Chemical Engineering Developer

Victor A. Pryamitsyn

Senior Research Associate

Materials Science and Engineering; Robert R. McCormick School of Engineering and Applied Science, Northwestern University 2220 Campus Drive, Cook 2036

Evanston, IL 60208

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Office: 847-***-****

Mobile: 512-***-****

Education PhD: Physics and Mechanics of Polymers

Institute of Macromolecular Compounds, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)

● Thesis: “Orientational Ordering of Polymer Systems” ; Supervisor: Prof. T.M. Birshtein 06/1984-10/1987

Equivalent of MS and BS, Physics

Leningrad State University

● Concentration: Statistical Physics; Diploma examination mark: Excellent

● Courses: Statistical Physics, Condensed Matter Theory, Solid State Physics, Quantum Field Theory, Mathematical Physics, Polymer Physics, Computer Simulation 09/1978-02/1984

Work Experience

Senior Research Associate, Materials Science and Engineering Northwestern University

● Theory and modelling of the Soft Matter Materials

● Application of the Machine Learning for Material Sciences

● Supervising the research work of PhD students and Post-Docs Research Associate, Department of Chemical Engineering University of Texas at Austin

Researched theory and computer simulation of soft matter. Achieved significant advances in the theories of dynamic properties and self-assembly of polymers/copolymers, crystallization of polymer/copolymer, theory of glass transition in heterogeneous systems, structure and dynamics of colloids and polymer/copolymer nanocomposites, polyelectrolytes and polyelectrolyte-nanoparticles complexation.

Developed a theory of proton transport in polymeric membranes for fuel cell applications and anisotropic charge/exciton transport theory for organic photovoltaic devices 12/2015 – present

Research Fellow, Department of Chemistry and Institute of Theoretical Science University of Oregon

● Developed new theory of the relaxation dynamics and kinetics of chemical reactions in polymer and colloid systems

8/2000-12/2001

Research Fellow, IRC in Polymer Science and Technology Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, UK

● Developed a novel theory for of block copolymers and polymer mixtures. Studied kinetics of phase transitions, kinetically determined morphologies, morphological order-order transitions, dynamics of microphase separation, and theory of pre-transition effects in block-copolymers

04/1998 - 02/2000

Visiting Royal Society Fellow, School of Chemistry University of Bristol, UK

● Developed novel theories and computer simulation methods of polymers. Advanced the theory of interface properties of adsorbed polyelectrolytes. Worked on theoretical analysis of gradient pulse Nuclear Magnetic Resonance studies of emulsions and the theory of Small Angle Neutron Scattering of polymer and colloid systems 01/1997-12/1997

Senior scientist, Scientist, Junior scientist

Laboratory of Theory and Simulation of Polymer Systems, Institute of Macromolecular Compounds (RAS)

● Developed a lubrication theory for polymers, Conducted theoretical studies of surface rheology of adsorbed polymer layers, applied the Electro-Hydraulic effect to dispersing and emulsification processes.

1992–2000

1988–1992

1987-1988

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Senior scientist, Laboratory of Theory and Simulation of Polymer Systems Institute of Macromolecular Compounds (RAS) (second job)

● Developed the theory of liquid crystalline polymer brushes. Advanced the theories of polymers and polyelectrolyte systems

1994 - 2000

Publications: total – 88 (see list of publications) total number of citations 4221, h-index: 32 Selected: ● Zhulina E.B., Borisov O.V., Priamitsyn V.A. “The theory of sterical stabilization of colloid dispersions by grafted polymer” J.Coll.& Interface Sci.,137(2), 495, (1990) (cited: 327 times)

● Zhulina E.B., Borisov O.V., Pryamitsyn V.A.,Birshtein T.M. “Coil-globule type transitions in polymers I. Collapse of Layers of Grafted Polymer Chains” Macromolecules, 24(1), 140, (1991) (cited: 386 times)

● Pryamitsyn V., Ganesan V. “Self-assembly of rod-coil block copolymers” J. Chem. Phys. 120, 5824-5838, (2004)

(cited: 195 times)

● Pryamitsyn, V., Ganesan, V. “Origins of Linear Viscoelastic Behavior of Polymer-Nanoparticle Composites” Macromolecules, 39(2), 844-856, (2006). (cited: 146 times)

● Akcora P., Liu H., Kumar S.K., Moll J., Li Y., Benicewicz B.C., Schadler L.S. Acehan D., Panagiotopoulos A.Z., Pryamitsyn V., Ganesan V., Ilavsky J., Thiyagarajan P., Colby R.H. Douglas J.F.., “Anisotropic Self- Assembly of Spherical Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles”, Nature Materials, 8, 354 (2009) (cited: 654 times) Reviewer for Scientific Journals:

● Macromolecules, ACS Central Science, Physical Review, The Journal of Chemical Physics, Polymer Accomplishments

● NATO/Royal Society Fellowship, School of Chemistry, Bristol University, Bristol, UK, January 1997 - January 1998

● IAC fellowship, Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands, November 1995 - May 1996

● Kapitza Fellowship of Royal Society for eminent Russian scientists, in School of Chemistry, Bristol University, Bristol, UK, February - May 1994

● Soros Humanitarian Foundations Grant, awarded by the American Physical Society, 1993 Skills

● Foreign languages: Russian

● Operating systems: Linux,Unix, Windows

● Computer languages: FORTRAN (66/77/90/95/2003/2008), Mathematica, Python,C++

● Software:, MS Visual Studio, MS Office, LaTeX

● Experienced in programming for parallel multiprocessor systems (OpenMP, MPI) Citizenship: USA

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