Kolomenski, Alexandre A.

Department of Physics

Texas A&M University

College Station, TX 77843-4242

Tel.: (979) 845-7861

Fax: (979) 845-2590

E-mail: a-kolomenski@physics.tamu.edu

Scientific degrees:

1980 - Ph.D. in Physics and Mathematics from the P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia.
1976 - B.S. in Physics from the Moscow State University

Positions/Affiliations

May 2003- present Adjunct Research Assistant Professor

Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Sciences Center, Houston

August 2001-present

Research Scientist

Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4242, USA

July -August 2001

Visiting Professor of Physics

Department of Physics, Texas A&M University , College Station, Texas 77843-4242, USA

January 1997-July 2001

Assistant Research Scientist

Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4242, USA

July 1996-December 1996

Research Fellow of the Volkswagen Foundation

Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 253, D-69120 Heidelberg, German


August 1995-June 1996

Senior Research Associate

Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843-4242, USA

 

January 1994- June 1995

Research Fellow of the Humboldt Foundation

Institute of Physical Chemistry, University of Heidelberg, Germany


1983-1993

Researcher, Senior Researcher

General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 38 Vavilov Str., Moscow, 117942, Russia

 

1976-1983

Postgraduate Trainee, Researcher

P.N.Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

Awards:

1993 Research Fellowship from the Alexander von

Humboldt Foundation, Germany

1989 Award of the academic status of Senior Researcher in Radiophysics including Quantum Radiophysics from the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Sciences

1984 Young Scientist Award in Science and Technology (Russia) for studies of thermooptical sources of sound

Fields of scientific interests:

Applications of lasers in biochemistry and medicine; surface plasmon resonance biosensors; fluorescence in the field of a surface plasmon; single molecule fluorescence detection; Raman spectroscopy; surface enhanced spectroscopy; nonlinear optics; applications of femtosecond laser pulses; laser photoacoustics; laser generation of shock waves; materials and thin film characterization with laser-generated surface acoustic pulses; thermoelastic and ablation processes induced by ultrashort laser pulses.

Publications:

- 54 articles in refereed journals

- 30 papers in conference proceedings and book chapters

- monograph "Lasers in Acoustics", co-authors F. V. Bunkin and

V. G. Mikhalevich (Harwood, Philadelphia, 1991)

Recent talks, lectures and seminars:

"Laser methods for studies of biosystems", Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Texas A&M University, November 2003.

"Laser instrumentation for Processing and Measurements in Biosciences" Institute of Biosciences and Technology, March, 2003.

"Nonlinear surface acoustic wave pulses in solids: laser excitation, propagation, interactions", Invited talk, 12 International Conference on Photoacoustics and Photothermal Phenomena, University of Toronto, June 2002.

"Properties and applications of quantum dots", Presentation at the Proteomics Journal Club, February 2002, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Houston.

"Sensing with Surface Plasmons", Department of Physics, Texas A&M University, December 1999.

"Laser-generated surface acoustic waves in solids: anisotropy, nonlinearity, dispersion", University of Texas at Austin, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1999.