RESUME OF INNA PONOMAREVA
University of South Florida
Physics Department, PHY 114
Tampa, FL 33620
Phone: +1-813-***-****, Fax +1-813-***-****
E-mail: abqq5o@r.postjobfree.com
Homepage: http://shell.cas.usf.edu/ iponoma/index.html
Personal information
Date and Place of birth: February 12, 1979, Volgagrad, Russian Federation.
Nationality: Russian.
Career/Employment
2008/- Assistant Professor University of South Florida.
2007/2008 Research Associate Professor University of Arkansas.
2006/2007 Research Assistant Professor University of Arkansas.
2004/2006 Research Associate University of Arkansas.
My professional expertise includes reviewing manuscripts for Physical Review Letters, Phys-
ical Review B, Computational Materials Science, Journal of Applied Physics, Physica E,
and Physica Status Solidi, reviewing proposals for NSF and Science Center programs of the
U.S. Department of State, participating in NSF Review Panels in the Division of Electrical,
Communications and Cyber Systems (ECCS).
Education
2004 Ph.D. in Physics Institute of Biochemical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences.
2001 Master of Physics Volgograd State University, Russia.
1996 High-school graduate Volgograd, high-school N 130, Russia.
Research Synopsis
Condensed matter physics, numerical quantum chemistry, computational physics,
nanoscience, developing and implementation of computational techniques The areas of ex-
pertise: semiconductors, ferroelectrcs, magnetics, multiferroics and alloys in their bulk and
low-dimensional forms such as lms, nanowires, nanotubes, fullerenes, nanodots. Research
interests: dynamical, thermal, mechanical, electronic, conducting, stability properties of
bulk and nanosrtuctures, formation mechanisms for nanosrtuctures and tubular forms, nite-
temperature properties, phase transitions in ferroelectrics and multiferroics, large scale paral-
lel computer simulations. Computational techniques: Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics,
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empirical potentails (Brenner, Terso, Stillinger-Weber interatomic potentials), semiempir-
ical tight-binding simulations with orthogonal and nonorthogonal basis, ab initio-based ef-
fective hamiltonian techniques, fully ab initio techniques.
Teaching
Developing and teaching graduate course on Computational Nanoscience (Physics Depart-
ment, University of Arkansas).
Developing and teaching graduate course on Computational Physics (Physics Department,
University of South Florida).
Recent Collaborators
Prof. Antonis Andriotis, Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Crete, Greece,
Prof. Laurent Bellaiche, University of Arkansas, USA,
Prof. Huaxiang Fu, University of Arkansas, USA,
Prof. Jirka Hlinka, Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic,
Prof. Igor Kornev, Mads Clausen Institute for Product Innovation, University of Southern
Denmark,
Dr. Bo.K Lai, University of Arkansas, USA,
Dr. Sergey Lisenkov, University of Arkansas, USA,
Prof. Madhu Menon, Department of Physics, University of Kentucky, USA,
Dr. Ivan Naumov, Hewlett-Packard Laboratories, USA,
Prof. Jan Petzelt, Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic,
Dr. Sergey Prosandeev, University of Arkansas, USA,
Prof. Ra aele Resta, Universita di Trieste, Italy,
Dr. Ernst Richter, DaimlerChrysler AG FT3/SA, Germany,
Dr. Deepak Srivastava, NASA Ames, California, USA.
Awards, Fellowships, Memberships of Professional Societies
2004/present Member of American Physical Society.
2003-2004 A participant of the Russian State Program Grant
Low Dimensional Quantum Structures grant 9.21.
2003-2004 N.N.Semenov award (Russian Academy of Sciences).
2003-2005 Awarded student Membership of Electrochemical Society.
2001-2004 A participant of the Russian State Program Grant Fullerenes and atomic clusters .
2001-2003 A participant of the Grant INTAS 00-237.
2002 First Prize in junior scientists competition (IBCP RAS, Moscow, Russia).
1996 High-school graduate with Gold medal (Volgograd, high-school N130, Russia).
U.S. and foreign patents
Ultra-high Recording Density by Use of Multi-stable Vortex States in Ferroelectric Nanos-
tructures, Provisional Patent Application No. 60/580,940.
