Nanocomposite coatings based on hydrogenated carbon nanoparticles, under the COST Action CA15107 Multi-Functional Nano-Carbon Composite Materials Network
  • 2023-2025 GAČR 23-06925S Resistive switching in metal nanofluids: a novel approach in neuromorphic engineering

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