Alexei Balmakou
Personal information:
Work address Department of Optics, Francisk Skorina Gomel State University, Sovetskaya str. 104, 246019, Gomel, Belarus
Mobile phone +375 29 110 82 18
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Date of birth 15 February 1984
Education:
• Dates (from – to) October 2010 – October 2013
• Name of organization Department of Nanovision Technology, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu 432-8561, Japan, http://www.shizuoka.ac.jp/english/
• Principal subjects Metamaterials, photonic crystals, optics, radiophysics, biophysics
• Title of qualification awarded PhD
• Title of thesis Structural optimization of helical electromagnetic element and its applications to metamaterials as an array constituent
• Dates (from – to) December 2007 – October 2010
• Name of organization Gomel State University, Sovetskaya str. 104, 246019, Gomel, Belarus, www.gsu.by
• Principal subjects Optics, radiophysics, biophysics
• Title of qualification awarded PhD student
• Title of thesis Chiral properties of molecule of DNA and polarization selectivity its electromagnetic radiation
• Dates (from – to)
September 2006 – June 2007
• Name of organization Gomel State University, Sovetskaya str. 104, 246019, Gomel, Belarus, www.gsu.by
• Principal subjects Optics, electrodynamics
• Title of qualification awarded Master of Science
• Title of thesis Polarization selectivity of electromagnetic radiation of molecules with helical structure
• Dates (from – to) September 2001 – June 2006
• Name of organization Gomel State University, Sovetskaya str. 104, 246019, Gomel, Belarus, www.gsu.by
• Principal subjects Mathematics and physics
• Title of qualification awarded Bachelor of Science, cum laude
• Title of thesis Basics of electromagnetic model of DNA
Work experience:
• Dates (from – to) December 2007 – present time
• Name and address of employer Gomel State University, Sovetskaya str. 104, 246019, Gomel, Belarus, www.gsu.by
• Occupation or position held Research assistant, lecturer (assistant)
• Main activities and responsibilities Theoretical and experimental studies of electromagnetic structures with helical shape, helical photonic crystals, optical polarization devices.
Measurements of mechanical and thermodynamic properties (lecture course).
Personal skills and competences:
Research interests and background Current research interests: artificial microwave periodic structures (theoretical studies, computer modeling, experimental research), optical materials (polarization infrared optics), metamaterials (computer modeling and experimental research), photonic crystals (computer modeling), acoustic waves generation and registration (experiment), deactivation of pathogenic microorganisms (experiment), synthesis of graphene-covered nanoparticles and their heating for the purpose of deactivation of pathogenic microorganisms in air (experimental).
Scholarships Special scholarship of Gomel State University (Belarus, 2008).
Diploma of First degree "Best student work" [open competition between students of Byelorussians Universities (2007)].
Scholarship of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan (2010-2013).
Awards Award of the special President’s Fund of Republic of Belarus.
Research Grants Ministry of Education of Belarus 2009 – 2010.
Grant of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan for young scientist (2011, 2012, 2013).
Membership in professional societies Byelorussians Physical Society,
Japanese Society of Applied Physics.
Scientific output:
Author of 14 papers in scientific journals and more than 10 reports at international conferences.