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Citation index
over 200 (Web of Science database)
Most signi cant works
1. H. Bea, B. Dupe, S. Fusil, R. Mattana, E. Jacquet, B. Warot-Fonrose, F. Wilhelm,
A. Rogalev, S. Petit, V. Cros, A. Anane, F. Petro, K. Bouzehouane, G. Geneste,B.
Dkhil, S. Lisenkov, I. Ponomareva, L. Bellaiche, M. Bibes, and A. Barthelemy, A
room-temperature multiferroic with a giant axial ratio, accepted for publication in
Phys. Rev. Lett. (2009).
2. I. Ponomareva and L. Bellaiche, Nature of dynamical coupling between polarization
and strain in nanoscale ferroelectrics from rst principles, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101,
197602 (2008).
3. J. Hlinka, T. Ostapchuk, D. Nuzhnyy, J. Petzelt, P. Kuzel, C. Kadlec, P. Vanek, I. Pono-
mareva, L. Bellaiche, Coexistence of the relaxation and soft modes in the terahertz
dielectric response of tetragonal BaTiO3, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 167402 (2008).
4. S. Prosandeev, I. Ponomareva, I. Kornev, and L. Bellaiche, Control of Vor-
tices by Homogeneous Fields in Asymmetric Ferroelectric and Ferromagnetic Rings,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 047201 (2008).
5. I. Ponomareva, L. Bellaiche, T. Ostapchuk, J. Hlinka and J. Petzelt, Terahertz dielec-
tric response of cubic BaTiO3, Phys. Rev. B 77, 012102 (2008).
6. I. Ponomareva, L. Bellaiche, and R. Resta, Dielectric anomalies in ferroelectric nanos-
tructures, Phys. Rev. Lett. 99, 227601 (2007).
7. Inna Ponomareva, Deepak Srivastava, and Madhu Menon, Thermal Conductivity in
Thin Silicon Nanowires: Phonon Con nement E ect, Nano Lett., 7(5), 1155 (2007).
8. S. Prossandeev, I. Ponomareva, I. Kornev, I. Naumov and L. Bellaiche, Controlling
toroidal moment by means of an inhomogeneous static eld: An ab initio study,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 237601 (2006).
9. B.-K. Lai, I. Ponomareva, I. I. Naumov, I. Kornev, H. Fu, L. Bellaiche, and G. J.
Salamo, Electric-Field-Induced Domain Evolution in Ferroelectric Ultrathin Films,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 137602 (2006).
10. I. Ponomareva, I. I. Naumov, I. Kornev, Huaxiang Fu and L. Bellaiche, Atom-
istic treatment of depolarizing energy and eld in ferroelectric nanostructures,
Phys. Rev. B, Rapid Com. 72, 140102 (2005).
11. I. Ponomareva, M. Menon, D. Srivastava, and A.N. Andriotis, Structure, Stability,
and Quantum Conductivity of Small Diameter Silicon Nanowires, Phys. Rev. Lett.
95, 265502 (2005).
12. M. Menon, A. N. Andriotis, D. Srivastava, I. Ponomareva and L. A. Chernoza-
tonskii, Carbon Nanotube T-junctions : Formation Pathways and Conductivity,
Phys. Rev. Lett., 91, 145501 (2003).
Review Articles
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1. S. Prosandeev, I. Ponomareva, and L. Bellaiche, Electrocaloric e ect in bulk and
low-dimensional ferroelectrics from rst principles, Phys. Rev. B 78, 052103 (2008).
2. S Prosandeev, I Ponomareva, I Naumov, I Kornev and L Bellaiche, Original properties
of dipole vortices in zero-dimensional ferroelectrics, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 20,
193201 (2008).
3. Igor A. Kornev, B.-K. Lai, I. Naumov, I. Ponomareva, H. Fu, and Laurent Bellaiche,
Domains in Ferroelectric Nanostructures from First Principles, in Handbook of ad-
vanced dielectric piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials: Synthesis, properties and ap-
plications, edited by Zuo-Guang Ye, Chapter 5, Woodhead Publishing Limited (2008).
4. I. Ponomareva, I.I. Naumov, I. Kornev, Huaxiang Fu and L. Bellaiche, Modelling of
nanoscale ferroelectrics from atomistic simulations, Current Opinion in Solid State
and Materials Science 9, 114 (2005).
5. L.A. Chernozatonskii, I.V. Ponomareva, Carbon nanotube multiterminal junctions:
structures, properties, synthesis and applications, NATO-ASI2003, Kluwer Publishers,
(2004).
Other Papers and Proceedings
1. S. Lisenkov, I. Ponomareva, and L. Bellaiche, Unusual static and dynamical charac-
teristics of domain evolution in ferroelectric superlattices, Phys. Rev. B 79, 024101
(2009).
