Experienced scientist in electromagnetics and nanophotonics

VITALIY PUSTOVIT, PhD

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Phone : +1-937-***-****, E-Mail : ********.*******@*****.*** CLEARANCE: Hold active DoD security clearance at the Secret level since 12/17/2019 WORK AND RESEARCH EXPERIENCE:

UES Inc. & AIR FORCE LABORATORY, MATERIAL AND MANUFACTORING DIRECTORATE, WPAFB

Research Scientist May 2016 – present (subcontract)

• Theoretical description of the photonic phase transitions in hyperbolic metamaterials and justified methods of its experimental observation and application in modern photonic nanosensing devices.

• Model thermal effects in the high-power fiber lasers that leads to the destructive beam defocusing and proposed effective solution methods based on application of metamaterials

• Theoretical description of SPASER (nano-sized laser) based on hyperbolic metamaterials

• Prepare funding proposals, project reports, presentations, and peer-reviewed publications for external and internal use

• Assist in writing research program reports and assess progress. Develop capability and technology road maps for the research projects

• Develop documentation necessary to support the laboratory equipment acquisition, funding, monitoring and close-out of contracts and grants.

• Collaborate with U.S. Air Force agencies and tests centers, industry partners, and universities MISSION ESSENTIAL

Ukrainian-English CAT II intel-linguist February 2020 -present

• Perform intel/linguistic support of US Army units in Ukraine AIR FORCE LABORATORY, MATERIAL AND MANUFACTORING DIRECTORATE, WPAFB National Research Council Award of Senior Research Associate December 2012 – May 2016

• Theoretical description and prediction of the optical properties of collections of emitters mediated through plasmonic media.

• Comprehensive description of plasmonic lasers (SPASERs) and generated predictions of their range of operation and required configurations.

• Prepare funding proposals, project reports, presentations, and peer-reviewed publications for external and internal use

• Collaborate with U.S. Air Force agencies and tests centers, industry partners, and universities CENTRE DE RECHERCHE PAUL PASCAL, CNRS, BORDEAUX, FRANCE Visiting Professor Sept 2010-Oct 2012

• Theory of plasmonic mediated interactions with emitters and gain in metamaterials JACKSON STATE UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

Visiting professor/Research associate Aug.2003-Jun. 2010

• Theoretical and computational physics of nanoparticles: electronic structure and optical properties of nanoparticles based on TDLDA and other density functional methods

• Resonance energy transfer between nanoparticles and bio-molecules (Forster theory)

• Surface-enhanced Raman scattering from nanometer-sized metallic particles with biomolecular adsorbates as a way of detecting specific DNA sequences of various biological substances

• High Performance computing on the Army Corp Computational Facilities WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, DEPT. OF RADIOLOGY, OPTICAL RADIOLOGY GROUP Research Associate Jun. 2002-Jun. 2003

• Computation methods of the elementary excitation spectrum of isolated particles and aggregates of these particles (fractals)

UNIVERSITY OF UPPSALA, DEPT. OF SOLID-STATE PHYSICS, SWEDEN Werner-Gren fellowship Jan. 2000-Jan.2002

• Novel numerical-analytical methods for calculation of the effective electrodynamical parameters of metal-dielectric inhomogeneous mixtures of nanoparticles often used for creation new types of composites, paints and powders.

EDUCATION

• Ph. D. Theoretical Physics, Taras Shevchenko Kyiv University, Ukraine

• M. Sc. Nuclear theoretical Physics, Taras Shevchenko Kyiv University, Ukraine SKILLS AND EXPERTISE

Technical Writing: Invention disclosures; funding proposals (NSF, NRC, CNRS, AFOSR); white scientific papers; technical reports and summaries; news articles and press releases for academia and industries.

Foreign Languages: Ukrainian (fluent), Russian (fluent); French (proficient) Computational Analysis: Proficient programming skills across multiple platforms; FORTRAN, C++, Python, MATLAB, Mathematica, COMSOL, FDTD, Maple

Technical Expertise: Research experience in multiple laboratories in academia, industry, DOD; Trained in conducting research and analyzing and interpreting data with ability to perform executive making decisions. Highly experienced professional in applied physics: electromagnetic theory, nanophotonics and optics of lasers and metamaterials.

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS (full list available upon)

• Published 67 publications in peer-reviewed journals, including 60 first-author contributions

• Cited by 800 authors with h10 index equal 18

• Author of the book chapter: “Cooperative effects in Plasmonics”, Chapter 15 “Plasmonics: Theory and Applications”, edited by Tigran Shahbazyan and Mark Stockman, Springer, (2014)

• Delivered 30 conference talks and 15 poster presentations

• Delivered 7 invited conference talks: SPIE Meetings, CLEO, etc

• Member of APS, SPIE and OSA

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