2. S. Prosandeev, I. Ponomareva, and L. Bellaiche, Electrocaloric e ect in bulk and
low-dimensional ferroelectrics from rst principles, Phys. Rev. B 78, 052103 (2008);
3. S. Bin-Omran, I. Ponomareva and L. Bellaiche, Dependence of polarization on epitax-
ial strain in ferroelectric ultrathin lms from rst principles, Phys. Rev. B 77, 144105
(2008).
4. I. Ponomareva, L. Bellaiche, and R. Resta, Relation between dielectric responses and
polarization s uctuations in ferroelectric nanostructures, Phys. Rev. B 76, 235403
(2007).
5. I. Ponomareva, E. Richter, A.N. Andriotis, and M. Menon, Oscillatory Band Gap
behavior in Small Diameter Si-Clathrate, Nano Lett. 7(11), 3424 (2007).
6. Bo-Kuai Lai, I. Ponomareva, I. Kornev, L. Bellaiche, and G. Salamo, Thickness de-
pendency of 180 stripe domains in ferroelectric ultrathin lms: a rst-principles-based
study, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 152909 (2007).
7. Bo-Kuai Lai, Inna Ponomareva, Igor A. Kornev, L. Bellaiche, and G. J. Salamo, Do-
main evolution of BaTiO3 ultrathin lms under an electric eld: A rst-principles
study, Phys. Rev. B 75, 085412 (2007).
8. I. Ponomareva, M. Menon, E. Richter and A.N. Andriotis, Structural stability, elec-
tronic properties, and quantum conductivity of small-diameter silicon nanowires,
Phys. Rev. B 74, 125311 (2006).
9. I. Ponomareva and L. Bellaiche, In uence of growth orientation on the properties of
feroorlectric ultra-thin lms, Phys. Rev. B 74, 064102 (2006).
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10. I. Ponomareva, I. I. Naumov and L. Bellaiche, Low-dimensional ferroelectrics un-
der di erent electrical and mechanical boundary conditions: Atomistic simulations,
Phys. Rev. B 72, 214118 (2005).
11. S. Lisenkov, A. N. Andriotis, I. Ponomareva, and M. Menon Transport properties of
carbon nanotubes with odd-numbered carbon rings, Phys. Rev. B 72, 113401 (2005)
12. S. Lisenkov, I. Ponomareva, L.A. Chernozatonskii, Basic con guration of carbon nan-
otube Y-junctions: Structure and classi cation, Physics of the Solid State 46, 1529
(2004).
13. I. Ponomareva, L. Chernozatonskii, Defect formation in carbon onion under Ar irra-
diation, JETP Lett. 79, 375 (2004).
14. M. Menon, D. Srivastava, I. Ponomareva, L. Chernozatonskii, Nanomechanics of Sili-
con Nanowires, Phys. Rev. B 70, 125313 (2004) .
15. L. Chernozatonskii, I. Ponomareva, Sticking of carbon nanotube Y-junction
branches, JETP Lett., 78, 327 (2003).
16. L.A. Chernozatonskii, I.V. Ponomareva Formation of single carbon nanotube T-
junctions, Fullerenes, nanotubes and carbon nanostructures, 12, 87 (2004).
17. I.V. Ponomareva, L.A. Chernozatonskii, A.N. Andriotis, M. Menon, For-
mation pathways for single-wall carbon nanotube multiterminal junctions,
New Journal of Physics, 5, 119.1. (2003).
18. I.V. Ponomareva, L.A. Chernozatonskii, How can carbon onion transform into
diamond-like structure?, Microelectronic Engineering, 69, 625 (2003).
19. I. Ponomareva, L. Chernozatonskii, Mechanism of carbon onion core transformation
into diamond-like structure, JETP Lett., 76, 456 (2002).
Articles submitted
1. D. Sichuga, I. Ponomareva, L. Bellaiche, Phase Diagrams of Epitaxial Pb(Zr,Ti)O3
Ultrathin Films from First Principles, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. (2009).
2. S. Lisenkov and I. Ponomareva, Intrinsic electrocaloric e ect in ferroelectric alloys
from atomistic simulations, submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett. (2009).
3. R. Michael Sheetz, I. Ponomareva, E. Richter, A.N. Andriotis, M. Menon, Tailoring
optical properties of ZnO nanowires for absorption in the visible, submitted to Nano
Lettres (2009).
4. T. Ostapchuk, J. Petzelt, J. Hlinka, V. Bovtun, P. Kuzel, I. Ponomareva, S. Lisenkov, L.
Bellaiche, A. Tkach, P. Vilarinho, Broad-band dielectric spectroscopy and ferroelectric
soft-mode response in the Ba0.6 Sr0.4 TiO3 solid solution, submitted to Jour. Phys.:
Cond. Matt. (2009).
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Talks and posters
1. I. Ponomareva and L. Bellaiche, Dynamical coupling between polarization and strain
in ferroelectrics nanolayers from rst principles, (Fundamental Physics of Ferro-
electrics, Williamsburg, USA, 2009).
2. I. Ponomareva, Properties of ferroelectric nanostructures, Invited presentation,
(American Physical Society Meeting, New Orleans, USA, 2008).
3. S. Prosandeev, I. Ponomareva, I. Kornev and L. Bellaiche Control of vortices by ho-
mogeneous elds in asymmetric dipolar systems, Keynote presentation (International
Conference on Computational and Experimental Engineering and Sciences, Honolulu,
USA, 2008).
4. I. Ponomareva, L. Bellaiche, T. Ostapchuk, J. Hlinka and J. Petzelt, High-frequency
dielectric response of paraelectric BaTiO3 (Fundamental Physics of Ferroelectrics,
Williamsburg, USA, 2008)
5. I. Ponomareva and L. Bellaiche, In uence of the growth direction on properties of
ferroelectric ultrathin lms (American Physical Society Meeting, Denver, USA, 2007).
6. Inna Ponomareva and Laurent Bellaiche, Properties of ferroelectric ultrathin lms
grown along [001], [110] and [111] directions (Fundamental Physics of Ferroelectrics,
Williamsburg, USA, 2007)
7. Inna Ponomareva, Ivan Naumov and Laurent Bellaiche, Ferrolectric nanodots and
nanowires under di erent electrical and mechanical boundary conditions (American
Physical Society Meeting, Baltimore, USA, 2006).
8. Inna Ponomareva, Ivan Naumov and Laurent Bellaiche, Modeling of ferroelectric nan-
odots and nanowires under di erent electrical and mechanical boundary conditions
(Fundamental Physics of Ferroelectrics, Williamsburg, USA, 2006)
9. Inna Ponomareva, Ivan Naumov, Igor Kornev, Huaxiang Fu, Laurent Bellaiche, Fer-
roelectric thin lms from rst-principle (American Physical Society Meeting, Los An-
geles, USA, 2005).
10. Inna Ponomareva, Ivan Naumov, Igor Kornev, Huaxiang Fu, Laurent Bellaiche, Mod-
eling of ferroelectric nanostructures from rst-principle (Williamsburg, USA, 2005).
11. I. Ponomareva, L. Chernozatonskii, M. Menon and D. Srivastava, Silicon Nanowires:
Structures and Mechanical Properties, XIX International Workshop on Electronic
Properties of Novel Materials (Kirchberg, Austria, 2004).
12. I. Ponomareva, L. Chernozatonskii, M. Menon and D. Srivastava Silicon Nanowires
as promising nanosensors, 2nd International Workshop on Multianalyte Biosensing
Devices (Tarragona, Spain, 2004).
13. I. Ponomareva, L. Chernozatonskii, A. Andriotis and M. Menon, Carbon nanotube
junctions: Formation Pathways and Energetics, 2 International Conference Carbon-
2003 (Moscow, Russia, 2003)
14. I. Ponomareva, L. Chernozatonskii, A. Andriotis and M. Menon, Carbon Nanotube
T-junctions: Structural properties and Device applications, Trends in Nanotechnology
2003 (Salamanca, Spain, 2003).
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15. I. Ponomareva, L. Chernozatonskii, A. Andriotis and M. Menon, Formation Pathway
and Transport Properties of Carbon Nanotube T-Junctions, International Workshop
Fullerenes and atomic cluster (St. Petersburg, 2003).
16. I. Ponomareva and L. Chernozatonskii, Transformation of Carbon Onion Core into
Diamond Like Structure ; I. Ponomareva, L. Chernozatonskii, A. Andriotis and
M. Menon, Formation Pathway and Transport Properties of Carbon Nanotube T-
Junctions ; Meeting of the Electrochemical Society (Paris, France, 2003).
17. I. Ponomareva, L. Chernozatonskii, Dynamic Features of Diamond Nucleation in the
cores of carbon onions, Nano and Giga Challenge in Microelectronics (Moscow, Russia
2002).
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